Gardens of the Moon Review || Spoiler-Free || Malazan Book of the Fallen #1

I review the first book of the Malazan Book of the Fallen series, and discuss the weird way Erikson's characters address each other.

#gotm #malazan #stevenerikson

[kingersoll]

Big time Malazan fan here, and you absolutely nailed the first book. I hope you keep posting for the rest of the series.

[christinak.walker]

I greatly enjoy your epic reading voice and would love to hear your interpretation of what different characters would sound like!

[darkportents]

Bro you have the best male voice of all the Americans on booktube. Also I'm loving the first Django Wexler books. Thank you so much for the military fantasy recommendations. They are really scratching my newfound itch for military fantasy and fiction

[KDbooks]

Love the transparency of your rating scale. It’s solid. No qualms. Easy to understand.

[Johanna_reads]

This review was fantastic! Anyone who has read Gardens of the Moon would get how well you described it. This might be one of the most difficult books to explain in a concise video. I'm so impressed! This may also be the only time I've ever enjoyed listening to someone read a book blurb! 😂

[ImperialLegionTV]

You are my new favorite book reviewer. Keep it up!

[WMax-rmue]

Just get into the Malazan series, looking forward to the whole series reviews!

[slowlyred]

This was awesome.
I've only read gardens of the moon and I remember being really excited to get into the series. After reading it I thought Jesus what did I get myself into. My saving grace was I had just finished the Silmarillion so any book after that I was gonna breeze through.
I did like the book a lot. I especially liked the character, Hairlock. Twisted and awesome.
Anyways I kinda bailed on trying to tackle the series.
I just finished Black Company (book 1)
I can see how Erickson was influenced by Glen Cook.
After the first book I feel like I can confidently tackle the series, which is what I wanted to feel at the end of gardens of the moon.

[yvesandrethevenot]

Nailed it. I absolutely agree with the contents of your review.

[ToddsBookTube]

Nice video! I enjoyed it! I just finished Memories of Ice and still don't have a good grasp of what is going on lol

[Mr.books]

Thx for the review! I just started Gardens of the Moon and am in it for the long game like i was with memory, sorrow and thorn. But these long series do get exhausting.

[kyrosv]

I really appreciate this review Allen!!
Thank you very much!!
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I was considering starting the series, but your negatives are very big for my current mood and taste I fear.
I would start skimming through the pages instead of reading whenever things don't make sense.
Why to waste my time reading something I am no understanding at all?
One thing is not understanding a few things and gathering hints to learn along the way, and another thing is to have 50% of what you read being gibberish.
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In other series I've used also another trick, and it does not go very well in many cases.
The trick is to read only one character's POV, and I went even through several books reading only this character's POV.
Or for example I read the protagonists, but skip anything narrating the antagonist's side.
I want to be suprised by the enemy's actions and not know in advance the enemy's plans.

[auqua]

Not having the magic explained and being dropped into the middle of things didn't really bother me. I found it refreshing to not have things explained to me all the time but having to guess what was going on and how it worked from the clues given.

[josephcarrel]

Just finished Gardens of the Moon and I think you described it better than anyone so far. Especially if you were trying to describe it to someone who hasn't read it. The only thing I would disagree with you on is where you said he made you care about the characters. There were only two characters really that I cared at all about. It was a great book but at least by the end of the first book, any of these characters could have died and I wouldn't have cared that much.

[cynthiaholmes]

I'm going to read this in may so nervous I have other series to finish this year

[SeekingStories]

Did you make up the term "plot armour"? If so, I might need to steal this! Love it!
I'm so intrigued by the Malazon series; just not sure if I want to commit to another lengthy series quite yet, haha.

[theflangdude]

I've restarted the audiobook more than 5 times. im so lost lol