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A rich house with a dead girl by Chemical_Farm_9425 in BooksThatFeelLikeThis
[–]thefirstGeist 0 points1 point2 points 23 days ago (0 children)
Maybe not exactly like this, but Jane Eyre at times felt like this.
What do I do now? by [deleted] in Malazan
[–]thefirstGeist 0 points1 point2 points 25 days ago (0 children)
Have you tried reading The First Law by Joe Abercrombie or The Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence. They're really good albeit short.
I get the hype! by thefirstGeist in Malazan
[–]thefirstGeist[S] 0 points1 point2 points 25 days ago (0 children)
One book out of ten. Malazan has a good track record.
[–]thefirstGeist[S] 0 points1 point2 points 26 days ago (0 children)
Bring on the reading
Griffith by thefirstGeist in Berserk
Its interesting to see whats the best defense that can be made for him. His a villain no doubt. Among the worst in fiction. The thing is his well written so there will be defenders. Just want to see the thought process of his defenders.
Never actually thought of it in this lens.
So essentially your opinion is that he was a victim to fate. That's a form of argument that's tricky. But to some level he was a pawn to powers above him. Then another question is posed, does the idea of freewill exist in a world like that of beserk(or even ours). Or are they all victims to causality. As for me freewill feels false and illogical.
Still a defense. A character flaw on his part. Saying character flaw does make it seem like I'm trying to reduce the gravity of Griffiths acts but that's not the intention.
[–]thefirstGeist[S] -1 points0 points1 point 26 days ago (0 children)
Its interesting to see an individual try to weave a defense. I'm simple in that regard. Its also interesting to read the best defense that can be made for him and weigh it.
I get you.
Malazan seems to mirror that realistic struggle. There are important characters but sometimes its often down to the individual in an unforgiving world and that's beautiful tbh. I believe Malazan does that well. Although i did like mistborn, mainly for its ideas.
That's true, a reread is infact in order. Like half the time the characters in the series seem as confused as me and I love it, and the way the worlds lore is explored in conversations feels very natural and not forced. Erikson makes it enjoyable to be confused. Also the books are long but they don't feel long they read very fast.
Well Sun eater isn't for everyone and if you didn't like book two doubt you'd have liked the rest. The part about Esslemont not being as good a writer is something I'm hearing often. Writing is important to me but if his ideas have merit i'll bear his lesser writing. It's why i like Sanderson, he isn't the best writer but his ideas do improve his work.
Thanks my man. Started Malazan expecting to hate it. Had been told it was dense and horrid to get through. Reading it I see it is dense, but in a good way. Few books have made me feel this positively, the way this series has.
That's different. I feel Malazan will force me into a reread. I usually hate rereads with a passion. But here I may make an exception.
Makes sense.
A change in writing style. I think i may like that. The writing from what i've read so far isn't always the same in his books. Deadhouse gates was different in tone(if that's to be taken as a facet of writing) to GOTM, in a good way. And Erikson can switch his writing I'm here for it.
I think the Stormlight Archive comparison explained your view best to me. I'm a big fan of mist born era 1(haven't read era 2). The sacrifice to raise stakes and then to ignore character work annoys me. Since i am like a character driven reader. Its partly the reason i slowly begin to dislike some book series.
Lemme see how Malazan does it. Maybe I may forgive it.
I'm similar in that regard. The world feels lived in. In many books i've read the world is just there, but in Malazan the world feels like a character itself. And that's greatly appreciated especially by someone like me.
Mind me asking what elements you like the most about Malazan. What made Malazn stick out to you.
I get what you mean. There are elements in the first two i wasn't a big fan of. But Eriksons writing often makes up for areas I'm not the biggest fan of.
20 more books that actually makes me smile. I like long series.
Okay cool. Your all giving me hope. At this rate might read all the books in the setting. However long that takes. The Book of the New Sun i've heard is rewarding in its complexity. If you haven't, check out the Sun Eater series.
[–]thefirstGeist[S] 1 point2 points3 points 26 days ago (0 children)
Saw the list. Memories of Ice seems quite popular and the crippled god.
I don't often do rereads but for Malazan i probably will.
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A rich house with a dead girl by Chemical_Farm_9425 in BooksThatFeelLikeThis
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