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A review by mwplante
The Lees of Laughter's End by Steven Erikson
3.0
"It was, in truth, the stupidest monster she had ever seen."
This was my favorite of the bunch on my first go-around with Bauchelain and Korbal Broach Vol. 1, and it is easy to recall why. The new characters are engaging and easy to empathize with despite the horrific and absurd scenario they find themselves in. The story overall does comedic horror in the squishy, slapstick vein of a Sam Raimi film. Beyond these simple pleasures, stacked revelations about the nature of the various featured-creatures rattling about the hold of the ship augment the story and draw the reader deeper and deeper into Erikson's thrall. The passage beginning "Wizards delegate" was a particularly lovely little interlude. I'm tempted to snip it an share it with anyone I'm trying to entice to the Malazan fold.
Bauchelain and Korbal Broach as a duo offer up more of themselves in this story than the last, and I found myself wondering during this second read of the second chronological story if we will ever be treated to a Bauchelain and Korbal Broach prequel, showing the meet-cute of this macabre duo. I can only hope.
This was my favorite of the bunch on my first go-around with Bauchelain and Korbal Broach Vol. 1, and it is easy to recall why. The new characters are engaging and easy to empathize with despite the horrific and absurd scenario they find themselves in. The story overall does comedic horror in the squishy, slapstick vein of a Sam Raimi film. Beyond these simple pleasures, stacked revelations about the nature of the various featured-creatures rattling about the hold of the ship augment the story and draw the reader deeper and deeper into Erikson's thrall. The passage beginning "Wizards delegate" was a particularly lovely little interlude. I'm tempted to snip it an share it with anyone I'm trying to entice to the Malazan fold.
Bauchelain and Korbal Broach as a duo offer up more of themselves in this story than the last, and I found myself wondering during this second read of the second chronological story if we will ever be treated to a Bauchelain and Korbal Broach prequel, showing the meet-cute of this macabre duo. I can only hope.