Thread: You read a book and it stinks. What do you do?
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Old 07-01-2007, 02:53 PM   #39
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Originally Posted by cherdman View Post
So I imagine that you would recommend the Steven Erikson books, eh? I finally found a copy of Gardens of the Moon at my local Borders but haven't picked it up yet...
Nope, I would not

I have not started on the series yet. There are only 7 books (the last book was published two months ago) out of 10. I am waiting for S.E. to write 9th book then I am going to reading the series.

Malazan forum consists of 2 parts. One part is for malazan books and another is general part. I visit only the second part.

As far as I know, Gardens of the Moon is a bit difficult book. Probably the worst in the series. Many people start to read it and give up. Quite often it is compared to the first book in Black Company series by Glen Cook, which I read and I can imagine what sort of difficulties one can encounter in this book. You are being thrown into the middle of action, chaos, without any explanation or background knowledge...Eventually everything becomes clear in the later installments but I know that it discouraged some readers from carrying on.
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