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A review by rkking
The Crippled God by Steven Erikson
4.0
A fantastic ending to an equally fantastic saga. If you stick with it all the way to this final book, Erikson most certainly delivers on those earlier promises. The Malazan series is epic, and dense. It takes a steep learning curve, but holy hell does it ever pay off.
The only caveats are the sheer number of characters, some of whom share very similar names, that I more than once got a little loss as to who was who, and therefore when something major happened to one or more of them, the effect was lessened slightly until I could get back on track with the correct character.
It's funny, the infamy GRR Martin gets for killing off his characters. Erikson is soooo much more inclined to do even more extreme, so no characters are safe.
The actually ending to this book, and therefore capstone to the entire saga, was powerful, poignant, and a real release from the previous intensity of the entire series.
Fate, Gods, Barbarians, Swords and Shields, Magic, Dragons, Political Intrigue, this saga has it all. Despite some stumbles, I really enjoyed this saga and feel I became a stronger reader and writer from it.
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The only caveats are the sheer number of characters, some of whom share very similar names, that I more than once got a little loss as to who was who, and therefore when something major happened to one or more of them, the effect was lessened slightly until I could get back on track with the correct character.
It's funny, the infamy GRR Martin gets for killing off his characters. Erikson is soooo much more inclined to do even more extreme, so no characters are safe.
The actually ending to this book, and therefore capstone to the entire saga, was powerful, poignant, and a real release from the previous intensity of the entire series.
Fate, Gods, Barbarians, Swords and Shields, Magic, Dragons, Political Intrigue, this saga has it all. Despite some stumbles, I really enjoyed this saga and feel I became a stronger reader and writer from it.
Join the RK King readers' list for an exclusive FREE short story, plus inside info, musings, promos and more: RK King Writes