First Read - Midnight Tides: Book 5 of the Malazan
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First Read - Midnight Tides: Book 5 of the Malazan
I like the way this one has started and we get yet more history of this world. The Tisti Andii and the betrayal of the brother that starts this book. The Jaghut that is going to bring about an ice age, an elder God that is enlists his aid. That was just the preface. then we get to Chapter 1 and we get Trull Sengar. We start learning of his past to a degree and how he was a blooded warrior who carries respect but has at least one brother (maybe two) that do not. I suspect more betrayal to come....
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His prefaces are always so great! MT among the best. Mael and Gothos!
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Unfortunately one of my least favourite books. Also, this is where the overlapping timelines start to hit...Chapter 1 is several years before the end of book 4 IIRC.
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Tehol and Bugg are worth anything else about the book. And combined with the preludes. And, of course, everything in it is very important for everything that comes later.
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Damnit...stop reminding me of the good parts. I am determined that this should be my least favourite. (Along with RG.) And don't mention Trull.
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Still a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest -Paul Simon
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Less time to read lately. About 20% in. Not a lot of progress. We have some actual undead. One is now hired as a thief/assassin, and the other is a child who has killed no telling how many. They both seem to be sociopaths with no regard for who they kill or why. On another front the four brothers (Trull, Fear, Rhulad, and Binadas) are being sent on a quest.
I liked the way the book started but now it seems we have these other plots injected that, at least at this point, don't seem to move the story forward. But too invested to stop... I read on!
I liked the way the book started but now it seems we have these other plots injected that, at least at this point, don't seem to move the story forward. But too invested to stop... I read on!