Coltaine got Uber Eats 😂 Amazing review! Completely agree that the Felesin to the wirlwind Goddess transition was a bit too fast. I also think it would have been great to follow Coltaine himself a bit more, he was such an interesting character. I had no idea how emotionally attached I had become to the Wikans and the Seventh until the slaughter at the end. Heartbreaking. Yeah, as glad as I am that they will be back, I do feel like death is cheapened sometimes in series where too many people get brought back to life.

Personally I found GotM to be a lot more ‘fun’ than DG which I found exhausting (though that was intended by the author). I still liked it, but came to appreciate it a lot more after reading the next couple of books.

@TheJackedNerd.

2 жыл бұрын

Exhausting is a good description lol

BOOM Just finished DG BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! like gotm it went from a book I was not loving to one I loved at the very end. It's like climbing a mountain through mud then at the top looking down and seeing the beauty that lies below

@TheJackedNerd.

Жыл бұрын

That’s a great way to describe it

5:45 No. The former is far more common than the latter. People who suffer from shipwrecks or similar disasters tend to come together and not split apart. Though i suppose there's some survivorship bias at play when i say that. Those groups are way more likely to survive than the latter groups. Edit. Though i suppose the author is an anthropologist. And they're always way more concerned with "what people are capable of" to care about what people are actually likely to do.

I absolutely enjoyed deadhouse gates definitely one of the best books in the series to me ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

@TheJackedNerd.

Жыл бұрын

I liked it more and more as I read

I probs cant watch this review as I am still halfway through gardens of the moon, but damn is it nice trying to read the book 4 times and each time understanding the world better and picking up more. Also nice that it's summer and I finally get time to read this sereis because DAMN.

@TheJackedNerd.

2 жыл бұрын

I agree, wheel of time last year Malazan this year, save the big series for summer. The first 5ish minutes before I say let’s get to the characters are very light spoilers pretty much just plot setup and some spoilers for who survives from the last book

Just finished Deadhouse Gates and holy shit, it was much better than GotM! Icarium and Mappo are my favorite characters so far, although I do like Felisin and Heboric as well. Also Fid and Kalam. And Apsalar. Well you get it, I love them all. The last 100 pages absolutely broke me.

@TheJackedNerd.

2 жыл бұрын

Yea it had a very tough ending

You’re going to love Memories of Ice! I can’t wait for your review. MoI is my favourite Malazan, you get a host of new characters but a slew of old ones, so I feel like it has a good balance of the two.

@TheJackedNerd.

2 жыл бұрын

I’m liking it but feel like it would be better on a reread

Just finished this book. It was SO exhausting, but in a really good way. I understand the convenience complaint. I have that same complaint, but overall didn't mind too much. I haven't read a book that did brutal weariness and futility better... And the themes of cycles and time. And yet having moments of laugh out loud comedy. I am so looking forward to the next book and learning more about all the things!! (Though not in the next book as that tells an entirely different story...) I think the sappers were my favorite 😄 Also, I believe that the resurrections will have ramifications...but we'll see.

O yeah,I like The Expanse also; haven't read the books,I did binge watch all the episodes on Amazon Prime though!

I love Wheel of Time, this is why I started watching your channel. Will I like Malazan as much or what would be another recommendation?

@TheJackedNerd.

2 жыл бұрын

I’d go through Sanderson’s other stuff If you haven’t already

@kyleandstephaniemiller3925

Жыл бұрын

I read Malazan before WoT and honestly, Malazan makes WoT feel like a childrens novel. Most people who read WoT before Malazan struggle with Malazan. That being said, you need to try Malazan. Try it try it try it. And Ericsson ends his books amazingly so don’t stop halfway through.

@TheJackedNerd.

Жыл бұрын

@@kyleandstephaniemiller3925 I’d disagree with that, just finished bone hunters and I’m following along perfectly honestly I’d say it took more books for me to get a good grasp of WOT then it did Malazan. But yes, a must read

@bsb3339

Жыл бұрын

@@TheJackedNerd. are we getting an update from you? Really enjoyed your first two videos :)

@TheJackedNerd.

Жыл бұрын

@@bsb3339 Thanks! channel and Malazan update next video

Enjoyed this review but keep on trucking. Memories of Ice is crazy good. I do agree with some other comments here though that Coltaine did SO much for so many people that asking for better tactics and ingenuity seems a little much, but I also understand why you would wish he pulled off some crazy/tactical genius maneuver.

@TheJackedNerd.

2 жыл бұрын

No plans on stopping! I loved what Coltaine did but as I said to the other guy I wanted MORE of the gritty details and planning, the journey was awesome but I felt there should’ve been a few instances where coltaine pulled off something insane

@stephenzeringer3489

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheJackedNerd. 100% understandable. Thinking on Deadhouse Gates after the fact has made me like it even more. Especially seeing many of the ripples from it in later books. I’m currently 3/4 of the way through Dust of Dreams and man… there is just so much going on.

@dilbophagginz

Жыл бұрын

@@TheJackedNerd. I feel like that would have ruined the surprise when they did do something crazy like the sappers blowing up the bridge

You're missing a lot if you stopped reading Malazan after Deadhouse Gates. Memories of Ice is effin EPIC.

@TheJackedNerd.

Жыл бұрын

I finished all of it! And yes my god was everything epic. Just couldn’t review it with college starting and everything. Check out my full series review though!

@dlasis

Жыл бұрын

@@TheJackedNerd. Will do. I'm hoping you'd review each book too. It's a joy to hear everyone's individual experience reading the twisted imagination of our boys, Erikson and Esslemont.

@TheJackedNerd.

Жыл бұрын

There will definitely be a reread in the future!

hey, glad to see another review of this great book. quick note on Felisin becoming Sha'ik: the transformation began long before she actually ended up in the desert with the other Sha'ik's body. Drijhna had been communicating with her beforehand. Remember her weird dreams she had of being in a river of blood I think? I don't remember the details, but she was getting messages, and she was being trained for this role in advance. Sappers are ❤!

@TheJackedNerd.

2 жыл бұрын

That does make a lot of sense

Only 7 minutes in so far but I'm holding my tongue. Just need to say that you've made certain assumptions about certain things that don't line up with the "reality" of the book because of failing to consider ulterior motives/perspectices. Apart from that Erickson goes to great pains to show the other parts of the world moving in the background alongside the plots of a given book. It probably won't change your view of the convenience in this book but as you go on to Memories of Ice which occurs, in part, concurrently with DG you see what's been moving on the other side to spur certain story beats within DG which seem excessively convenient. Leg day is best day.

@TheJackedNerd.

2 жыл бұрын

Oh I definitely got some stuff wrong but that’s just part of the fun

Dude dragged 10,000 civilians across a continent and you're asking for more brilliance and ingenuity?

@TheJackedNerd.

2 жыл бұрын

I wanted them to SHOW it more, the gritty details, the planning, the arguments, I love seeing the process as much as the result

Felisin Paran and Heboric are some of the most stupid character in the Book ... I really like Sormo E'nath , L'oric and some other minor characters so much more