Going off the comments so far but glad you liked this one. Sidenote forgot how quickly you read.

@TheJackedNerd.

2 жыл бұрын

Haha slower than Wheel of Time last summer but gotta have some sort of life

I’m gonna say something. It’s gonna be obvious but I’m gonna say it anyway. I fully clicked on this video bc I saw a dude that looks like you do, reviewing a book like Gardens of the Moon, and I went “no way, this is jarring”. Then I saw the name of your channel, and realized you are fully in on that aspect of the unexpected combination. I respect that. Liked, subbed, belled.

@TheJackedNerd.

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks haha not a common combination but here I am

Just found your channel with this vid. Dude you read and lift 2 of my favourite things. You just gained a new sub

I think it’s okay for people new to fantasy or even reading fiction to start the series. I’d only read ASoIaF and Harry Potter before and loved the series from the first book. Maybe I wasn’t super familiar with conventions and tropes in the genre, so wasn’t expecting it to follow a specific narrative structure. I think that can trip some people up when starting the series.

@TheJackedNerd.

2 жыл бұрын

I agree for those that already are in love with the genre but I feel like this could definitely throw some people off if it was their first

I just finished this book. I am in love. I love the characters, I love the world, I love the warrens, I love the intrigue... I love it. So much. And supposedly it gets better! "Because it's Kruppe it works". This is so true.

Woah, I just noticed the date of this video. I finished the book about an hour ago and started looking for reviews. Looks like we’re reading together though you got a head start on book 2

was the wax witch the one protecting sorry's soul... yes, she knew the hounds where coming and would kill everyone, so she did her last action

I finished GotM last week and just started Deadhouse Gates. I loved GotM so much. I found myself attached to different characters who ended up in opposition to other characters I felt attached to as well (like the bridgeburners). Erikson is an extremely talented writer, imo Your review was great too. I think, if you continue putting out content of this quality, you'll grow to become one of the larger "booktube" channels. Keep grinding

I'm glad you like the first book as that is where most people give up on the series because it is pretty confusing for the first time readers. In my opinion from here on out the series just gets better and better, at least in terms of writing there is a huge jump in Deadhousse Gates I'm sure you noticed as you said you're reading it. And if you are wondering how the series is structured: 1st book Gardens of the Moon (1st plot thread) 2nd book Deadhouse Gates (2nd plot thread) 3rd book Memories of Ice (sequel to Gardens of the Moon) 4th book Hose of chains (sequel to Deadhouse Gates) 5th book Midnight Tides (3rd plot thread) 6th book Bonehunter (sequel to House of Chains) 7th book Reaper's Gale (sequel to Bonehunters and Midnight Tides) 8th book Toll the Hounds (sequel to Memories of Ice) 9th book Dust of Dreamss (sequel to Reaper's Gale) 10th book The Crippled God (sequel to Dust of Dreams)

@TheJackedNerd.

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks this explains a lot! How much crossover is between each plot thread? (apsalar, Crokus, fiddler in deadhouse)

@Paul_van_Doleweerd

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheJackedNerd. The word you are looking for is convergence, lol. Deadhouse Gates and Memories of Ice take place at the same time and MOI follows the events of Gardens. Eventually there is a lot of crossover, but the first three books are mostly set up.

ok FINALLY finished this book and HOLY FUCK I loved it by the end. I actually loved the start and figuring how things worked and knowing what words to look out for, however mid way the book seemed a bit "weird" regarding Paran's character and how he is randomly in love with Tattersail and has an undying urge to kill lorn??? Anyways the last few chapters were truly epic and the epilouge left everyone in a very great place.

@TheJackedNerd.

2 жыл бұрын

Yea I was glad the sudden love was addressed in later books and it was pretty epic

@bobbob-cd9yl

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheJackedNerd. I am still at a loss on how paran blamed lorn for tatersail's death.

@johnathanrhoades7751

Жыл бұрын

He was...changed a bit after. There's a conversation about that. SPOILER "Healing body And mind need to happen together. I'm not sure what he'll be like with the god just healing the body " or something to that extent...so he's a little off after coming back.

I recommend that if you are using your hands with your speech, it would probably be best if you do not use auto-focus- just try to get it to focus on where your face would be and then try to keep your head in that range. It doesn't really matter if your hands are in focus.

@TheJackedNerd.

2 жыл бұрын

Good suggestion

First book is kind of hard to read until you understand how the world and the warrant system work also you can never be sure who is good and who is bad :D Until the end of the series I was not sure if Tayschrenn is man or woman. Caladan Brood is Ascendant so you never can be sure how powerful is he or some of the other true the entire series.

@TheJackedNerd.

2 жыл бұрын

Looking forward to learning more!

Gardens of the Moon is both a mess and a masterpiece. His approach to "show, don't tell" makes the reader completely ignorant of the plots all the way through, since there is basically no exposition. However it does set up for major payoffs and this is masterful.

If you are interested in some interesting space sci-fi epic, I recommend you look into Neal Asher's Polity universe. Most sci-fi where A.I. has conquered the human race falls into the category of Evil A.I. overlords in a dystopia. The Polity is the space colonized human race managed by A.I. rulers and most of the human race have just integrated their multi-century long lives into this without problem. In fact there are many A.I. with bigger personalities than the humans they live with. Conflict often comes from "Black A.I." (rogue intelligences considered equivalent to human sociopaths) extraterrestrials including the infamous war against the Pradar Empire, the virulent technology left by the extinct "Jain" aliens and the cryptic bio-machine entity calling itself "Dragon". All the while the definition of a human life is stretched to many modified variations.

@ScionStorm1

2 жыл бұрын

The most interesting concept in the whole series is the idea that A.I. created by humans view themselves as the next humans- the way toward true human evolution or its extension. A few are ready to leave the human race in the dust, and others see humans as the parent race they, as the children of humanity, must care for until humans inevitably find their way to joining them transcending physical mortality, and other A.I. purposely attached themselves to physical representation to be closer to humans. There's one story about a war project where the A.I. running a drone factory during the Prador War was given the personality of a mother in the hopes it would be more engaged in the drones she created but when the enemy backed her into a corner laying siege, the A I. went mad as she was producing drones just fast enough to watch them die in front of her trying to defend her. Needless to say, the reigning A.I. 'Earth Central Intelligence' wanted that incident buried.

@TheJackedNerd.

2 жыл бұрын

Wow that sounds super engaging I’ll drop it on the ever-growing tbr!

@ScionStorm1

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheJackedNerd. There are several series in the Polity universe. Most are trilogies. The Agent Cormac saga is longer though with 6 books. The books span more than a millennia with humans finding ways to live for several centuries. But if you wanted to read them chronologically start with the standalone book Prador Moon which details first contact with the Prador aliens and how the infamous Prador War that echoes consequences throughout the series begins. The next book is a prequel to the Agent Cormac saga called Shadow of the Scorpion and introduced the main character as a child being told by a giant scorpion-shaped war drone that its human comrade (Cormac's father) has died in the war.

Souls and bodies don't have a permanent attachment, as you probably can get via what happens with Hairlock...

@Paul_van_Doleweerd

2 жыл бұрын

Da-roo-jizz-tan xD

@TheJackedNerd.

2 жыл бұрын

Yea also the jhagut, people do seem to be hopping around

btw I didn't read them but maybe was better to start with The Kharkanas Trilogy :)

@azrahnvazkor4597

2 жыл бұрын

No, first the Big Ten and after that you can read the Kharkanas Trilogy which is not finished yet

I don’t know if this is a spoiler free review so I’m not gonna watch it until I read Gardens of the Moon… I really wanna get into Malazan but I don’t have the time nor the mental capacity to even start with this giant series. I think this will be my winter read lol

@TheJackedNerd.

2 жыл бұрын

About the first 6-7 minutes are spoiler free and I say when spoilers start

I think the fans of the series over state how good it is. It has problems, and there is a lot better fantasy out there.

@TheJackedNerd.

10 ай бұрын

I would argue that it is just a certain flavor. I’ve found myself comparing my reads since then and wishing for more Malazan

@nightowl1337

10 ай бұрын

@@TheJackedNerd. I agree its subjective of course. The fans just seem to be die hard. Nothing wrong with that, just skews reviews.

I've listened to the first 3 hours on Audible and have never felt so lost. I have absolutely no idea what is happening. Maybe later on things get clarified, but so far this book sucks ass.

@TheJackedNerd.

Жыл бұрын

Yea beginning is extremely confusing but the main plot lines of the book link together by the end but here’s a ton of foreshadowing stuff for the rest of the series. Not much hand holding when it comes to starting Malazan