Deadhouse Gates

[biodroid]

No problem I am going to give MoI a shot but started Pandora's Star by Hamilton, looks good so far. Maybe I was just trying to read DG too fast, do you know where I can get a chapter by chapter summary of DG?. Also that is the longest book I ever read and I did stop half way through it and read other stuf for a few months, I guess I should be to blame coz I most probably forgot the story (but I still do like Goodkind though no matter what others say)

[Rane Longfox]

Well, a load of guys from the malazan forum have been working on an encyclopedia, but Gardens of the Moon and Midnight Tides are the only ones so far with chapter summaries I'm afraid

[biodroid]

I once did find a site where all the chapters of GOTM were summarized but for the life of me I can't remember

[clairepickle]

The first time I read DHG I found it difficult, but I loved every minute, Now just finished rereading it and was astounded by how much I'd missed first time around, or how much more is there once you've read the rest of the series.

Last month I reread GOTM and that was a useful excercise and enjoyable too but nothing close to this I am in total awe and DHG is my way ahead favourite again, Ive even started accidentally swearing at the kids in Malazan. ( Its actually quite fun - Hood's breath - Try it today)

I usually I find a second read deadens some of the emotional stuff but not with this book I'm blown away, Im going to try to fit in MOI and HOC again before ToTH hits paperback.

[biodroid]

Maybe I should do that sometime, re-read the series that is. I am a slow reader so MoI will probably take me a month or 6 weeks to read so re-reading for me will be only in a few years time as I also would like to read a whole bunch of other books and not get bogged down by one author.

Is MoI also a bit of a difficult read as I found DHG difficult, not as hard as GoTM but enough to confuse me about certain characters?

[Quick Ben]

Nah mate. I personally found MoI to be a far easier read than DhG. There is so much happening in that book that it'll hook you in right away without feeling like you are slowing down at all which was something I found with DhG especially with the Felisin/Heboric story line.

In MoI, all different story lines are equally interesting and also this is where finally some explanations about different things come into play so I think you'll find it a lot easier.

But at the end, because the ending is so powerful and the series finally catches up with you due to its sheer vastness, I had to take a break which is what I am doing and intend to continue further with the series in about a month or two.

[TK-421]

Just finished Deadhouse Gates. Holly cr#$, what a good read! But it quite substantial at some 925 pages or so. It took me while longer than most other books do.

Kalam, Duiker, Coltaine, Fiddler and Baudin were by far my favourites in the book.

I'm not sure how I feel about Laseen after reading this book.

Anyway, I bought Memories of Ice but I am taking a break as I have some 5 other books I want to read and that have been put on hold while I get through DhG.

[Rane Longfox]

Laseen is a really interesting character, because you never see anything from her point of view, only the points of view of those around her...