766 reviews for:

Midnight Tides

Steven Erikson

4.42 AVERAGE

hamil73's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Best one yet!!!

lukeo91's review

4.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

brontesaurus84's review

5.0

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4.5

Half way through the mammoth malazan book of the fallen and yet to experience a less than stellar effort.

This one in particular, which shall henceforth be referred to as "The one with the seals", is probably not many people's favourite as you're basically starting from scratch in respect of the characters and setting, but there is once again so much to like, including the marvellous comedy duo of Tehol and Bugg.

Erikson is the perfect tonic for anyone who is bored of the more derivative fantasy narratives and tired tropes.

nice_frogboy's review

4.0

slow-paced

ryan_reads_fantasy's review against another edition

4.0

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Act 1 of this book started off really slowly, and while the characters were interesting and enough to keep me somewhat engaged, plot wise not much happened. Once I got to Act 2 things started picking up and just keep running from there, and it kept my attention all the way to the end!

christinajl_gb's review against another edition

5.0

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Excellent! What more can I say about Erikson apart from great writing, engaging characters and epic storylines.

mnightcharmeleon's review

5.0

adventurous challenging funny tense medium-paced

pwatson97's review

4.5

adventurous dark emotional 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

ianmrowland's review

5.0

dark emotional mysterious 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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Superb! Another stunning take in the Malazan Book of the Fallen. Epic and yet filled with characters that are grappling with life in the midst of magic, faith, family and war. Tragic and yet hopeful in the same breath. Fantasy as it should be written for fans who want more than hack and slash pulp.

stinkmanjoe's review

3.0

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes