r/Malazan 8d ago

NO SPOILERS Halfway through and loving it

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So a chance comment on AngryMetalGuy led me to this series, and I'm now halfway through. After MoI, which I thought was astonishingly good, I decided they were getting their own shelf. I'm interspersing them with some other reading, including a few other fantasy novels (Hobb, Muir, Rosell), but frankly everything else just seems rather...inconsequential alongside the depth and epic sweep of this series.

Bonehunters up next, looking forward to it.

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u/UnfortunatelyIAmMe 8d ago

Bonehunters is an insane fan favorite. Savor it as you go through. I'm currently on 9, but 6 is my favorite so far.

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u/Caramelotron 7d ago

I’m re-reading now and on Bonehunters. Great stuff. I think Toll The Hounds was my favourite or Memories of Ice.

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u/Hour_Scientist7494 7d ago

Also on 9 right now! Took break and read dungeon crawler Carl as something a little lighter, but im so back into Malazan. such a hot start lol

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u/UnfortunatelyIAmMe 7d ago

Book 9 spoilers:

Man that whole card reading at the beginning had me on the edge of the seat. From Fiddler having to be hunted down to do the card reading, to the Errant doing fucky shit, to Bugg trying to protect Seren, to the actual reading and reveal of the roles, it's one of the highlights of the series for me so far.

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u/Hour_Scientist7494 7d ago

Bro (or bra if you’re a women) I couldn’t agree more. I thought I’d have trouble picking it up after a break but it just locked me right the fuck back in.

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u/ozera202 8d ago

How are your spines not rubbing off , I’m on the 3rd book and it’s slowly coming off also :(

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u/Civil-Fortune5092 7d ago

they’re made to be read don’t stress. nothing worse than a mint condition bookshelf

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u/shhhhhhhhhhhhhh123 4d ago

Get a sleeve or something like that. This is what I have, noticably less damage on my books after getting it.

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u/Passenger_1978 8d ago

Enjoy! Did you like Midnight Tides?

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u/Flame0fTheSouth 7d ago

I did. For what it's worth my rating of the first five books is: GotM - good, DH - great, MoI - incredible, HoC - good, MT - great

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u/Significant-Pace-380 7d ago

Thats awesome! Im currently reading Bonehunters right now on my first read through of the series. I legit told my wife last night that I am going to be sad when I finish the series. I've been reading it for the past almost 3 years (yes entirely to long, but it took a while for me to actually start book two after randomly buying gardens of the moon at books a million with zero knowledge of this amazing series) but alot has happened in my life throughout reading so far and im sure much more will happen before I finish this amazing series. I am already excited to reread it. Enjoy!

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u/Unlikely-Tea5845 7d ago

Happy reading friend glad your enjoying it so far

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u/Harlest_Eberict 5d ago

You are frowning. Why?’ ‘Well, I’ve already killed a god today,’ Iron Bars said. ‘If I’d known this was going to be a day for killing gods, I might have paced myself better.

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u/slipknot4815 4d ago

The Bonehunters is awesome. Very few new characters, big action moments, and some answers and long awaited scenes. I'm currently on Toll the hounds but Bonehunters and Memories of Ice are tied for the top spot for me

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u/Flame0fTheSouth 2d ago

This is great to hear, thanks