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Re: I have the same experience with rereads of Erikson always bringing new things to the fore. Macharius Send a noteboard - 19/05/2010 02:12:42 PM
I do wonder whether my decreased enjoyment in the Malazan series in recent books is because those books are really less good, or merely because things get repetitive and one gets the feeling that nothing really matters in the end. Toll the Hounds is probably a better novel by far than Gardens of the Moon, considering the oft-discussed jump in Erikson's writing abilities from GotM to DG, but I have a feeling rereading GotM would be more fun for me regardless.


Considering TtH's 400 pages of emo bloat, any other book in the series would be more fun to read again. DH/MoI being installments two and three and the most entertaining of a ten-volume series is kind of a travesty. Fortunately, DoD was a vast improvement over TtH and I am greatly anticipating The Crippled God.
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Re: I have the same experience with rereads of Erikson always bringing new things to the fore. - 19/05/2010 02:12:42 PM 831 Views
MT was just as good as those two, IMHO of course. - 21/05/2010 12:29:22 PM 768 Views
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You're welcome *NM* - 18/05/2010 07:12:46 PM 364 Views
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