Good lord, I'm 2/3rds of the way through GOTM (coming over as a Martin fan while waiting for Dance with Dragons), and I have to say at times I find it difficult following the flow of Erikson. I've found myself going back and re-reading a passage because I didn't understand it the first time I read it, or I just "skimmed" it and missed something important. As it happens it's taking me a long time to read this book, much longer than I normally take to get through a similar sized book.
I think it's well worth the effort though, I'm beginning to really look forward to seeing what happens next and I'm starting to like some of these characters. After reading about how the books jump around from different storylines I'm just worried that I won't be able to keep all the hundreds of characters in order from book to book.
I never used to read fantasy novels, now I think I'm turning into a fantasy geek.
