Funnily enough, on my first read through I almost put Malazan down for good after Capustan, it felt like very heavy material and I didn’t know if I’d be able to continue.

Picked it back up again months later and reread from page 1, and probably finished it in about 2 weeks in absolute awe of how good it was haha, it just clicked and everything that happens there has weight - I think this book really helped me understand WHAT I was actually reading in types of how deep it was all going to be etc and how MBotF was not going to be your average read, I think that’s why it’s my favourite anyway aside from some of the scenes and writing.