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i was gripped at times but ultimately the style of malazan after reading both the first and the second i can just tell is not for me

i ended up coming out of the book not really disliking it or liking it because so many things were presented that i was like i can't wait to learn about those things and to spend time with those things and either those things took a backseat and will probably come back later or they just kind of we finished talking about those things so i felt very lukewarm about the book

i was certainly gripped at the beginning of the story and for a lot of the story i felt for the character but i think that there was a strange combination of fantastical elements that i wanted to know more of and then the emotional sides of things that i wanted to get more into and i just felt like we didn't have enough time to get as into those things as i would have wanted

ultimately i quite enjoyed it i enjoyed the nuances of everything i enjoyed that the author was able to tackle some really heavy things without getting really heavy

i did very much enjoy this book however my tastes generally i prefer character-driven stories and this to me felt very plot-driven