For the record, if you come into Malazan and think of it as a Greek/Norse God story it kind of makes it easier. I kind of think of it as if you joined a D&D campaign, where everyone else has been attending sessions daily for the past 2-3 years and you are just expected to pick it up as they continue their campaign.

Karsa Orlong is the single reason why all the gripes on bad character development are so wrong

@ActionMan153

Жыл бұрын

House of Chains!

@jameswitts3793

8 ай бұрын

Witness!

@gms_oo6796

6 ай бұрын

One year later and I am half way through memories of ice. full one 180 don't get me wrong gardens of the moon rubbed me up the wrong way. But dead house gates and the first half of memories of ice (so far) have converted me. Reading though it I remember this comment and thought id leave this here. I am in love the character writing. Doesn't even matter that the doesn't seem to be a main character(which is usually a deal breaker for me) I am have so much fun reading it.

even though they were absolutely dragging this book, it made me decide to give the series a try, also the covers are pretty so that’s another reason 😁

@caseywalters6197

2 жыл бұрын

the series is incredible. Some of the best writing of any kind Erickson is on the Fantasy Mnt Rushmore

Malazan- you either love the series or loathe it. There is no in between. 🙃😆

The ten Malazon books recently inched above 3 million in sales, about 300,000 copies per book; that's miniscule compared to Wheel of Time's 90 million sold or Harry Potter's 500 million.

Malazan is a series I just couldn’t get into. I read the first three books and was more confused than anything. This was fun. Thanks EB

I'm gonna do it. I'm gonna say it. Those people just didn't "get" the series. Signed, a pizza loving, video game playing, pug lover.

0:55 what makes Malazan amazing is finding out one and a half books later, that Jim jam was actually the chosen champion of the God Flubar and that the alarc race has been at war with the mole people for the last 100.000 years. ^^

the thing about the elderly guy not being able to finish stormlight is a genuine fear of mine. i’m only 18 and feel like something will happen to me or brandon and i won’t be able to finish the series 😱

I think the fact that you don't understand everything from the first book is it's biggest selling point to me. I needed to keep going to figure it out. If that doesn't appeal to you, then the series definitely work work for you. And if themes in the story don't appeal to you, you probably won't get invested enough to keep you going.

I certainly understand why some hate this series. It isn't typical and isn't traditional Fantasy. It took my until book six to really GET the underlying plot. But I LOVE this series. Erickson dialogue is fantastic, his unique magic system and world building kept me interested until I understood what and why things were happening. It's is among my all time favorites, but it isn't for everyone 😂

@gms_oo6796

Жыл бұрын

book six ur taking the piss. they are well dense as well. some sort of sadomasochism

Erickson won’t be truly appreciated till 2070 or so.

I am big fan of the series and I love these reviews because Steven Erikson predicts them in his long ass books. I thought he was being uncharitable when he wrote this but the reviews proved me wrong. A character in one of the books thinks to himself that "in his experience comprehension diminishes as complexity deepens- this is not a failing of skills in communication...but one of investment and capacity. People dwell in a swamp of feelings that stick like globs of mud to every thought, slowing those thoughts down, making them almost shapeless. The inner discipline demanded in order to cleanse such inefficient and clumsy tendencies is usually too fierce, too trying, just too damned hard. This, then, marks the the unwillingness to to make the necessary investment. The other issue is a far crueller judgement... the recognition that in the world there are numerically far more stupid people than there are clever. The difficulty is in the innate cleverness of the stupid disguising their own stupidity." "He watched their sly evasions, listened to their bluster and wondered why they never reached the essential realisation, that the amount of effort engaged in hiding their own stupidity would serve them better used in effective exercise of what little wits they possessed. Assuming, of course, that improvement was even possible." I could easily simplify this but why bother? Not like y'all are worth the effort 😂😂😂🤣🤣✌

"Reader with hemorrhoids : at least is not malazan" Elle B😂😂😂😂

These videos are so entertaining regardless of whether or not I’ve read the book. ♥️♥️♥️

LOL "what method most suitable for its destruction" I'm not sure when I'll read Malazan, but even still, I'd like to check it out one day just to see if I'd also use a picture of blue cheese in my review 😂

Need more of this I loved the Blue cheese review the most

Malazan isint for everyone but it is one of the best stories I have ever read.

Ha! These are hilarious 😂. It is a dense and confusing series though. I’m enjoy it but If I get to the end and still don’t understand I will be pretty upset lol

This is on my tbr i cannot wait to lmao

Love videos like these 😁

I really tried with this one, tried listening to it 3 times, but between the way it's written and my ADHD i stand no chance. I have been defeated. But i do love the idea of it all coming together after a few books and maybe one day i'll make it there.

@MrHawkMan777

2 жыл бұрын

I'm at book 7 and am really enjoying it but I'll tell you now coz malazan fans will maybe not admit it. I still don't really know what's going on. Some people say get to book 3 and I'll all good from there but for me it was the opposite. I loved the first 3 books then book 4 was tough and most of book 5 then book 6 was amazing but apparently lots of people don't like book 7 so I'll find out when I read it. My point is that it's a completely different experience for different people. Some people hate it some loved every single one, some like me adore some and dislike others. I've also heard people say on 1st read one was there favourite then on 2nd read it was another that they hated 1st time. But I'd you didn't like the 1st at all then I'd say you probably won't enjoy the rest. But if you enjoyed parts of it just disliked most of it then I'd suggest you read the 2nd. That book is my favourite of them all so far.

@outsidethewall8488

Жыл бұрын

I have adhd and I'm three books in and hooked. But I don't think it's a story suited well to audiobooks because it requires active engagement rather than passive - which I think tends to be the appeal of audiobooks (you can have it on in the background so it doesn't need to be your sole activity). I definitely understand not being able to focus on a book but for whatever reason this one has got me hyper focused so I can spend 10 hours straight reading it. Different strokes for different folks I guess.

@LeeDeeThe1

Жыл бұрын

@@outsidethewall8488 Yes, just whanted to write this, this isnt really a good audiobook series, unless you mostly listen to audiobooks when you are able to 100% concentrate on them

@visx1792

11 ай бұрын

I just treated it like an experience at first, and not something you need to understand. It creeps up on you, but when it did, boy did it grab my hyper focus and refuse to let go. I think too many people approach malazan like it's a riddle that can be solved.

These were funny, but I appreciate the one from the editor. I would never recommend that anyone continue with the series if they dislike the first one. (For context: I read and liked the 1st 2 and plan to continue reading).

Here's my review Reading Gardens of the Moon feels like your standing at the mouth of a river in a beautiful forest filled with beautiful trees and animals all around...when suddenly your a swallowed up in to this river and are fighting for your life on the most choppy rapids of your life. Searching for something to hold on to you are able to keep your head above water for a few seconds of time to look around say "hey the forest around me is really beautiful and interesting" before you are immediately sucked back under a torrent of no context and too much information. Only to make it to the end of the river, and out of no where transported to another river to relive the same experience but with a little more things to grab on and understand

Hahaha :D I like the books, sometimes even love them, but the funny thing is, even as a malazan fan I have to admit, some of these “gripes” are so true :D I also think to myself sometimes while reading malazan books “Is Erikson using some random word generator? I just read a whole page and nothing made sense on that page” :D But the bright moments in the series more than make up for it. The second book Deadhouse gates is in my top 10 books of all time and the sixth book The bonehunters is also ridiculously good as well (Haven’t read the rest yet). But yeah…Confusion is a given with these books, and I sometimes even have to use the malazan wiki to make sense of things.

Love the one star review series lmaoo

I'm trying to get through the 6 released books in the Red Rising Saga (all great so far ❤), but this video makes me want to put Gardens of the Moon up next in my TBR.

Ha, these are great!

i love these videos 🤣

I’ve not read it, but the reviews are still SO funny 🤣

One of my hobbies is reading bad reviews as well. Very entertaining and amusing.

The blue cheese one 😂

I love the last one best. I completely agree with them. You shouldn't have to wait for book three in any series for it to make sense. It should make sense from the beginning.

A pug named Pug 😍 I love that. My friend has a pug named Potato 🥔.

the thing that there arent really good/bad guys is propably the thing i like most about the series

The style is compelling enough to keep with it if you're someone who doesn't need your hand held. I don't know when I started to get why everything just reels from happening to happening, but when I did I've never had a more affecting and enlightening moment in any literary experience I have had. And I read A LOT. I can't describe it, but I have an absolute burning need for my husband to hurry up and finish reading it so I can get into the tangled thoughts, feelings and impressions in my head that lodged there after reading this series.

I think Malazan is a series made for sado-masochists because you go through all the pain and humiliation yourself and love it! Then the moment you finish, you have to pass it on to someone else 😂

@Johanna_reads

2 жыл бұрын

Now I now what you really think of me, Ben! 😂😂😂

@OverlyAverageBen

2 жыл бұрын

@@Johanna_reads Hahaha am I wrong though? I loved Gardens of the Moon and gave my copy to Grace so I'm counting myself in that group 😂

Watching Elliot being gaslit by these reviews was surprisingly entertaining lol

Funny that even though I really enjoy the series (haven't finished it yet). I actually agree with most of what I heard. It doesn't make sense most of the time, the magic is quite random, the dialogue does drag on and many of the characters you won't care for and wish they would shut up. The only criticism I'd disagree with is character development, he has the best character development I've seen in fantasy. Many characters you won't care for when you first come across but slowly win you over until you feel like they are your best friend. There's so many characters where this happens that even though some you will hate, those that you love make it so worthwhile. But overall I agree with what they said however for me it's a positive not a negative. It challenges me which is why I love it. Although I do wish he had cut some dialogue down on a few characters.

Funny how people can look down on each other for silly reasons. "Oh, you like Malazan? You must be a NERD who does [insert nerdy stuff here, because smoking is apparently nerdy?...]". Oh, and loved the editor reviewer :) Yeah, everyone cares about Lord of the Rings from page 1, mhhhm. Of course. It's a favourite now, but I have DNF-ed it at least once, and heard similar stories from many people. Thank you for bringing us the content! Would be fun to know your opinion on any or some of the reviews, if you are so inclined.

@dancerJulie77

2 жыл бұрын

I Dnf-ed Lord of the Rings twice and never picked it up again.

@annalisitsyna7741

2 жыл бұрын

@@dancerJulie77 Exactly! Using that as an example of something amazing while faulting another book for not gripping you immediately seems hypocritical. If you are ever in the mood for slow, atmospheric fantasy with a fascinating world and lore, and very likeable characters, maybe you could give Tolkien another shot? 😇 (ignore me, I love it way too much)

@leonmayne797

2 жыл бұрын

@@annalisitsyna7741 LotR was great on like the third try.

@dancerJulie77

2 жыл бұрын

@@annalisitsyna7741 Maybe, but probably not. Tolkien's writing style just isn't for me. If I had read one more sentence about the spooky forest I think I might have screamed! I am happy that other people have found enjoyment through his work but I don't think I'm one of them. I'll probably stick to my Brandon Sanderson and Kiera Cass.

@annalisitsyna7741

2 жыл бұрын

@@dancerJulie77 Sounds great :) I like Sanderson, as well. Stormlight Archive, in particular [a certain character in Rhythm of War related to the name of the book - such a storyline!]. Skyward also became very engrossing pretty quickly, couldn't put it down.

This was funny :D Even when I never read the series :D

Malazan is amazing. Characters are great (Icarium, Karsa, Ganoes Paran, Apsalar, Onos T'oolan, every ancient god and more.), story is really deep and world is just so big... It is just not for everyone :)

Very humbling to hear this about ny favourite book series 🤣

@lifeofwise4061

2 жыл бұрын

I'm with you. WoT loved, Sanderson loved, rothfuss (close second absolutely love) but malazan for me is above them all. I get the gripes for sure, but i've read them 3 times now because sometimes I just crave the depth this series have, and every read through gets better for me.

now I wanna read this book 😂❤️

I loved the first book so much, but the next one was too gory for me. Still love the style, though. Also, I loved that you included a review for the sole purpose that it mentioned Final Fantasy

Hilarious

2:31 review is definitely on point

I want so badly to like Malazan. I tried to read it a few years ago but I don't remember anything. I can't decide if I should try again or not...

@GabrielRodriguesYT

2 жыл бұрын

I have a love-and-hate relationship with Kingkiller Chronicles. I love it but I also hate it. I also find the ranting reviews amusing. Erikson's works worked for me but I think some books are way too long.

@sernoddicusthegallant6986

Жыл бұрын

You dont need to memorize everything, while the series is more rewarding to those who pay attention and catch the smaller details you can still read it casually and let a lot of stuff go over your head and still understand and enjoy the core plot and themes.

I can agree with most of them.

In 2019, Gardens of the Moon became my first fantasy book. For some inexplicable reason I started reading the Chapter one excerpt on Amazon. I was hooked. I had no idea that fantasy could be written like this and this well. I have been reading fantasy ever since. Now some of my other favourite authors are ; China Miéville Richard Nell Robin Hobb Mathew Ward Adrian Tchaikovsky Guy Gavriel Kay P. Djèlí Clark R. Scott Bakker I have discovered a wonderful world🙂

@brontosa5351

2 жыл бұрын

So it pushed you towards reading better writers, sounds like a happy ending to me lol

@godo2712

Жыл бұрын

..i think starting a fantasy path with Malazan is something akin to starting anime path with Jojo

The summary is that people feel very strongly one way or another about the series 😂

I don’t pretend to be an advanced fantasy reader. I’ve always enjoyed epics of antiquity so I’ve noticed loose parallels to Homer and Virgil. I’m not sure if that gives me a leg up on the series but I found Malazan to be deep, layered, with extremely interesting plot points. Harlock as a puppet, the mystery of Quick Ben, the child of the dead seed, etc… I guess I’m an outlier. I found the series on a level all on its own. Just me, but I have countless memories of pacing through the house as some crazy event transpires. Me = loved it. I’ve done one reread and found it extremely rewarding

I agree with most of these

Man I'm getting crushed under this salt mountain.

I cherish this as someone who's read everything Malazan multiple times but absolutely cannot stand reading Tolkien

How does that 1 view know when to come so quick? XD

ive only read gardens of the moon, but its imo the BEST start of a fantasy series i have ever read

while I'm neutral on the Malazan issue, since I haven't read any of the books (yet? not sure I'll ever have the time/energy/wish to try them, but then, who knows?), I must say I quite agree with the ex-editor's point. I see no sense in trying further books in a series if the first fails to wake my interest. With as many books as there are to read, I see no sens spending who knows how long reading 2, 3 or more huge books to find out if later books will finally become interesting/comprehensible/whatever. It either works during the beginning (up to first 100 pages or so) of the first book or it doesn't. That's about as long as I'm willing to give a book a chance to hook me, before I DNF it.

@juho1891

2 жыл бұрын

I've tried to read Gardens of the Moon, the first Malazan book, twice. First as a physical book and then later as an audiobook. I think the book has a pretty good hook in the first pages and I was interested in finding out what happens. But from there onward it becomes incredibly difficult to follow. Like, what is happening? Where are we? Which characters are involved in the scene? Who's saying what? (Edit: I had a reference here that I think I confused with a different video/book.) It's not that Malazan is too literary or "difficult" like, say, some classics may be, or if it is I've never made it to that point. I don't mind difficult concepts or challenging prose, or postmodern playfulness with the format of a novel. It's just difficult to imagine and keep track of what is happening. I don't know if the series truly gets good at book 4 or whatever or if people at that point have simply invested so much time and energy into it that they need to justify it somehow. I don't know, I'm still somehow drawn to what I imagine those books could deliver, and maybe one day I'll give it a third try. But sheeeeeesh is it difficult to get into. They're clearly popular books, so they must have something in them that people like.

@silchasruin1

2 жыл бұрын

For me it was not so much that I had to read the next books for #1 to make sense or get interested, but its probably the only series I read that was better on reread. I loved it from the start and didn't really have much trouble following the story, but I was also fine with getting a lot of information that does not get explained right away. I love the series, but Eriksons writing style is not for everyone it seems to be very much either you love it or hate it..

@agnesmetanomski6730

2 жыл бұрын

@@silchasruin1 I might give Gardens of the Moon a chance, at some point. I might belong to the "love it" crowd, who knows. The thing is, I've heard quite a few people saying the first volumes are hard/not so interesting, but they continued reading because they were told things got really good at volume 4 by fans. Well, that argument won't work with me. It's doesn't apply just to Malazan, it's general: either the first volume hooks me or it doesn't. That's all the chances any series gets from me. Especially if the individual books are huge. 😎

@silchasruin1

2 жыл бұрын

@@agnesmetanomski6730I have seen very different rankings of books in the series, so some might like the later books better, but its not really something everyone agree on. I do think you can tell Erikson becomes a better writer between book 1 and 2, but as I said I still enjoyed book 1. But to me the main issue is writing style. You offen have authors where some love and others hate them. But the amount of readers who think Erikson is the greatest or a total hack seems a bit more extreme than normal.

@sernoddicusthegallant6986

Жыл бұрын

While I normally dont like the "Oh you need to get x books into the series before it gets good" defence I do think an exception should be made for Malazan because there was roughly nine years between Erikson writing book 1 and book 2, and you can tell he developed a lot as a writer in those years as book 2 feels very different. I know a lot of people who werent sold on book 1 and came to love the series after book 2 (Im one of them).

Sometimes you don't need to say it aloud ~ 'I am a Dumb gurl'! We can just guess it. Lmao Lol

I agree with all the reviews, but i still kinda liked the books... atleast parts of them, including Ian's books

I didn't hate Gardens of the Moon, I just didn't love it enough to buy a copy of book two when our library didn't have it. I think I understood what was going on, but these reviewers aren't wrong.. that's a very difficult to follow book. A steep learning curve and you can't even say that you have it all figured out by the end, at least I couldn't!

I read this series and these reviews are not wrong. Having to get 2000 pages into a series to understand or fall in love with it is dumb. A good book stands on its own. Its does not need you to read many volumes to get it. For the record I found the series okay, but there is better fantasy books out there. My review of the series is: If you like battles and D&D type lore, you may like it. If you like character development where the stakes of the story matter, you wont like it.

Funny because this is based on Steven and Ian’s D&D campaign!

@malcomalexander9437

6 ай бұрын

Not D&D, GURPS.

Lol the trick is that Erikson never gives superfluous details. If he’s telling you where someone is from, what they’re wearing or who their first cousin is.. it matters. It ALL matters. You have to read enough to learn how to read it, and that threshold is different for everyone. I suggest note cards. But hey, that’s not everyone’s cup of tea. A forty year old Mormon writing about a chick asking a guy if he takes a dump in his armor wasn’t for me, so to each his own.

@rtan8780

Жыл бұрын

That Sanderson description has me dead lol

@siginotmylastname3969

Жыл бұрын

That's part of the problem : according to readers every bit of dialogue is both more realistic than others and contains information which will become relevant later. You can't have your cake and eat it, people don't speak as if they're giving you a wiki entry for what you should know to read book 3. Even though characters having biased information and viewpoints is important for realism, the rest is just bad.

@unladenswallow43

Жыл бұрын

@@siginotmylastname3969 I’m not sure how you got this from what I said, Erikson does not have people speak in wiki entry style, you’ll have to read Sanderson for that. Erikson weaves in information very naturally, often showing the reader through people’s actions and reactions instead of spelling things out directly. This is a much more realistic way to tell a story, but it is more challenging. It’s fine if you don’t personally like it, but it is in no way bad quality writing.

I didn’t like reading Malazan but I am enjoying the audiobooks.

I should be studying but I can’t resist 1 star reviews

A great book and a great series, but it sure divide the readers and it is appearently not to everyones liking

I am reading 2d book and wish it will end soon...

There are no in-between's with Malazan. You're either giving it 5 stars or 2..

I’ve listened to books 1&2 multiple times. Have no clue what’s going on. Can’t even describe or put a review together. Thinking about finishing series , just to talk trash about it.

@IndustrialBonecraft

2 жыл бұрын

Book 1: Big old god thing with long fingers gets unburied and then gets killed. The end. Book 2: Bratty child becomes some kind of prophetess, pig-priest loses his hands, journey through the desert, sand everywhere. The end.

@Kingace920

2 жыл бұрын

@@IndustrialBonecraft man were one of the authors of these salty reviews?

@IndustrialBonecraft

2 жыл бұрын

@@Kingace920 Straighter answer, in context of the poor man blowing off some reasonabe steam - I'm being a bit fecetious. his world buildiing is second to none, so I'd almost be more interested in reading a Malazan lore book. His narratives just sort of work up until the point at which the 'epic level DnD' thing really started to creep in and you can practically hear the dice rolling. Clearly it worked for many many people, though, so I hope it worked out well for him.

The series makes me feel like a toddler in a high school history class. I get the words they’re saying but have no context. I’m still not sure if I like it or ever will like Oppenheimer. Like it was great but it made me feel like crap unlike the Barbie movie.

Malazan sure inspires some original negative reviews and I have to agree with some parts of them 😂 Having only read book 1 and started 2 but dnf it, I must agree that for me stories need some sort of consistency. Either following the same group of characters or having a rather clear main plot. Book 2 had nothing, not even close, related to book 1 for what I remembered. And it's a bummer, because I love worldbuilding and complicated magic systems and all this things, I would read world building focused series (for me thats what the Black Iron Legacy series is for example). But I just didn't care enough for this one and it actually makes me sad. Maybe I'll try to continue it in the future.

@FredsFolly

2 жыл бұрын

I, personally, loved the way he wrote it. It was a little jarring at first jumping to a new continent with new characters multiple times, but I adapted. I like when people play with the way a story is written and upend our expectations about how we expect a story to be told. I liked the way we had to piece together things. I liked seeing how these disparate threads converged as the series progressed. He embeds the narrative around the hundreds of POVs he includes. The character who would be the main character in a more traditionally written story has only a few short passages of POVs in the entire series. The rest of the time we see them through the eyes of others. This isn't told in the traditional way where we follow a main group of characters or even follow a main story thread all the way through. It's there, but you've got to work a little at it. We also have three main plots that weave their way through series with other, smaller and tangential ones that bounce off of these as well. But they all have some commonality of themes with each other.

Reading book 1, that "poetry" in the beginning of each chapter, is infact piss-poor prose that exemplifies what these people are complaining about .

GOTM is pretty terrible imo. DHG is amazing though and it's ok from there.

These are reviews from people who maybe should have just DNF'd the book.

Malazan is quite simply the best piece of fantasy after LoTR..... I get that people might not like it and that's fine..... but these kinds of reviews just says to me that they don't have the intellectual capability to understand the books.

@toke4202

11 ай бұрын

That's a good joke.

After being on my book shelf for 10 years I finally finished the first 2 books this week and felt like i had stuck my brain in the microwave. I'm taking the full series to the second hand store today I will not be starting book 3. What a disappointment.

Lolol. Your loss.

Wonder if the former editor was the one I once heard in an interview say of Hemmingway :"my advice to him would have been cut, cut, cut - nobody wants to read all that".

Thats hilarious. Some people are so dumb it is scary.

I gave up on this book in third chapter, i had to check multiple times it was really first book... I guess it would have hurt author if he could start book series with something making sense before starting thowing around random terms and vague references to events...

I hate these books with a passion

@gms_oo6796

6 ай бұрын

i have been converted dead house gates was great

Having read the entire series I relate to everyone of these reviews. 2/10 would not recommend the series.

@samuelmatheri3589

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah WoT is sexist and racist, I guess you might enjoy it.

@Torsin2000

2 жыл бұрын

@@samuelmatheri3589 we were discussing Malazan, not WoT. Try and stay on topic.

Those books are pretty shit to be honest. Kind of raise the quality of the rest of fantasy by comparison I guess.

honestly nothing hilarious, they are very sincere reviews and I felt those reviewers. I hate malazan and hate the fact it's still praised everywhere.

Anyone who thinks Gardens of the Moon is bad didnt read it, like really read it. Its genius and it went over so many peoples heads. Or you know, youre probably just not that much of a deep thinker, which is fine.

@chloefranklin5324

2 жыл бұрын

Wow. Condescending much? People have different tastes. Doesn't mean they're less intelligent or less of a "deep thinker" than you.

@GideonCyn

2 жыл бұрын

@@chloefranklin5324 This has nothing to do with taste. This is about peoples ability to comprehend what it is they are reading instead of skimming through a book to add it to their yearly goodreads goal. I am sorry if my opinion hurts you in some way.

@josephmissig5301

2 жыл бұрын

@@chloefranklin5324 I agree with deity.

I really liked the worldbuilding and the lack of handholding, but as a story Malazan is basically an ascended DnD campaign - you can basically hear the damn dice rolling at times. In addition characters frequently do things that seemingly make zero sense and are there solely to get the plot to go where Erikson wants it to go, and it feels really forced. Other times he's trying desperately to do character relationships and growth and... yeah it's a bit cringe inducing. The 'romance' between Whiskeyjack and that drow bint genuinly read like it was scrawled by a 14 year old fantasising about a crush.

I am disturbed that someone would not like the Malazan Series... if someone had any intellect at all, they would like it. Obviously these folks are brain dead water heads. It is not my favorite series. That would be The Witcher, Stormlight Archives, Shannara Series and Chronicles of the unbeliever. It is ok if they have their own opinion and that helps to point out the brain dead in the crowd because there are lots of puppies and kittens that need meat. Yes, Puppies and Kittens need meat. It is ok that there are feeble minded amongst us. These people need to be sent to Glokta to be questioned or Sil should glue their shoe to the floor.

I’ve never agreed so much with something I disagree with