Reviews

Deadhouse Gates by Steven Erikson

gr4b0's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

seairra's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

cosmicpootz's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

poleksya's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

grytlock's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

snottieperson's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

argal14's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

schneiderjake320's review

adventurous dark emotional informative tense fast-paced

5.0

arcanepoet's review

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective tense

5.0

embee007's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark slow-paced

4.0

The endless hour’s about to begin.” < me, attempting to read this book.

4 stars for text as well

It took 5 tries for this book to stick. The first 4 times, I was listening more than reading, & I somehow skipped the same chapter each time, & pieces of others as well, so I was very lost. But I persisted & tried again, realized the previous mistakes, & it stuck.

“I am driven by curiosity.”

Complaint: no Kruppe. (Was he still alive at the end of Gardens? I can't remember anymore.) Several characters that sounded similar to him & I got excited & then quickly disappointed.

"Doesn’t sit well proclaiming an uprising, then not showing up to lead it…"

I was significantly more invested in the characters in this book, mostly not in a good way, but there were a few I did not want to see die (major spoiler:

Icarium & Mappo

). Most of the other standout characters for me, I was more interested in their potential death 😅

"From something delicate to something brutal, a pattern repeated through all of history. These truths weary me, down to my very soul.”

I do feel like I've missed some thing(s) possibly at the end (I was hurrying to finish in April, & I was just TIRED of this book), but I'm afraid to Google because of spoilers 😅

"The god you no longer worship took your hands. So now you pulled him down. Don’t mess with mortals.”

I'm definitely interested in continuing, in a month or two. I need a long breath after this.

“Time makes of us believers. Timelessness makes of us unbelievers.”