steven erikson gardens of the moon review

Nothing is spoon-fed to the reader, nothing explained. Here’s a chart of how all their books relate to each other, with a suggested reading order. That chart hints at complexity, and Gardens Of The Moon is in itself complex too. So far, Esslemont has written 7 novels too, and they do tie into Erikson’s work. Esslemont, originally in a role-playing game context. Gardens Of The Moon is the first of a 10 book series – The Malazan Book Of The Fallen – set in a universe Steven Erikson co-created with Ian C. I do want to convince fantasy readers unfamiliar with Erikson to start this widely acclaimed book, so I’ll devote the rest of this review to doing just that. I was a bit bogged down at the halfway point, but that probably was more because of other things keeping me from reading than because of the book itself. So what do I have to offer to readers familiar with this debut? Nothing but the information I liked it a lot – which may or may not say something about how our tastes align. That last one is not necessarily a negative: I don’t want to imply Erikson writes derivative, superficial stuff – he doesn’t – but I have the feeling I can only start making valid points on his ideological foundations after I’ve read a lot more of this series. It also means Erikson didn’t surprise me with particular insights in the human condition. In this case, that means there was nothing to complain about structurally or idea-wise: so no plot holes, or bad writing, or philosophically unsound ideas. It’s a massive book (703 pages + an 8 page glossary) and yet I only took 4 notes while reading.

I don’t have a lot of analysis to offer to readers already familiar with Gardens Of The Moon.

Steven erikson gardens of the moon review