Post #3077627

2025-12-15 17:44 UTC

Currently reading &quot;Malazan Book of the Fallen #1 - Gardens of the Moon&quot;. I&#39;m about one third into the book, but can&#39;t seem to get into it. The story just meanders along, and the writing feels needlessly convoluted. Does it get better? #bookstodon #literature #books

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@8bitarcher@kind.social 2025-12-15 17:47

@stjepanlukac@mastodon.art kind of? the Malazan series is kind of weird in that it kind of spawned from an rpg campaign setting and Erikson throws a ton of world building and tone setting but it has pacing issues. I'd argue that deadhouse gates (the second book) flows significantly better with writing lessons learned from Gardens of the moon. it does however accelerate nicely and all those weird and disparate threads did tie up in a satisfying way for me by the end of the book.

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@bodger@beige.party 2025-12-15 17:51

@stjepanlukac@mastodon.art I've read 3 books now. Book 2 slogs across a desert, but book 3 is looking up. I've had it confirmed that it's worth carrying on, everything wraps up, and the scope is epic.

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@ghosttie@mastodon.gamedev.place 2025-12-16 01:43

@stjepanlukac@mastodon.art there are good bits but it's a bit of a slog

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