2011 - What are you Reading? - Page 49

On October 26 2011 10:35 Malinor wrote:
Until last week I was reading

and now I am in part two of this ten book fantasy series:


I haven't read too many fantasy novels until now (LOTR, one book of the Eragon series, Joe Abercrombie's First Law series plus the follow-up, Harry Potter-if that counts) but since quite some time I felt the urge to dive into a long series. I am pretty picky when it comes to this stuff because I always fear that I end up in another world with brutal orcs, noble elbs or majestic dragons. Also I don't like to start yet unfinished series, because I don't feel like waiting another 5 years for the next book. And let's be honest, the quality of most series drop significantly over time, so waiting endlessly only to be disappointed is just cruel. I ordered this book and the first part of The Dark Tower from Stephen King (since both series are finished and seem to not drop in quality if you can trust the reviews), and decided to continue with the Malazan series (since the western-style of The Dark Tower is not my favoured setting).
I very much enjoyed the first book. You are thrown right into the story and most characters aren't really introduced that much, so you have to figure out stuff by yourself as you read along, which can be hard sometimes. The world is a bit heavy on powerful, mysterious and old creatures, makes you wonder a bit how human protagonists should survive in such a setting, let alone have any real amount of power. But it seems basically everyone is killable (even the gods), which is quite nice. Overall this could shape up to be a very nice read over the next couple of months.