Deadhouse Gates by Steven Erikson

Deadhouse Gates

Malazan Book of the Fallen #2

Steven Erikson

868 pages • first pub 2000 (view editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous challenging dark slow-paced
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Patient readers who relish morally gray characters navigating brutal warfare, enduring deep emotional tolls, and witnessing how alliances fracture under extreme adversity will find themselves gripped by this dark, challenging epic.

Description

The Malazan Empire teeters on the brink of anarchy.In Seven Cities - in the Holy Desert Raraku - a seer named Sha'ik gathers an army around her in preparation for a long-prophesied uprising. Unprecedented in its size and savagery, it will prove to...

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Community Reviews

4.25
based on 7,740 reviews

Moods

dark: 92%

adventurous: 79%

challenging: 67%

tense: 57%

emotional: 52%

mysterious: 46%

sad: 44%

reflective: 20%

funny: 12%

inspiring: 7%

hopeful: 6%

informative: 1%

Pace

3% of readers chose fast
41% of readers chose medium
54% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

23% of readers chose Plot
65% of readers chose A mix
10% of readers chose Character
Plot
A mix
Character

Strong character development?

73% of readers chose Yes
18% of readers chose Complicated
6% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Loveable characters?

46% of readers chose Yes
45% of readers chose Complicated
7% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Diverse cast of characters?

91% of readers chose Yes
5% of readers chose Complicated
1% of readers chose No
1% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

57% of readers chose Yes
22% of readers chose Complicated
17% of readers chose No
2% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

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