Horrible.
If you enjoyed "Toll the Hounds", then you'll probably enjoy this volume as well. If you enjoy long winded, overblown, impossibly philosophic sophistry from people who can't even pronounce sophistry, then this volume will be one of your favorites in the Malazan series.
I don't know what Erikson is thinking. The action, the backstabbing, the politics, all are relegated to the background while, once again, EVERY character complains vociferously, but not humorously, about freaking everything. The only real action, as far as I was concerned, happened right at the end of the book. You have personal complaints, you have national complaints, you have god complaints. And speaking of gods, STOP trying to be mysterious by not giving us information.
I read the first three Malazan books and started recommending them to everyone I knew. As the series goes on, and starting because of this book, I can no longer recommend this series. At all.
If you enjoyed "Toll the Hounds", then you'll probably enjoy this volume as well. If you enjoy long winded, overblown, impossibly philosophic sophistry from people who can't even pronounce sophistry, then this volume will be one of your favorites in the Malazan series.
I don't know what Erikson is thinking. The action, the backstabbing, the politics, all are relegated to the background while, once again, EVERY character complains vociferously, but not humorously, about freaking everything. The only real action, as far as I was concerned, happened right at the end of the book. You have personal complaints, you have national complaints, you have god complaints. And speaking of gods, STOP trying to be mysterious by not giving us information.
I read the first three Malazan books and started recommending them to everyone I knew. As the series goes on, and starting because of this book, I can no longer recommend this series. At all.
