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Rated Gardens of the Moon (The Malazan Book of the Fallen, Book 1) 8/10

<strong>Original 2017 Review</strong> ⭐⭐☆☆☆<br/><br/>This is the first in 10 novels, but reads like it is about novel number 6. About halfway through he finally settles on a group of characters to follow — at least, it <em>seems</em> that way, but he keeps introducing new characters and even new unknown baddies right up to the final chapters! I don't know who edited this book, but that person needed reinforcements. Erikson has a million ideas for world-building, and every time I was about to give up on the book, he would keep me around for some intriguing concept or set piece. However the lack of any narrative build just renders this story as overly complex and disorienting. I am not likely to pick up the second.<br/><br/><strong>2025 Re-read Review</strong> ⭐⭐⭐⭐½<br/><br/><a href="https://micro.chadkohalyk.com/2025/09/02/revisiting-malazan.html">Revisiting Malazan</a>

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Published 2017-03-18 00:00 UTC · bridged from Atmosphere