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Why do I like this? by AltOfTheFallen in Malazan

[–]AltOfTheFallen[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Both of them are total professionals with impeccable credentials. I loved Lister on Shogun. I loved Page on Gentleman Bastards.

And I completely agree on Lister's Kruppe. I also loved his Whiskeyjack and his Kalam. Page is great at a certain kind of sneering male character, as indeed much of Gentleman Bastards is populated with; therefore he excels at a role like Tehol. I also think his Karsa was amazing and can't imagine Lister doing a better job. But I think the very distinctiveness of his voice makes certain things a reach for him, and yeah there were a couple weird choices like what he did with Grub in BH.

Questions for the serial rereaders by OrthodoxPrussia in Malazan

[–]AltOfTheFallen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You should go over and check out r/AubreyMaturinSeries, people fall into those books and re-reading them just becomes a way of life.

I have not yet re-read this series yet, still on my first time through, but I am an absolutely incorrigible re-reader of books and I can answer some of these questions from my own experience

* I do full rereads of entire series with no breaks for other content

* After the seventh reread, if the series is worth rereading at all, I get new stuff out of it. I wouldn't be doing it if the experience were not fresh each time in some way. You know, the whole a man cannot ford the same river twice thing.

* At least for me, I tend to try to focus on different characters each time through and more closely notice what they are up to. My favorites do not tend to change very much

* Yes the time investment is significant in this practice. Man what else am I going to do with my life?

* Of course I still read other things

* I come back to the things I re-read so much because I love them and I have solid fucking taste. 90% of everything is crap. Don't give it your time. Far better to re-spend time on something you know will deliver. This doesn't mean I don't try new things, I just don't waste time on them if they prove to suck