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A review by minsies
Forge of Darkness by Steven Erikson
4.0
It's pretty much a -1 for the whole wedding thing*, because it's not necessary. (Yes, OK, necessary to the plot, but the description of it was not - especially since Erikson's books do not any more examples of I am totes SRS bsns about graphic descriptions! He's got Envy, Spite and Malice to cover all those angles, anyway.)
The thing about his books is that they make me care about pretty much every character, no matter how small a part they play. (There are a few exceptions: Envy, Spite, Malice and Olar Ethil are probably at the top of the list; Anomander Rake was, but this book redeems him a bit.)
Mostly, this book made me want to go back and reread all 10 books of the Malazan Book of the Fallen, and I didn't think I'd ever really want to do that, especially after I struggled so much to get through the first two (Gardens of the Moon and Deadhouse Gates) - and because I was reading the later ones as they came out, so there was significant time between each volume and I usually forgot what had happened before. We've got all 10 on the shelf, though, so I'll probably start reading once I get through the other new stuff we have lying around.
I don't usually care that much for the overarching plot in his books (this one is no exception, really), but I care enough about the individual characters to look past that. Erikson's is the only long series (over 4 books) that I've really stuck with (with the exception of The Dark Tower, but that was a stupid slog), and I think it is probably the best epic fantasy I've read.
*and whatever happened to the Hust legion. Still don't understand that. Read that section about 10 times. No idea.
The thing about his books is that they make me care about pretty much every character, no matter how small a part they play. (There are a few exceptions: Envy, Spite, Malice and Olar Ethil are probably at the top of the list; Anomander Rake was, but this book redeems him a bit.)
Mostly, this book made me want to go back and reread all 10 books of the Malazan Book of the Fallen, and I didn't think I'd ever really want to do that, especially after I struggled so much to get through the first two (Gardens of the Moon and Deadhouse Gates) - and because I was reading the later ones as they came out, so there was significant time between each volume and I usually forgot what had happened before. We've got all 10 on the shelf, though, so I'll probably start reading once I get through the other new stuff we have lying around.
I don't usually care that much for the overarching plot in his books (this one is no exception, really), but I care enough about the individual characters to look past that. Erikson's is the only long series (over 4 books) that I've really stuck with (with the exception of The Dark Tower, but that was a stupid slog), and I think it is probably the best epic fantasy I've read.
*and whatever happened to the Hust legion. Still don't understand that. Read that section about 10 times. No idea.