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LOTR. Not in the top five? 🤦🏾‍♂️

Is that hollow night music in the back ground. I know it but can’t place it

OK, let me be a contrarian list. All the reasons why you should not read these books. 1. Bad world building. This is only a problem for book one book 2 dramatically improves on this nonetheless I put it here since it is a problem book one 3. Depressing. Don’t get me wrong I like my share of dark and depressing storylines. Who doesn’t like a tragedy every now and then this was a little too much at least for me. If you like, feeling emotions, other than depression, I would not recommend these books. 2. Contradictory themes: the author really needs to decide whether he wants to have themes of nihilism or will power. He can’t have both. Either humans are the poor victims of forces beyond their understanding, or we have the power to challenge the very gods themselves but he cannot have both. Pointless plot lines: book to a particularly guilty of this as there is an entire plot line that literally goes nowhere. making the reader feel like they wasted their time.

3:39 Yeah, but it's not "more realistic." It's not "unrealistic" people do behave that way sometimes. But it is more common to eventually more or less deal with that kind of thing. We wouldn't be a very successful species if we couldn't do that. 6:25 As previously stated the girl will likely be fine. So obviously the boy that was killed. I guess I'll have to be the stick in the mud boyscout here and say we shouldn't kill, exploit, and grape children not because they might become traumatized, they likely won't. But because you shouldn't do those things to anyone.

I need a video like this for every book in the series 😅

Thank you for doing this. This series is definitely a lot to take in.

They were a hard read for me. My husband FINALLY started them lol. He’s on book 2 and has picked up on everything. Very annoying 😆😆. They’re really special to me. Can’t say exactly why but I will never want to stop rereading them ❤. Thanks for your video

A good author knows how to grab the readers attention and keep it. Not the other way around.

Malazan are the most emotional and thought provoking books I've ever read , though i must admit its not for everyone , but if you get it you will love it ,

I'm on book five and I don't really think it is necessarily hard to read, but it can be very puzzling for sure. I have to focus and really pay attention, more than with most books.

I thoughe she is yang dong...

Best intro ever.

Is it as difficult as the Silmarillion?

"Physics Doesn't Exist" is just a the 'in vogue' term to get interest from sci-fi readers. It's within the book where it is stated. Physics is what mankind built up based relativity. But the book transmits an idea that what if the quantum world presents other worlds that exist where another form of sentient life exists under other conditions. Its evident in the book that its not a 1:1 human existence therefore its really weird to actually let that term Physics doesn't exist to persuade the reader into the reality of the book.

lovely refresher!

The best part about knowing less is getting to learn more

I just found you channel because I finished Gardens of the Moon and watched your recap video to make sure I understood everything. If you haven't read the wheel of time yet, you should.

Nice work. Please keep it up.

I've only read the first 2 books so far but I didn't think they were confusing at all. And I also Loved Gardens of the Moon much more than the 2nd book Deadhouse Gates. I know, Crazy! For Both books though, they are just Amazing and just another level above Most other modern fantasy out there. I am thinking I'm ready to tackle Book 3 Memories of Ice. Gonna be some more Awesome Malazan Goodness!

Are they on the same level of difficulty with "The Darkness that Comes Before"?

Spot on my friend

Thanks, its good reminder before second book.

I think you need more than 5 minutes 😘

wow i didn't know memories of ice was so thick... i read the epub collection.. then again i read about 100 pages for 1% progress which is wildly different as i aim for 10%+ per reading session

Nice man. Thanks for the video.

You dont blink xD. Still find you cute and handsome as hell. Dating someone now? Into Girls? Guys? Both? I read Fire and Blood way before the show so I already knew what was going to happen in House of the Dragon and I wasnt deceived. Now I get to have the story as I imagined it in my head and that of the show. Which is nice to have two visions of the same thing. This book is more a history crónicles than an actual book.

Well done. Didn't expect it to be so spoiler free, but somehow you did it hood take us all

Do this for all the books big dawg 😂

Honestly, it's how Erikson uses children in his books. He throws it all on the table: war spares no one, not the kids, not the elderly, and not the civilian. His characters, even those that aren't named, aren't just there for show. Kids don't just grow out of trauma. If it's never properly addressed, or handled, it can grow out of control as the child screams into a silent void. Children themselves aren't even innocent ask the time. The two nameless Tiste children are great examples. But there are also kids that aren't innocent because they were changed in ways they never knew. Kettle, for instance. She's not innocent, but she not bad, either. Kettle grew up in a way that you might image a vampire turned at a young age might turn out to be like. I appreciate that Erikson is honest with the reader. No sugar coating, and no wooden personalities unless that's the point of the character. Not that they don't change but that's where they ended up hollowed out.

Some great picks here mate

Bro this was great, thank you so much! I finished Gardens of the Moon yesterday and it was a blast, but I did have a hard time working out what was going on sometimes 😂😂😂

Honestly, I feel like Gardens is not that hard to understand. Though concepts are thrown at you, they do explain a fair bit of them, or at least the rudimentary working of them. It does have its faults; what first book doesn't? But overall, in my personal opinion, it's a real enjoyable read.

I've only read Gardens of the Moon and found it entertaining but not great. It’s clear the author has a lot of imagination, everything is original so it feels very interesting if you are a bit tired of clichés. But that’s pretty much it. The prose is mostly average save a few moments. White room and white face syndromes are a constant. The characters are not very well portayed imo. Maybe it’s because a lot of time is dedicated to unimportant characters. They are also very pasive for the most part, reacting at what its thrown at them and reflecting on it, while for fleshing out characters i've always found way more useful to show them having initivative and show their relationship with other characters. The places feel like having a rich and original history to them, but there's quite a lot of lore dumping, which the author usualy tries to do through dialogues, and in doing so he creates conversations that do not feel organic but theatrical. Some other dialogues are downright unncesary due to their length and frivolousness. It is precisely this lore dumping what makes it impossible for this to be called "the dark souls", which is a saga known for telling you nothing about the story, and let you figure it out through the characters, architecture and very subtle comments about the clothes, rings or swords that appear in the world. I also didn't find the book that difficult to follow. There wasn't a point in which I felt I wasn't grasping the main plot, though so many info is thrown at you about characters, places, magic, and so on, that I understand it can be tedious for some. The pacing is not great either btw: the book puts you in the middle of chaos, then jumps many years many times, and has action scenes that make it more akin to a Marvel movie than a souls game. At least it was good enough to make me go through it until the end, but I have zero intention to read the second entry. I see no "genius" when I read this. Didn't make me stare in awe at the pages like Tolkien, Herbert or Martin have done.

Super helpful! Thanks so much!

Yes! More please.

That's not the Dunning-Kruger effect. That's a made-up graph that people pull out to dunk on their political opponents. The Dunning-Kruger effect just says that the gap between perceived knowledge and actual knowledge is smaller than we expect. That's it.

I'd say that's an apt metaphor. As a find both rather dull, and not really challenging.

Malazan really isn’t as hard as many people hate it for, it’s just a book you have to pay attention- books like in the Cosmere I can be cooking or doing other task while I listen and still follow along perfectly fine. With Malazan I read or listened only when I knew I had complete free time (usually 30min to 1hr) in most of my days. I feel like you need at least one epic fantasy under your belt before jumping into a series like Malazan. I love to recommend people start the Cosmere before jumping into other epic fantasy, Sanderson writes such epic but easy to read fantasy.

I really enjoyed this series the first time thru, but the re-reads are where it really shines. Extremely well written and the second time you pick up so much more of the nuance and foreshadowing.

New subscriber here, keep making more content especially Malazan.❤

Just finished the garden of the moon, recap in preparation of next book.

I agree with your list, except for the Name of the Wind, when Wise Man’s Fears was superior in most ways. The chief, was in the inclusion of the dragon at the end of Name. I think it was a contrived ending, and maybe caused by the publisher needing a climactic scene at the end in case there were to be no more books. That Dena was there, also seemed contrived. The dragon was dumb. Being unique, only to be unique. I never did read Mists of Avalon, because I’m no Arthurian fan. Maybe that was a mistake. I also agree with your assessment of Stormlight Archives. The first was best, with those two characters making the book. Dalinar was dull. Im on book 6 of Malazan, and so far, book 3 was best. Disappointing that you think so also in that future books won’t be as good.

Great!

Good video, bud. Love the idea of getting someone’s take on the themes of the INDIVIDUAL books, in addition to the obvious “compassion” that encompasses the whole thing, the whole story. Subbed and liked!

Cool. Just finished reading it and wanted to check my understanding!

Currently reading Bonehunters and I'm loving Malazan so far, although it is a struggle at times

Malazan is great, but Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe is the Dark Souls of books. You can find its echoes in Berserk, Dark Souls, certain Final Fantasy games, the list goes on.

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Thank you for the refresher! I am in book 3 now and wanted a quick recap and this was great!

Thanks for doing this. I read Gardens of the Moon a couple years ago, and I’d like to go on with the series but I’d rather not have to re-read GotM before beginning Deadhouse Gates. Videos like this one help with recalling the major events/characters.