131 reviews for:

The God Is Not Willing: Book One of the Witness Trilogy: A Novel of the Malazan World

Steven Erikson

4.51 AVERAGE

saskiamenu's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

dorsai's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous funny 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

bobbitthehobbit111's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape

krandelkransky's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense slow-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: Yes

cal_vin's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful tense

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Rape

Moderate: War

hypz's review against another edition

5.0

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Classic Malazan storytelling at it's best! Had me hooked from the beginning to the end.

annetherese's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark funny 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

teenylilmonkey's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

oracle_of_madness's review against another edition

5.0

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Thank you Netgalley for this incredible arc!

I love Malazan Book of the Fallen so much! I found this series several years ago and it just really spoke to me and got me through a hard time. Steven Erikson is an amazing storyteller. He simply pulls me in to these stories and I become entranced by the details creating this world.

The God is Not Willing is a continuation of Malazan. This first Witness book begins about 10 years after the events in The Crippled God. There are still people in Silver Lake and the surrounding area that Malazan marines (including Spindle) are watching. This book has plenty of action, unexpected humor and the gorgeous writing I now always expect from Steven Erikson. (Okay, can anybody tell that I'm a huge fan? Cuz I am... )

Simply, this is another installment to Malazan and it's a must read for any fans or anyone curious about this world so many of us love reading about.

jasonoffer's review against another edition

5.0

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So so good, is anyone better than S.Erikson at writing fantasy? I don't think so. The dialogue was incredible, the world building superb with suspense throughout. The nostolgia of reentering the malazan world is just a joy. No one does humor better, the interplay of the characters is just incredible and thankfully although brutal the book did not have the continuous darkness and overriding feeling of depression contained within some of his and Esslemont's previous books.