Reviews

Midnight Tides by Steven Erikson

jenthebest's review against another edition

5.0

Another satisfying tale.

awhatley's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional lighthearted mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

What does a story of a family driven by duty, jealousy, tradition have in common with a man running an Ponzi scheme to collapse a kingdoms economy and a caravan driven by a man who hates for his previous sins have in common? Steven freaking Erikson. 
This book feels like you’re walking through the post-mortem of the Roman Empire. If the Romans got into a fight with demon wielding, sorcery slinging Carthaginians. 
Its truly impressive how Erikson can make you start feeling heartbreak for new characters, and dread for their fortunes.  All these characters in the book are new to the series (save Trull, but even then) and in a single book, you learn to love and grieve them. A brother sentenced to an eternity of insanity and pain, another disillusioned about the fate of his people, and another broken by his rigid code of honor. 
And this applies to two different families, but mirroring each other helps serve the point that in a game of fate and the interference of Gods, it is mortals who suffer. 

jackw2610's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny fast-paced

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

4.75

deycallmebookboi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

therealjamesanderson's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

Trull Sengar and Tehol Beddict are some of the best characters in all of fiction 

omgitsjanelle_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark funny slow-paced

5.0

jere's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious 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

5.0

gearyofbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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? N/A

4.0

Once again Erikson takes a hard left and challenges you while he paints a new corner of the world in all its glorious, dark, funny and poignant moments, characters and actions. This is a deep and rich world and utterly worth your time. 

paranoidmarvin's review against another edition

4.0

Ah! Another entry done. And it was another hard one to get through. Nay, trudge through.

We are introduced to another fuck-ton of characters and their pseudonyms and their alternate names and their secret identities etc etc. I have zero clue about what happened in half of this book. Because I was again overwhelmed.

The silver-lining was a few characters. Like Bugg and Tehol. Or maybe the Sengar brothers. I followed their story lines. And rest of the time I was zoned out of my fucking mind.

Yet, I liked the whole experience somehow. Maybe because of the last line by Bugg

Spoiler

about kicking a god senseless

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Onto Bonehunters, where everything till now is supposed to make sense. Oy vey.

hueofgray's review against another edition

5.0

I was not expecting comedy in such a gruesome and violent series but I can honestly say that I really enjoyed
it and I hope it’s continued in future books. This book still gruesome and violent though, I can’t picture and Malazan book not being so.