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A review by isabellarobinson7
Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson
Did not finish book. Stopped at 11%.
DNF at page 85 (10.53%)
Rating: NA
Man, I couldn't even get through book one.
I am more than comfortable with description heavy fantasy (Tolkien and Robert Jordan are two of my favourite authors, for goodness sake) but at least their descriptions are about what is happening to the characters directly. Not an event 100000000 years ago that just happened to have taken place right where the character is standing.
And I know this is completely pedantic and somewhat superficial, but I want to read about a magic system that the author fully creates themselves, not something borrowed from occult practices which Gardens of the Moon seems to be heading in the direction of with mentions of necromancy and the like (WAIT. I know that it will probably get more creative because there are heaps of Malazan books and blah blah blah. I have a million more books to read and I can't be bothered waiting for the magic to get diverse).
I have too many books on the go at the moment (it's a weakness. I get on book-starting binges where I just keep picking up books), and with this one due back at the library any day now, it became a choice of trying my luck with issuing a second time, or rushing to finish it. Frankly, I can't bring myself to do either. Eh, at least I tried.
Oh, and all of y'all flexing saying that you hate popular books? You don't even compare to me: I'm adding freaking Malazan to my pile of popular DNFs which already includes The Hunger Games, The Fifth Season, The Dresden Files, Discworld, Throne of Glass, Twilight and then there's Harry Potter which I haven't touched with a ten foot pole. *mic drop* (this is all sarcasm by the way. I always get terrified someone will think I'm actually serious)
Rating: NA
Man, I couldn't even get through book one.
I am more than comfortable with description heavy fantasy (Tolkien and Robert Jordan are two of my favourite authors, for goodness sake) but at least their descriptions are about what is happening to the characters directly. Not an event 100000000 years ago that just happened to have taken place right where the character is standing.
And I know this is completely pedantic and somewhat superficial, but I want to read about a magic system that the author fully creates themselves, not something borrowed from occult practices which Gardens of the Moon seems to be heading in the direction of with mentions of necromancy and the like (WAIT. I know that it will probably get more creative because there are heaps of Malazan books and blah blah blah. I have a million more books to read and I can't be bothered waiting for the magic to get diverse).
I have too many books on the go at the moment (it's a weakness. I get on book-starting binges where I just keep picking up books), and with this one due back at the library any day now, it became a choice of trying my luck with issuing a second time, or rushing to finish it. Frankly, I can't bring myself to do either. Eh, at least I tried.
Oh, and all of y'all flexing saying that you hate popular books? You don't even compare to me: I'm adding freaking Malazan to my pile of popular DNFs which already includes The Hunger Games, The Fifth Season, The Dresden Files, Discworld, Throne of Glass, Twilight and then there's Harry Potter which I haven't touched with a ten foot pole. *mic drop* (this is all sarcasm by the way. I always get terrified someone will think I'm actually serious)