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4.5 Stars
Pretty awesome on the re-read. It's been about 14 years since I began my first Malazan adventure and I can honestly say there are so many memorable scenes from this first installment that immediately transported me to a fantasy world that I could only have dreamed the genre could be so detailed and well written. in short this was the first 'Good' fantasy story I ever read. I was on a short stint home and staying with the parents and I started to peruse my Dad's book shelf which is domin ...more
Pretty awesome on the re-read. It's been about 14 years since I began my first Malazan adventure and I can honestly say there are so many memorable scenes from this first installment that immediately transported me to a fantasy world that I could only have dreamed the genre could be so detailed and well written. in short this was the first 'Good' fantasy story I ever read. I was on a short stint home and staying with the parents and I started to peruse my Dad's book shelf which is domin ...more
Oct 30, 2013
Brightlord Sabri
rated it
it was amazing
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review of another edition
Shelves:
malazan-book-of-the-fallen-series
First i want to thank Seak (Bryce L.) for his review because without it i wouldnt have found the courage to start reading this master piece.
Reading this book is like solving a puzzle, at the start you get little scatered pieces and you dont know where they fit in the whole picture but your curiousity keeps you going so you look for more pieces and at the end you get rewarded for your patience and dedicating yourself to solve the puzzle by the most awesome result ever.
Im not saying the start or ...more
Reading this book is like solving a puzzle, at the start you get little scatered pieces and you dont know where they fit in the whole picture but your curiousity keeps you going so you look for more pieces and at the end you get rewarded for your patience and dedicating yourself to solve the puzzle by the most awesome result ever.
Im not saying the start or ...more
A great read. Alot is happening in this book but Steven Erikson keeps it uncluttered and brings everything together perfectly at the end. Not at all hard to follow as the griefers may say but use the glossary often. Don't let the Dramatis Personae at the beginning discourage you either. Most of the characters listed barely have a role and are mentioned only once or twice. Highly recommended read.
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Ok, what did I just read?
They warned me that the author doesn't do ANY hand-holding and they were right.
They warned me that the first volume reads like halfway into a second book of a trilogy and they were right.
It was NOT an easy read. It wasn't bad though. The world is fascinating, reading it I realized how I got used to low-magic fantasy settings or urban fantasy books and this one, with more gods than mosquitos and powerful wizards everywhere was really interesting. There are so many mysteri ...more
They warned me that the author doesn't do ANY hand-holding and they were right.
They warned me that the first volume reads like halfway into a second book of a trilogy and they were right.
It was NOT an easy read. It wasn't bad though. The world is fascinating, reading it I realized how I got used to low-magic fantasy settings or urban fantasy books and this one, with more gods than mosquitos and powerful wizards everywhere was really interesting. There are so many mysteri ...more
Mar 19, 2013
Bri
marked it as to-read
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review of another edition
Shelves:
books-owned,
really-want-to-read
