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Originally Posted by Boaz  I did not mention how much I do appreciate how much effort Erikson and his co-creator have put into the genesis and backstory of The Malazan Book of the Fallen. They have impressed me with their care in crafting their fantasy world.
But (you knew it was coming didn't you?), the pace at which the information regarding different races (Moranth, Malazans, Tiste Andii, Jaghut, Trell, and various other humans), different organizations (Malazan army, Claw, Talon, Darujhistan councils, etc.), different religions, and different magic sources is so sporadic that I feel confounded.
Maybe my whole issue with Erikson is merely the fact that he cannot live up to expectations generated by the extreme praise I read here. This happens so much in life... how can one person be expected to have the exact same response to art as another person? For example, I know a guy who was set up on a blind date with a former Miss America... that poor lady never had a chance... how could she live up to that billing forty years after her title?
Erikson has a lot of good stuff here, but I'm not thrilled yet. I'm going to finish Deadhouse, but we'll see if I go any further into the series.
One caveat... Some of you may know me from the George Martin forum. I'm an admitted fan (and a big Tolkien fan, too), but I want to say that I'm not attempting to build Martin up by tearing Erikson or any other author down. TLOTR, ASOIAF and TMBOTF stand on their own merits. |
What do you think about Felisin in?
She was like 70% the reason i didnt finish DHG.
Her part of story was meh. I liked the crippled old man Heboric(?) but not the rest of characters in that side of the story.
I agree with your first post Erikson created really interesting world but what else does he have is the question. Interesting world is nothing if the story doesnt get anywhere.
I didnt like either how little the mages was in the first two books. I liked armies with battling mages but they werent important.
Let me know how the last 200 pages of DHG is compared to the first 200.