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A review by sorkatani
Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson
5.0
The 'A Tale of the Malazan Book of the Fallen' series is still my favourite fantasy series, with the first four books being some of my all-time favourite books. 'Gardens of the Moon'is the first book in the series.
Originally created to be a TTRPG before being turned into a book series, the aTotMBoF series is intricate, complex, varied, and epic.
I love the characters, the language, the world building, the system of magic, the lack of long-winded-ness *cough*Robert Jordan*cough* and the way the author doesn't spoon feed the plots to the reader.
I know some people find the first hundred pages or so to be difficult to get through due to the complex nature of the plot and lack of explanations by the author but if you can make it past that point, I guarantee a much more straight-forward (well, in comparison) story unfolds.
I definitely recommend this book to fantasy lovers, and people enjoy large, complex world building (think DnD).
Originally created to be a TTRPG before being turned into a book series, the aTotMBoF series is intricate, complex, varied, and epic.
I love the characters, the language, the world building, the system of magic, the lack of long-winded-ness *cough*Robert Jordan*cough* and the way the author doesn't spoon feed the plots to the reader.
I know some people find the first hundred pages or so to be difficult to get through due to the complex nature of the plot and lack of explanations by the author but if you can make it past that point, I guarantee a much more straight-forward (well, in comparison) story unfolds.
I definitely recommend this book to fantasy lovers, and people enjoy large, complex world building (think DnD).