yeah, i loved gotm too. It alternates with moi as my favorite in the series. But a lot of people seem to have problems with it.
I loved the way you're dumped into the middle of things and have to work it out as you go. It's not like a quest story where there's a nice easy place to start, certainly, so a certain amount of ambiguity is to be expected. I love it though.
On the other hand, at last count i'd read it at least 15 times, so i'm a bit disconnected to new erikson readers, possibly
