The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms--Planning to Read/First Impressions (No Spoilers)

[Maggie, The Malazan Queen of Chaos]

Welcome to the start of our new trilogy-The Inheritance Trilogy

Please place first Impressions in this thread....

Also-we still need a moderator for this series-please message me if you're interested!

[DavidO]

I've started it. About 10% done. Really enjoying it. Happily I'm not sure what to expect yet.

[Bill]

I am a little over halfway through. Definitely a bit different from what I have been reading lately but enjoying so far.

[Lannister]

I ordered it and my copy has arrived, so I hope to start sometime soon.

[Eric]

I'm about 1/6th of the way through. I'm really enjoying the world-building. The narrative voice is really quite excellent. Nice to see a black female as a protagonist in the genre.

[DavidO]

Eric wrote: "I'm about 1/6th of the way through. I'm really enjoying the world-building. The narrative voice is really quite excellent. Nice to see a black female as a protagonist in the genre."

I do appreciate that she's not a blonde with blue eyed or a fiery red head with green eyes.

[Eric]

DavidO wrote: "I do appreciate that she's not a blonde with blue eyed or a fiery red head with green eyes."

No kidding. I get tired of eyes like oceans and skin like cream. We've had those tired lines for so long that *Shakespeare* lampooned them. Why are we still using them again? Better question: Why are we still using them in a genre that prides itself on allowing anything that can be imagined by the author?

[Andreas]

I don't care for hair and skin color.
I've been reading it plus its sequel a year ago and liked it very much. I plan to jump in reading the third book together with you.

[Jon]

I read this three years ago for a different book group. I won't be re-reading it at this time.

[Helen]

I'll be reading it in about a week, finishing one I'm on and then a quick read for my actual group that I meet. I'm looking forward to it.

[Lucinda]

I'll be starting it next week after I finish what I'm currently in the middle of.

[Suzanne]

I read this one about a year ago. I probably won't re-read it, but I'll join in on the rest of the series.

[Em Lost In Books]

I will start this tonight.

[Pluto]

I'm around chapter 11. I'm not sure if I'll be finishing it. It feels a bit to much like a romance novel, and romance makes me cringe like some people do at horror movies.

[Nathan]

I'm about to start this tonight. I hope it doesn't turn too much towards romance. I have no problems with romance being a part of the story, if its done well I love it, but that's not what I am looking for right now. I still look forward to it, people keep saying it's different, and that is what I'm looking for.

[Em Lost In Books]

almost 20% done. It is okay so far....

[DavidO]

I'm about 60% in, and the romance is very light so far. I have to admit not understanding those parts at all, because I find them more repulsive than anything. Definitely not erotic.

[Eric]

I'm at around the same point as David O. To be honest, the Chronicles of Pyrdain and the Wheel of Time had more love story per page than this. This is a bit more "physical" than "emotional," but it's far from erotica or romance. The Sharing Knife, now, that was romance - creepy, vanilla, fantasy romance.

[Helen]

Started this earlier, about 30% in. I'm enjoying it so far.

[Allison]

I'm at 42%, and not sure what I think so far. The writing style is quite different and it's hard to feel close to the characters.