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dominator1ful 's review for:
Deadhouse Gates
by Steven Erikson
Goddamn what a journey. took me almost a year to get through this book although i wouldnt say thats an indication of the book being bad, just long and i took breaks. The scope was epic, the new characters were fascinating, the setting vivid. incredible book.
Downsides:
- a lot of things were kept ambiguous for the point of mystery but, due to the already opaque/cryptic storytelling style and the old-timey language used. it left me wondering: "was i supposed to have understood the last page or was it supposed to be unclear?" and i truly didnt know which felt very unsatisfying
- some of the segments really dragged. this was usually accompanied by some of the those cryptic bits and it took me days to get through just a couple of pages. this happened during every scene iskaral pust was in, when heboric and co were in that old shapeshifter city in the desert and he lost his sight, and other places. those bits kinda suk'd
- some of the storylines felt a bit pointless by the end. Spoilers incoming: the chain of dogs just got killed at the end. kallam didnt kill laseen. icarium forgot everything. fiddler and co finally got to malaz and did nothing there. the journey is more important than the destination and i still loved the book but yknow
Upsides:
- the whole chain of dogs. best part. Duiker and Coltaine are so fucking cool
- the deaths were soul wrenching and tragic and i enjoyed
- the large scale battles were awesome, especially at gelor ridge or sekala crossing
- heboric's story was very cool
if youre thinking of dropping the series after book 1, id recommend doing book 2 before you drop. its long and has some difficult bits but is worth it in the end.
Downsides:
- a lot of things were kept ambiguous for the point of mystery but, due to the already opaque/cryptic storytelling style and the old-timey language used. it left me wondering: "was i supposed to have understood the last page or was it supposed to be unclear?" and i truly didnt know which felt very unsatisfying
- some of the segments really dragged. this was usually accompanied by some of the those cryptic bits and it took me days to get through just a couple of pages. this happened during every scene iskaral pust was in, when heboric and co were in that old shapeshifter city in the desert and he lost his sight, and other places. those bits kinda suk'd
- some of the storylines felt a bit pointless by the end. Spoilers incoming: the chain of dogs just got killed at the end. kallam didnt kill laseen. icarium forgot everything. fiddler and co finally got to malaz and did nothing there. the journey is more important than the destination and i still loved the book but yknow
Upsides:
- the whole chain of dogs. best part. Duiker and Coltaine are so fucking cool
- the deaths were soul wrenching and tragic and i enjoyed
- the large scale battles were awesome, especially at gelor ridge or sekala crossing
- heboric's story was very cool
if youre thinking of dropping the series after book 1, id recommend doing book 2 before you drop. its long and has some difficult bits but is worth it in the end.