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4.25 AVERAGE
4.25 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
emotional
informative
tense
fast-paced
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
reflective
tense
adventurous
challenging
dark
slow-paced
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.”
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:
"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.”
adventurous
challenging
dark
slow-paced
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
The endless hour’s about to begin.” < me, attempting to read this book.
4 stars for audio 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.”
4 stars for audio 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:
"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.”
adventurous
dark
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
4.5
Deadhouse Gates è la prova che addentrandosi nella lettura di Malazan con le giuste aspettative si può grandemente apprezzare un libro che cambia sia scenario che personaggi, e lo fa in maniera molto meno d'impatto rispetto a quanto si potrebbe credere. C'è chi torna e chi no, abbiamo nuovi protagonisti, alcuni migliori di quelli già incontrati nel volume precedente, altri no; e in ogni caso il vero protagonista è il deserto. Fatto sta che non ho trovato pesante il cambiamento di direzione della saga, per niente.
A pesare sulla mia esperienza di lettura, invece, è stata una prima parte troppo lenta e priva di scopo, in cui le uniche parti interessanti sono quelle su Felisin, personaggio tragico e scritto benissimo.
Proprio quando stavo per mollare, stanca del girovagare in mezzo alla sabbia, il libro entra a capofitto nella trama: la Catena dei Cani. Ecco, la Catena, Coltaine, Duiker, sono sicuramente quanto di meglio si può leggere in un fantasy e valgono la fatica che si può provare a inizio lettura.
Now, to the next one.
Deadhouse Gates è la prova che addentrandosi nella lettura di Malazan con le giuste aspettative si può grandemente apprezzare un libro che cambia sia scenario che personaggi, e lo fa in maniera molto meno d'impatto rispetto a quanto si potrebbe credere. C'è chi torna e chi no, abbiamo nuovi protagonisti, alcuni migliori di quelli già incontrati nel volume precedente, altri no; e in ogni caso il vero protagonista è il deserto. Fatto sta che non ho trovato pesante il cambiamento di direzione della saga, per niente.
A pesare sulla mia esperienza di lettura, invece, è stata una prima parte troppo lenta e priva di scopo, in cui le uniche parti interessanti sono quelle su Felisin, personaggio tragico e scritto benissimo.
Proprio quando stavo per mollare, stanca del girovagare in mezzo alla sabbia, il libro entra a capofitto nella trama: la Catena dei Cani. Ecco, la Catena, Coltaine, Duiker, sono sicuramente quanto di meglio si può leggere in un fantasy e valgono la fatica che si può provare a inizio lettura.
Now, to the next one.