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4.26 AVERAGE
4.26 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-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
adventurous
challenging
dark
tense
slow-paced
adventurous
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The story almost buckles under the weight of its multitudinous plotlines, but in the end manages to just barely pull everything off.
Another great entry into the series, with it containing one of my favourite moments as of yet -
Erikson changes the narrative structure with this book and I think it works really well, Karsa’s journey although extremely disturbing at the beginning I grew to throughly enjoy.
His idealistic view of Teblor and his purpose grew into something so much bigger - Favourite Pov
Moving onto the rest of the cast, always great to see Kalam and Fiddler, however for everyone else it took me longer to really get invested into their journeys but by the end I was hooked
Standouts being Gamet, Trull/onrack and L’oric, all of these Povs very enjoyable -
My favourite moment of the book undoubtedly stems from the dynamic between Tavore and Felisin. Their duality so tragic but really compelling to read.
Both victims to each other but in the bigger picture part of something so much more
Excited for Tavore to be expanded upon
This is definitely a more contemplative entry, Erikson disposing his philosophy with more expansion upon warrens and Acendants/gods.
Erikson changes the narrative structure with this book and I think it works really well, Karsa’s journey although extremely disturbing at the beginning I grew to throughly enjoy.
His idealistic view of Teblor and his purpose grew into something so much bigger - Favourite Pov
Moving onto the rest of the cast, always great to see Kalam and Fiddler, however for everyone else it took me longer to really get invested into their journeys but by the end I was hooked
Standouts being Gamet, Trull/onrack and L’oric, all of these Povs very enjoyable -
My favourite moment of the book undoubtedly stems from the dynamic between Tavore and Felisin. Their duality so tragic but really compelling to read.
Both victims to each other but in the bigger picture part of something so much more
Excited for Tavore to be expanded upon
This is definitely a more contemplative entry, Erikson disposing his philosophy with more expansion upon warrens and Acendants/gods.
adventurous
reflective
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
challenging
dark
mysterious
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:
Complicated
I really enjoyed the switch-up from Erikson here. The direct POV of Karsa Orlong for the first 1/4th of the book or so was a total change from the previous entries in the Malazan series. I became attached to Karsa even though he was absolutely diabolical in the first part of the book. Later on, he ascends to become an absolutely terrifying unstoppable force.
Like all other Malazan novels so far the plot is winding and strange. There are surprises and strange appearances of other characters, gods, and crazy deaths. I took longer with this entry because, while I came to really enjoy it, the concentration on Karsa for the first portion of the book was very different from the plot and the highly important events at the end of Memories of Ice. I do like that the characters on the Seven Cities continent are aware or hear about the events happening near simultaneously in Memories of Ice on another continent.
Onward to Midnight Tides!
Like all other Malazan novels so far the plot is winding and strange. There are surprises and strange appearances of other characters, gods, and crazy deaths. I took longer with this entry because, while I came to really enjoy it, the concentration on Karsa for the first portion of the book was very different from the plot and the highly important events at the end of Memories of Ice. I do like that the characters on the Seven Cities continent are aware or hear about the events happening near simultaneously in Memories of Ice on another continent.
Onward to Midnight Tides!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No