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A review by elros451
The God Is Not Willing by Steven Erikson
5.0
Two things make this book stand out from a lot of other Malazan books.
1. Characters. This has a much tighter cast than other Malazan books and that really helps show off the main characters. Rant and Stillwater are definitely the stars of the show here and are among my favorite Malazan characters at this point. All the marines are distinct and even many of the Teblor, who always seemed to be carbon copies of one another in other books, had great personalities and differences.
and 2. Pacing. Barring maybe Crippled God and Gardens of the Moon this is probably the best paced Malazan book. It simply does not lag at any point. There is no excessive downtime. There are no dud POVs at all. And huge chunks of it are really great snappy dialogue.
And of course it's a Malazan book so the worldbuilding is off the charts, the themes are incredible, the marine banter is amazing (this is probably the highest ratio of Malazan marine time to page count in any of the books, and its great), and there are, of course, many jaw-dropping big moments. The one with a particular dragon rivals the best of the MBotF in my opinion.
5/5
1. Characters. This has a much tighter cast than other Malazan books and that really helps show off the main characters. Rant and Stillwater are definitely the stars of the show here and are among my favorite Malazan characters at this point. All the marines are distinct and even many of the Teblor, who always seemed to be carbon copies of one another in other books, had great personalities and differences.
and 2. Pacing. Barring maybe Crippled God and Gardens of the Moon this is probably the best paced Malazan book. It simply does not lag at any point. There is no excessive downtime. There are no dud POVs at all. And huge chunks of it are really great snappy dialogue.
And of course it's a Malazan book so the worldbuilding is off the charts, the themes are incredible, the marine banter is amazing (this is probably the highest ratio of Malazan marine time to page count in any of the books, and its great), and there are, of course, many jaw-dropping big moments. The one with a particular dragon rivals the best of the MBotF in my opinion.
5/5