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House of Chains by Steven Erikson
4.0

While this book is really all about mixed feelings, it also contains some highlights that cannot be discarded.
It is a journey of certain characters, an emotional one at that also.
It also contains some of the best scenes in the book and it finally starts unveiling Cotillion and who he is (and this is what attracted me the most to the book), as a patron (and almost a father figure to some) and a patron of assassins (and why he is the best at what he does).

It is also the story of the Paran sisters. Not extremely emotional but it contains quite a bit of friction. Very sibling-like.

It is also the story of Fiddler/Strings and the Bridgeburners. It is the story of Cutter and Apsalar.

It is also the story of the House of Chains and how the Crippled God made it on the map.

And it is the story of Karsa, a character I could not care less about yet the implications of what he is and becomes are key for the series, I suspect!