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Gardens of the Moon

Steven Erikson

3.85 AVERAGE

adventurous challenging dark tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous challenging dark slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

3.75 ☆ LOVED the second half
challenging dark slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious 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: Complicated
adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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: Complicated

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
adventurous challenging dark emotional 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: Yes