Reviews

Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson

patokoao's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark slow-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? It's complicated

4.25

pascalibrary's review against another edition

4.0

Great book the second time around but definitely noticed a somewhat bad attitude towards the female characters.

zedangeo's review against another edition

challenging mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

alyssamw6's review against another edition

adventurous challenging medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

eidolon_scourge's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

5.0

thesaguy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? No

4.75

If you like playing god games like Dominions, then this is a must read!

akennedy772's review against another edition

Terrible writing, felt needlessly dense. Nope. Nerdy in a bad way. 

rainbow_kitten_five's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

wahooka's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

naveen_subramanian00's review against another edition

4.0

Oh boy, Oh boy, What a ride
Finally, I have started this epic journey into this amazing world with book 1 Gardens of the Moon.
I must say as a new reader this is a tough read, but not overly tough as the people say you just need to keep in touch with some things and go back a few pages back to see what that means. As the story starts in Malaz the old capital of the Malazn Empire before the Emperor's Demise and the majority of the story takes place in the Genabackis, where the Empire is having a conquest and here we get the people at play both on the Empire's side as well as the opposing faction ( Free cities, Caladin Brood and Giant freaking Moon base ( for me that's epic) ).
I must say that this book is not without its con I had no idea about the magic system and how it works expect some information about Warren( a mirror dimension-like place full of magic) and that some races are thrown just like that (Ascendents, Hounds, T'lan Imass, Mornath, etc..)

Even though the book kept me curious, it was like I'm being Crokus to the whole world(Yeah.. I knew how he felt..)
So for me, it's a 4.5/5