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Malazan Book of the Fallen #10
小邪泻邪褌懈褟褌 袘芯谐
鈥炐捬娦费呅秆傂秆傂敌恍叫� 泻褉邪褋懈胁 懈 褍斜械写懈褌械谢械薪 泻褉邪泄 薪邪 鈥炐溞靶恍靶沸靶窖佇盒把傂� 泻薪懈谐邪 薪邪 屑褗褉褌胁懈褌械鈥�
袩褗斜谢懈褕褗褉褋 校懈泻谢懈
袪邪蟹斜懈褌懈 卸械褋褌芯泻芯 芯褌 袣鈥櫺靶感� 袧邪褏鈥櫺犙冃�, 袥芯胁褑懈褌械 薪邪 泻芯褋褌懈 褌褉褗谐胁邪褌 胁 锌芯褏芯写 泻褗屑 袣芯谢邪薪褋懈, 泻褗写械褌芯 谐懈 芯褔邪泻胁邪 薪械懈蟹胁械褋褌薪邪 褋褗写斜邪. 袠蟹褌械褉蟹邪薪邪 芯褌 胁褗锌褉芯褋懈, 邪褉屑懈褟褌邪 械 薪邪 褉褗斜邪 薪邪 斜褍薪褌邪, 薪芯 邪写褞薪泻褌邪 孝邪胁芯褉懈 械 薪械锌褉械泻谢芯薪薪邪. 袨褋褌邪胁邪 械写懈薪 锌芯褋谢械写械薪 邪泻褌, 褋褌懈谐邪 写邪 械 锌芯 褋懈谢懈褌械 泄, 褋褌懈谐邪 写邪 屑芯卸械 写邪 蟹邪写褗褉卸懈 邪褉屑懈褟褌邪 褋懈 褋锌谢芯褌械薪邪, 褋褌懈谐邪 泻褉械褏泻懈褌械 褋褗褞蟹懈, 泻芯懈褌芯 械 褋泻谢褞褔懈谢邪, 写邪 褍褋褌芯褟褌 胁 褌芯胁邪, 泻芯械褌芯 锌褉械写褋褌芯懈. 袞械薪邪 斜械蟹 屑邪谐懈褔械褋泻懈 写邪褉斜懈, 褋屑褟褌邪薪邪 蟹邪 谐褉褍斜芯胁邪褌邪 懈 薪械胁蟹褉邪褔薪邪, 孝邪胁芯褉懈 袩邪褉邪薪 械 褉械褕械薪邪 写邪 褋械 芯锌褗谢褔懈 薪邪 斜芯谐芯胁械褌械... 邪泻芯 褋芯斜褋褌胁械薪懈褌械 泄 斜芯泄褑懈 写邪 薪械 褟 褍斜懈褟褌 锌褉械写懈 褌芯胁邪.
袛褉褍谐邪写械 褌褉懈屑邪褌邪 袛褉械胁薪懈 斜芯谐芯胁械 袣懈谢屑邪薪写邪褉芯褋, 袝褉邪褋褌邪褋 懈 小械褔褍谢 袥邪褌 褋械 谐芯褌胁褟褌 写邪 褋褌褉芯褕邪褌 芯泻芯胁懈褌械 薪邪 袣芯褍褉邪斜邪褋, 写褉邪泻芯薪邪 袨褌邪褌邪褉邪谢, 懈 写邪 褟 芯褋胁芯斜芯写褟褌 芯褌 胁械褔薪懈褟 泄 蟹邪褌胁芯褉. 袨褋胁芯斜芯写械薪邪, 褌褟 褖械 褋械 锌褉械胁褗褉薪械 胁 褋懈谢邪 薪邪 锌褗谢薪芯 褍薪懈褖芯卸械薪懈械 懈 褋褉械褖褍 泻芯褟褌芯 薪懈泻芯泄 褋屑褗褉褌械薪 薪褟屑邪 写邪 屑芯卸械 写邪 褍褋褌芯懈. 袩褉懈 锌芯褉褌邪谢褗褌 薪邪 小褌邪褉胁邪谢写 袛械屑械谢邪泄薪 袣褗褖邪褌邪 袗蟹邪褌, 蟹邪锌械褔邪褌邪谢 谐芯, 褍屑懈褉邪. 小泻芯褉芯 褖械 写芯泄写邪褌 袝谢械泄薪褌 懈 薪邪 褋胁械褌邪 芯褌薪芯胁芯 褖械 懈屑邪 写褉邪泻芯薪懈.
孝邪泻邪 胁 械写薪邪 写邪谢械褔薪邪 蟹械屑褟, 锌芯写 械写薪芯 褉邪胁薪芯写褍褕薪芯 薪械斜械, 蟹邪锌芯褔胁邪 锌芯褋谢械写薪邪褌邪, 锌褉械谢芯屑薪邪 谐谢邪胁邪 胁 鈥炐溞靶恍靶沸靶窖佇盒� 袣薪懈谐邪 薪邪 屑褗褉褌胁懈褌械鈥�.
袝褉懈泻褋褗薪 械 薪械芯斜懈泻薪芯胁械薪 锌懈褋邪褌械谢鈥� 袦芯褟褌 褋褗胁械褌 泻褗屑 胁褋械泻懈, 泻芯泄褌芯 斜懈 屑芯谐褗谢 写邪 屑械 褔褍械, 械: 写芯褋褌邪胁械褌械 褋懈 褍写芯胁芯谢褋褌胁懈械褌芯!
小褌懈胁褗薪 袛芯薪邪谢写褋褗薪
鈥炐斝靶寡傂� 屑懈 褋胁褟褌, 胁 泻芯泄褌芯 胁褋褟泻芯 屑芯褉械 泻褉懈械 褉褍褏薪邪谢邪 袗褌谢邪薪褌懈写邪, 胁褋褟泻邪 褉褍懈薪邪 薪邪褕械锌胁邪 褋泻邪蟹邪薪懈械, 胁褋械泻懈 锌褉械泻褗褉褕械薪 屑械褔 械 屑褗谢褔邪谢懈胁芯 褋胁懈写械褌械谢褋褌胁芯 蟹邪 薪械蟹薪邪泄薪懈 斜懈褌泻懈. 袛邪泄褌械 屑懈, 褋 写褉褍谐懈 写褍屑懈, 褎械薪褌褗蟹懈 褌胁芯褉斜邪褌邪 薪邪 小褌懈胁褗薪 袝褉懈泻褋褗薪鈥� 屑邪泄褋褌芯褉 薪邪 懈蟹谐褍斜械薪懈 懈 蟹邪斜褉邪胁械薪懈 械锌芯褏懈, 胁邪褟褌械谢 薪邪 械锌懈褔薪芯 褎械薪褌褗蟹懈鈥�
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袩褗斜谢懈褕褗褉褋 校懈泻谢懈
袪邪蟹斜懈褌懈 卸械褋褌芯泻芯 芯褌 袣鈥櫺靶感� 袧邪褏鈥櫺犙冃�, 袥芯胁褑懈褌械 薪邪 泻芯褋褌懈 褌褉褗谐胁邪褌 胁 锌芯褏芯写 泻褗屑 袣芯谢邪薪褋懈, 泻褗写械褌芯 谐懈 芯褔邪泻胁邪 薪械懈蟹胁械褋褌薪邪 褋褗写斜邪. 袠蟹褌械褉蟹邪薪邪 芯褌 胁褗锌褉芯褋懈, 邪褉屑懈褟褌邪 械 薪邪 褉褗斜邪 薪邪 斜褍薪褌邪, 薪芯 邪写褞薪泻褌邪 孝邪胁芯褉懈 械 薪械锌褉械泻谢芯薪薪邪. 袨褋褌邪胁邪 械写懈薪 锌芯褋谢械写械薪 邪泻褌, 褋褌懈谐邪 写邪 械 锌芯 褋懈谢懈褌械 泄, 褋褌懈谐邪 写邪 屑芯卸械 写邪 蟹邪写褗褉卸懈 邪褉屑懈褟褌邪 褋懈 褋锌谢芯褌械薪邪, 褋褌懈谐邪 泻褉械褏泻懈褌械 褋褗褞蟹懈, 泻芯懈褌芯 械 褋泻谢褞褔懈谢邪, 写邪 褍褋褌芯褟褌 胁 褌芯胁邪, 泻芯械褌芯 锌褉械写褋褌芯懈. 袞械薪邪 斜械蟹 屑邪谐懈褔械褋泻懈 写邪褉斜懈, 褋屑褟褌邪薪邪 蟹邪 谐褉褍斜芯胁邪褌邪 懈 薪械胁蟹褉邪褔薪邪, 孝邪胁芯褉懈 袩邪褉邪薪 械 褉械褕械薪邪 写邪 褋械 芯锌褗谢褔懈 薪邪 斜芯谐芯胁械褌械... 邪泻芯 褋芯斜褋褌胁械薪懈褌械 泄 斜芯泄褑懈 写邪 薪械 褟 褍斜懈褟褌 锌褉械写懈 褌芯胁邪.
袛褉褍谐邪写械 褌褉懈屑邪褌邪 袛褉械胁薪懈 斜芯谐芯胁械 袣懈谢屑邪薪写邪褉芯褋, 袝褉邪褋褌邪褋 懈 小械褔褍谢 袥邪褌 褋械 谐芯褌胁褟褌 写邪 褋褌褉芯褕邪褌 芯泻芯胁懈褌械 薪邪 袣芯褍褉邪斜邪褋, 写褉邪泻芯薪邪 袨褌邪褌邪褉邪谢, 懈 写邪 褟 芯褋胁芯斜芯写褟褌 芯褌 胁械褔薪懈褟 泄 蟹邪褌胁芯褉. 袨褋胁芯斜芯写械薪邪, 褌褟 褖械 褋械 锌褉械胁褗褉薪械 胁 褋懈谢邪 薪邪 锌褗谢薪芯 褍薪懈褖芯卸械薪懈械 懈 褋褉械褖褍 泻芯褟褌芯 薪懈泻芯泄 褋屑褗褉褌械薪 薪褟屑邪 写邪 屑芯卸械 写邪 褍褋褌芯懈. 袩褉懈 锌芯褉褌邪谢褗褌 薪邪 小褌邪褉胁邪谢写 袛械屑械谢邪泄薪 袣褗褖邪褌邪 袗蟹邪褌, 蟹邪锌械褔邪褌邪谢 谐芯, 褍屑懈褉邪. 小泻芯褉芯 褖械 写芯泄写邪褌 袝谢械泄薪褌 懈 薪邪 褋胁械褌邪 芯褌薪芯胁芯 褖械 懈屑邪 写褉邪泻芯薪懈.
孝邪泻邪 胁 械写薪邪 写邪谢械褔薪邪 蟹械屑褟, 锌芯写 械写薪芯 褉邪胁薪芯写褍褕薪芯 薪械斜械, 蟹邪锌芯褔胁邪 锌芯褋谢械写薪邪褌邪, 锌褉械谢芯屑薪邪 谐谢邪胁邪 胁 鈥炐溞靶恍靶沸靶窖佇盒� 袣薪懈谐邪 薪邪 屑褗褉褌胁懈褌械鈥�.
袝褉懈泻褋褗薪 械 薪械芯斜懈泻薪芯胁械薪 锌懈褋邪褌械谢鈥� 袦芯褟褌 褋褗胁械褌 泻褗屑 胁褋械泻懈, 泻芯泄褌芯 斜懈 屑芯谐褗谢 写邪 屑械 褔褍械, 械: 写芯褋褌邪胁械褌械 褋懈 褍写芯胁芯谢褋褌胁懈械褌芯!
小褌懈胁褗薪 袛芯薪邪谢写褋褗薪
鈥炐斝靶寡傂� 屑懈 褋胁褟褌, 胁 泻芯泄褌芯 胁褋褟泻芯 屑芯褉械 泻褉懈械 褉褍褏薪邪谢邪 袗褌谢邪薪褌懈写邪, 胁褋褟泻邪 褉褍懈薪邪 薪邪褕械锌胁邪 褋泻邪蟹邪薪懈械, 胁褋械泻懈 锌褉械泻褗褉褕械薪 屑械褔 械 屑褗谢褔邪谢懈胁芯 褋胁懈写械褌械谢褋褌胁芯 蟹邪 薪械蟹薪邪泄薪懈 斜懈褌泻懈. 袛邪泄褌械 屑懈, 褋 写褉褍谐懈 写褍屑懈, 褎械薪褌褗蟹懈 褌胁芯褉斜邪褌邪 薪邪 小褌懈胁褗薪 袝褉懈泻褋褗薪鈥� 屑邪泄褋褌芯褉 薪邪 懈蟹谐褍斜械薪懈 懈 蟹邪斜褉邪胁械薪懈 械锌芯褏懈, 胁邪褟褌械谢 薪邪 械锌懈褔薪芯 褎械薪褌褗蟹懈鈥�
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Steven Erikson
130听books14.4k听followersSteven Erikson is the pseudonym of , a Canadian novelist, who was educated and trained as both an archaeologist and anthropologist. His best-known work is the series, the Malazan Book of the Fallen.
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Epic, masterful, and scintillating in every sense of these words; The Crippled God is an unforgettable magnum opus that concludes Steven Erikson鈥檚 genre-defining series: Malazan Book of the Fallen.
11,216 pages (Bantam paperback edition) and 3.3 million words read in exactly two months and two weeks; I鈥檓 done, it鈥檚 finally over. The entire ten-volume of Malazan Book of the Fallen has been in my TBR pile for almost two years long, and now it has been read, dusted and shelved. Erikson has raised the benchmark for Epic/military fantasy ridiculously high with what he created in this series. Together with Wrath by John Gwynne and Assassin鈥檚 Fate by Robin Hobb, The Crippled God stands among the top of the best final book of a series I鈥檝e ever read, and there鈥檚 a definite probability that it will always stay on that list.
Where do I even begin? Is it even possible for anyone to write a review that can give the series the justice it deserves? I know I can鈥檛. Alas, a review must be written; I鈥檒l try to keep it as short as possible. Having slept on it and waking up thinking about it, I鈥檝e come to realize that I probably will never encounter another fantasy series as complex and massive in scope like this series. Erikson鈥檚 achievement in writing Malazan Book of the Fallen and completing the massive series in the span of twelve years deserves a standing ovation from the entire SFF community. Accompanying demonic ambition, writing speed, dedication, and hard work, Erikson has created a series brimming with stellar content that can last a lifetime; I can already envision that rereading the series will be immensely rewarding.
The Crippled God is the tenth and the final book in the highly acclaimed Malazan Book of the Fallen series and if you鈥檙e reading this review, you probably already know that the finale of the series itself was divided into two books, Dust of Dreams and The Crippled God. I personally think that it was unnecessary to divide the finale into two books. Erikson put everything I disliked about the series into Dust of Dreams and everything I loved about the series into The Crippled God. The result? Dust of Dreams became my least favorite book of the series and The Crippled God became one of my absolute favorite books of the series; I loved it as much as I loved Memories of Ice and The Bonehunters. Erikson has successfully delivered an extremely rewarding experience to readers who managed to commit and complete reading the series.
Excluding the close to pointless Snake plotline, I thoroughly enjoyed reading every single page of this book. The build-up, the characters鈥� development, the world-building, and the themes that ran throughout the entire series came to an explosive denouement. The refrains of sacrifice, an orchestra of bittersweet poignancy, impactful themes of faith, despair, redemption, regret, compassion, loyalty, honor, resilience, and friendship; all of these collaborate to give the unwitnessed heroic deeds the proper respect they rightfully deserved.
There were a myriad thought-provoking, inspiring, and resonating philosophical discussions implemented into the story line; combined with the stunningly written act of devastations brought in this last installment, suffice to say that I was repeatedly astonished by Erikson鈥檚 tremendous capability as an author. The last two chapters (which lasted approximately 300 pages and took me four hours to read) of The Crippled God were extremely well-written, keeping me on the edge of my seat, and pretty much summed up the best kind of experience that epic fantasy has to offer. Blistering battles for dominance, swirling grief, brutal annihilation, and inescapable casualties from all factions; firestorm, thunderstorm, maelstrom, and many more large-scale action sequences create an exhilarating and emotional cinematic experience. Plus, the accumulation of the tension, build-up, and information that has been established, either explicitly or subtly, throughout the series right from the first installment culminated to bring the most groundbreaking convergence of epic proportions into the last two chapters; it was easily the best climactic sequences of the series and that鈥檚 saying a lot.
To choose one or five favorite characters from the series is as difficult as being asked to choose which favorite series you鈥檒l burn. Usually, there are less than ten memorable characters within a single trilogy. For example, if I ask who your favorite characters from Mistborn trilogy are, the answers are almost guaranteed to be Kelsier, Kelsier, Kelsier, Kelsier, Kelsier, and Vin; this won鈥檛 happen with this series. There are an incredibly high amount of memorable and pivotal characters that being asked to choose only five favorite characters will be such an unfair task. Characterizations have always been the most important aspect in every single book I read. The series has the biggest cast of characters I鈥檝e ever read by far. I鈥檓 not joking, there were more than 300 characters throughout the series to keep track of, the dramatis personae in this final installment alone have 212 characters in it. I won鈥檛 lie, the characterizations in the second half of the series suffer a lot in my opinion. Erikson introduced new characters mercilessly and the majority of them sounded the same to me. This was especially true in Reaper鈥檚 Gale and Dust of Dreams. Fortunately, Erikson didn鈥檛 do this in The Crippled God. Only a few new characters were introduced and they were all fantastic to read. By focusing the storytelling and narrative on characters we鈥檙e familiar with, regardless of their quantity, made the characters dynamics, interactions, and dialogues an absolute delight to read.
I don鈥檛 have anything left to say regarding the installment, or the series itself except that Erikson鈥檚 world-building was unparalleled. In this blazing colossal conclusion, Erikson unleashed all the races throughout the series. The humans, the gods, the ascendants, K鈥機hain Chemalle, Forkrul Assail, T鈥檒an Imass, Barghast, Tiste Andii, Tiste Liosan, Tiste Edur, Eleint, practically every kind of factions converged. I have never read a series as massive as this one. Every place, buildings, weapons, characters, and locations - all have their own history. Erikson could seriously write about anything in this world and it would still work. That鈥檚 how massive and intricate this series is. Right now, the only thing that in my opinion can be compared to Erikson鈥檚 world-building skill is Sanderson鈥檚 Cosmere universe, but that鈥檚 totally different as Sanderson鈥檚 Cosmere spans across worlds and many series instead of taking place in a single world as Malazan did.
My advice if you鈥檙e new to the series: patience and commitment. Look, there鈥檚 no way around it, it doesn鈥檛 matter how much you love the series, I guarantee you that these two are necessary. This is especially true in the second half of the series where the scope of the story grew more complex, massive, and difficult than the first half. From my experience, I simply can鈥檛 take a break from the series too long otherwise I risk forgetting even more details than I already did; many readers said I finished this series very quickly, I took a one week break twice and even then, I forgot some details already. It鈥檚 also impossible to gauge whether you鈥檒l like the series or not just from the first book. My recommendation is this. Give the series a go until Memories of Ice. If upon finishing Memories of Ice you feel the series was just okay, or not suitable to your reading preference, continuing the series from there on will most likely be futile. Memories of Ice is considered by a lot of the fans to be one of the, if not the best installment of the series. However, if you find that you鈥檙e blown away already by Gardens of the Moon, you鈥檒l probably experience an escapism fantasy unlike any other.
Picture: The Complete Malazan Book of the Fallen. Cover art by Kekai Kotaki.
I didn鈥檛 find Malazan Book of the Fallen as flawless鈥攖o be fair, no series is ever totally perfect鈥攁s what the rabid fans claimed to be. However, despite some issues I had with it, I rank the series as a whole to be my current number one favorite series of all time together with The Faithful and the Fallen by John Gwynne and The Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson. Don鈥檛 make me choose which one I love more, they鈥檙e different from each other, and each of them has their own strengths. Brilliantly complex and extremely rewarding in all its might, Malazan Book of the Fallen is a transcending and triumphant genre-defining series, and if you鈥檙e an epic fantasy fans, you owe it to yourself to give the series a try. I, as a reader, am genuinely gratified to have read the everlasting adventures penned in Malazan Book of the Fallen. The series and many other incredible series have cemented the fact that epic fantasy, or just fantasy in general, will always be my favorite genre and escapism read.
Joining many other witnessed and unwitnessed readers, I have unchained the Book of Fallen. It鈥檚 your turn to carve the tales of the Fallen to your memory and remember them.
Series review:
Gardens of the Moon:
Deadhouse Gates:
Memories of Ice:
House of Chains:
Midnight Tides:
The Bonehunters:
Reaper鈥檚 Gale:
Toll the Hounds:
Dust of Dreams:
The Crippled God: 5/5 stars
Malazan Book of the Fallen: 42.5/50 stars
Side note:
Special thanks to my friends, TS and Emma, who listened to my all my theories and ramblings (for better or worse) about the series without giving spoilers or being judgmental. Lastly, I know some of you have asked about the proposal I mentioned in my Gardens of the Moon review. The answer is yes! It won鈥檛 be soon, I still have some things to prepare but fingers crossed it will happen next year. For now, let鈥檚 just say that the stoppage light has turned green by completing this series. Wish us the best of luck! :)
You can order the book
You can find and the rest of my reviews at
11,216 pages (Bantam paperback edition) and 3.3 million words read in exactly two months and two weeks; I鈥檓 done, it鈥檚 finally over. The entire ten-volume of Malazan Book of the Fallen has been in my TBR pile for almost two years long, and now it has been read, dusted and shelved. Erikson has raised the benchmark for Epic/military fantasy ridiculously high with what he created in this series. Together with Wrath by John Gwynne and Assassin鈥檚 Fate by Robin Hobb, The Crippled God stands among the top of the best final book of a series I鈥檝e ever read, and there鈥檚 a definite probability that it will always stay on that list.
"I have enjoyed our long conversation. What's three and a half million words between friends?" 鈥� Steven Erikson
Where do I even begin? Is it even possible for anyone to write a review that can give the series the justice it deserves? I know I can鈥檛. Alas, a review must be written; I鈥檒l try to keep it as short as possible. Having slept on it and waking up thinking about it, I鈥檝e come to realize that I probably will never encounter another fantasy series as complex and massive in scope like this series. Erikson鈥檚 achievement in writing Malazan Book of the Fallen and completing the massive series in the span of twelve years deserves a standing ovation from the entire SFF community. Accompanying demonic ambition, writing speed, dedication, and hard work, Erikson has created a series brimming with stellar content that can last a lifetime; I can already envision that rereading the series will be immensely rewarding.
The Crippled God is the tenth and the final book in the highly acclaimed Malazan Book of the Fallen series and if you鈥檙e reading this review, you probably already know that the finale of the series itself was divided into two books, Dust of Dreams and The Crippled God. I personally think that it was unnecessary to divide the finale into two books. Erikson put everything I disliked about the series into Dust of Dreams and everything I loved about the series into The Crippled God. The result? Dust of Dreams became my least favorite book of the series and The Crippled God became one of my absolute favorite books of the series; I loved it as much as I loved Memories of Ice and The Bonehunters. Erikson has successfully delivered an extremely rewarding experience to readers who managed to commit and complete reading the series.
Excluding the close to pointless Snake plotline, I thoroughly enjoyed reading every single page of this book. The build-up, the characters鈥� development, the world-building, and the themes that ran throughout the entire series came to an explosive denouement. The refrains of sacrifice, an orchestra of bittersweet poignancy, impactful themes of faith, despair, redemption, regret, compassion, loyalty, honor, resilience, and friendship; all of these collaborate to give the unwitnessed heroic deeds the proper respect they rightfully deserved.
鈥淚t is not enough to wish for a better world for the children. It is not enough to shield them with ease and comfort. 鈥f we do not sacrifice our own ease, our own comfort, to make the future's world a better one, then we curse our own children. We leave them a misery they do not deserve; we leave them a host of lessons unearned.鈥�
There were a myriad thought-provoking, inspiring, and resonating philosophical discussions implemented into the story line; combined with the stunningly written act of devastations brought in this last installment, suffice to say that I was repeatedly astonished by Erikson鈥檚 tremendous capability as an author. The last two chapters (which lasted approximately 300 pages and took me four hours to read) of The Crippled God were extremely well-written, keeping me on the edge of my seat, and pretty much summed up the best kind of experience that epic fantasy has to offer. Blistering battles for dominance, swirling grief, brutal annihilation, and inescapable casualties from all factions; firestorm, thunderstorm, maelstrom, and many more large-scale action sequences create an exhilarating and emotional cinematic experience. Plus, the accumulation of the tension, build-up, and information that has been established, either explicitly or subtly, throughout the series right from the first installment culminated to bring the most groundbreaking convergence of epic proportions into the last two chapters; it was easily the best climactic sequences of the series and that鈥檚 saying a lot.
To choose one or five favorite characters from the series is as difficult as being asked to choose which favorite series you鈥檒l burn. Usually, there are less than ten memorable characters within a single trilogy. For example, if I ask who your favorite characters from Mistborn trilogy are, the answers are almost guaranteed to be Kelsier, Kelsier, Kelsier, Kelsier, Kelsier, and Vin; this won鈥檛 happen with this series. There are an incredibly high amount of memorable and pivotal characters that being asked to choose only five favorite characters will be such an unfair task. Characterizations have always been the most important aspect in every single book I read. The series has the biggest cast of characters I鈥檝e ever read by far. I鈥檓 not joking, there were more than 300 characters throughout the series to keep track of, the dramatis personae in this final installment alone have 212 characters in it. I won鈥檛 lie, the characterizations in the second half of the series suffer a lot in my opinion. Erikson introduced new characters mercilessly and the majority of them sounded the same to me. This was especially true in Reaper鈥檚 Gale and Dust of Dreams. Fortunately, Erikson didn鈥檛 do this in The Crippled God. Only a few new characters were introduced and they were all fantastic to read. By focusing the storytelling and narrative on characters we鈥檙e familiar with, regardless of their quantity, made the characters dynamics, interactions, and dialogues an absolute delight to read.
I don鈥檛 have anything left to say regarding the installment, or the series itself except that Erikson鈥檚 world-building was unparalleled. In this blazing colossal conclusion, Erikson unleashed all the races throughout the series. The humans, the gods, the ascendants, K鈥機hain Chemalle, Forkrul Assail, T鈥檒an Imass, Barghast, Tiste Andii, Tiste Liosan, Tiste Edur, Eleint, practically every kind of factions converged. I have never read a series as massive as this one. Every place, buildings, weapons, characters, and locations - all have their own history. Erikson could seriously write about anything in this world and it would still work. That鈥檚 how massive and intricate this series is. Right now, the only thing that in my opinion can be compared to Erikson鈥檚 world-building skill is Sanderson鈥檚 Cosmere universe, but that鈥檚 totally different as Sanderson鈥檚 Cosmere spans across worlds and many series instead of taking place in a single world as Malazan did.
My advice if you鈥檙e new to the series: patience and commitment. Look, there鈥檚 no way around it, it doesn鈥檛 matter how much you love the series, I guarantee you that these two are necessary. This is especially true in the second half of the series where the scope of the story grew more complex, massive, and difficult than the first half. From my experience, I simply can鈥檛 take a break from the series too long otherwise I risk forgetting even more details than I already did; many readers said I finished this series very quickly, I took a one week break twice and even then, I forgot some details already. It鈥檚 also impossible to gauge whether you鈥檒l like the series or not just from the first book. My recommendation is this. Give the series a go until Memories of Ice. If upon finishing Memories of Ice you feel the series was just okay, or not suitable to your reading preference, continuing the series from there on will most likely be futile. Memories of Ice is considered by a lot of the fans to be one of the, if not the best installment of the series. However, if you find that you鈥檙e blown away already by Gardens of the Moon, you鈥檒l probably experience an escapism fantasy unlike any other.
Picture: The Complete Malazan Book of the Fallen. Cover art by Kekai Kotaki.
I didn鈥檛 find Malazan Book of the Fallen as flawless鈥攖o be fair, no series is ever totally perfect鈥攁s what the rabid fans claimed to be. However, despite some issues I had with it, I rank the series as a whole to be my current number one favorite series of all time together with The Faithful and the Fallen by John Gwynne and The Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson. Don鈥檛 make me choose which one I love more, they鈥檙e different from each other, and each of them has their own strengths. Brilliantly complex and extremely rewarding in all its might, Malazan Book of the Fallen is a transcending and triumphant genre-defining series, and if you鈥檙e an epic fantasy fans, you owe it to yourself to give the series a try. I, as a reader, am genuinely gratified to have read the everlasting adventures penned in Malazan Book of the Fallen. The series and many other incredible series have cemented the fact that epic fantasy, or just fantasy in general, will always be my favorite genre and escapism read.
鈥淎nd now the page before us blurs.
An age is done. The book must close.
We are abandoned to history.
Raise high one more time the tattered standard
Of the Fallen. See through the drifting smoke
To the dark stains upon the fabric.
This is the blood of our lives, this is the
Payment of our deeds, all soon to be
Forgotten.
We were never what people could be.
We were only what we were.
Remember us.鈥�
Joining many other witnessed and unwitnessed readers, I have unchained the Book of Fallen. It鈥檚 your turn to carve the tales of the Fallen to your memory and remember them.
Series review:
Gardens of the Moon:
Deadhouse Gates:
Memories of Ice:
House of Chains:
Midnight Tides:
The Bonehunters:
Reaper鈥檚 Gale:
Toll the Hounds:
Dust of Dreams:
The Crippled God: 5/5 stars
Malazan Book of the Fallen: 42.5/50 stars
Side note:
Special thanks to my friends, TS and Emma, who listened to my all my theories and ramblings (for better or worse) about the series without giving spoilers or being judgmental. Lastly, I know some of you have asked about the proposal I mentioned in my Gardens of the Moon review. The answer is yes! It won鈥檛 be soon, I still have some things to prepare but fingers crossed it will happen next year. For now, let鈥檚 just say that the stoppage light has turned green by completing this series. Wish us the best of luck! :)
You can order the book
You can find and the rest of my reviews at
July 11, 2022
This is the greatest book ever written. A masterpiece in every conceivable way
I'm going to break this review down into two parts. A review of this book in particular, and a review of the series as a whole given this is the last book.
First -- this book. I cannot get over how perfect this book is, and what Steven Erikson has achieved here. All of the events of the previous books culminated into one insane, glorious, over-the-top ending that will likely never be topped by any book ever. This series is known for having the ending of each book be a "convergence" of all the characters in a spectacular finale -- but this book essentially does that from start to finish. And the last few hundred pages of the book in particular is the biggest, grandest, most epic thing ever written. The very end of the book is also done with perfection, which can very rarely be said for fantasy series.
Second -- the series. This book cements for me that Malazan: Book of the Fallen is the best fantasy series ever written. There is not a single book in this series that is anything less than amazing, and did not ever feel needless. That's an incredible feat for a series that is over 7,000 pages long.
The events of all the books marches towards a definitive goal, but it did it in a way that feels truly genius. Unlike a series like A Wheel of Time (a series I love), it didn't attempt to explain every single thing and make the conflict these characters are going through feel like the only conflict that is occurring on this world. Malazan gives you the only real sense in fantasy that these events are happening across an entire world -- not in a country or a single continent, or even a couple continents -- but over an entire planet. Not all plot threads have a nice tidy conclusion. You have characters that go off to do their own thing while the events of the book move on without them, as you would expect to happen in a real world. This happens to critical characters where you think, "Wait, what is this book even about?" several times. But you just have to trust the author that he is marching you towards something that is incredible and perfect.
If you haven't picked up this series yet, or are feeling overly daunted by the prospect of both something so long, and so complicated. Just give it a try -if you get hooked on this series the payoff is unimaginably glorious.
October 30, 2017
Full review now up!
I can鈥檛 believe I finally finished this series. Ten books, seven months, thousands of pages, and countless characters later here I am. Wondering how long it will take me before I re-read this series. I know I just finished it, but after spending so many months reading it I find myself out of my routine. I want to march the Chain of Dogs with Coltaine again, I want to fight the Pannion Domin with the Bridgeburners at Coral, and witness the Bonehunters at Y鈥橤hatan and Malaz City. Oh so many books on my TBR list and I just want to start this series over. Alas, it is time to move on鈥�..for now.
Someone told me the end of this series was satisfying, but kept you wanting more. I have to say I strongly agree with that statement. Most of the storylines were wrapped up nicely, but I am left wondering about a few. No worries! I will not divulge my curiousness in this review, so you need not worry about spoilers going forward.
There are so many amazing things about this series. It is really hard to pick out what I loved most about it. Definitely some of the best and most memorable characters I have ever read about. A world so vast it boggles the mind that anyone could come up with such a detailed piece of art. Or maybe the raw emotion the story brings out in the reader. I can鈥檛 pick just one, so I will go with all of the above.
The main thing that caught me of guard in The Crippled God was my feelings towards one of the characters. I had come to detest him so much throughout the other books, and at the end I found myself feeling only compassion for him. Erikson is always flipping the switch on the reader鈥檚 emotions, and he really caught me off guard with this one.
With The Book of The Fallen series wrapped up I look forward to the other books in the Malazan world from Erikson and Esslemont both. Sooner rather than later more than likely. For anyone searching for the most epic fantasy series out there you can look no further. This has it all and much much more.
I can鈥檛 believe I finally finished this series. Ten books, seven months, thousands of pages, and countless characters later here I am. Wondering how long it will take me before I re-read this series. I know I just finished it, but after spending so many months reading it I find myself out of my routine. I want to march the Chain of Dogs with Coltaine again, I want to fight the Pannion Domin with the Bridgeburners at Coral, and witness the Bonehunters at Y鈥橤hatan and Malaz City. Oh so many books on my TBR list and I just want to start this series over. Alas, it is time to move on鈥�..for now.
Someone told me the end of this series was satisfying, but kept you wanting more. I have to say I strongly agree with that statement. Most of the storylines were wrapped up nicely, but I am left wondering about a few. No worries! I will not divulge my curiousness in this review, so you need not worry about spoilers going forward.
There are so many amazing things about this series. It is really hard to pick out what I loved most about it. Definitely some of the best and most memorable characters I have ever read about. A world so vast it boggles the mind that anyone could come up with such a detailed piece of art. Or maybe the raw emotion the story brings out in the reader. I can鈥檛 pick just one, so I will go with all of the above.
鈥淵ou walk the steps of your life, and always that dream beckons, that dream waits. You don鈥檛 know if it can ever be made real. You don鈥檛 know that, even should you somehow stumble upon it, you won鈥檛 find it less than it was, less than it could have been 鈥� if only you could have kept that distance, kept it just outside arm鈥檚 reach. For ever shining. For ever unsullied by the all-to-real flaws of your own making.鈥�
The main thing that caught me of guard in The Crippled God was my feelings towards one of the characters. I had come to detest him so much throughout the other books, and at the end I found myself feeling only compassion for him. Erikson is always flipping the switch on the reader鈥檚 emotions, and he really caught me off guard with this one.
With The Book of The Fallen series wrapped up I look forward to the other books in the Malazan world from Erikson and Esslemont both. Sooner rather than later more than likely. For anyone searching for the most epic fantasy series out there you can look no further. This has it all and much much more.
鈥淭here shall be a Book and it shall be written by my hand. Wheel and seek the faces of a thousand gods! None can do what I can do! Not one can give voice to this holy creations. But this is not bravado For this, my Book of the Fallen, the only god worthy of its telling is the crippled one. The broken one. And has it not always been thus?
I never hid my hurts.
I never disguised my dreams.
And I never lost my way.
And only the fallen can rise again.鈥�
September 23, 2020
The Crippled God is a breathtaking conclusion to an outstanding series; Malazan Book of the Fallen is a masterpiece of its genre and has affirmed its place as my favourite epic grimdark fantasy series.
The Crippled God didn't leave much room for breathers and I am sure this is the least amount of time I've spent finishing a novel in this series - the exception being Gardens of the Moon, which is the shortest book by far. I will also not spend much time relating about this final instalment, save that it was brilliantly handled with an emotionally exhausting, and wholly satisfying denouement. All the major open threads and even some smaller ones came together most compellingly. The very end of this book was of the most sublime symmetry to the beginning in Gardens of the Moon.
The word epic does not even seem to do any justice to this expansive tale and the world in which it takes place. Erikson has skilfully crafted a story with such breadth and depth of worldbuilding and characterisation, and plot complexity, that it seriously challenges the readers. But, in spite of the work and commitment involved in finishing these ten books, it was also one of the most rewarding and fulfilling experiences I鈥檝e ever had.
Malazan Book of the Fallen is exquisitely soul-crushing and yet it can also make your heart soar - even when you're crying your eyes out. The narrative is crazily dense, filled with deep melancholic introspection and philosophical discourse, a mind-boggling number of intertwining storylines and a massive cast of characters. A stellar cast of characters for that matter, for whom any attempt to assuage emotional investment is futile. Believe me, Erikson will make you care 鈥� even for that minor side character that appeared for mere pages. He is a master at strumming powerful chords of emotion. So much grief, pain, sorrow and regret emanate from within its pages, beautifully tempered with empathy, compassion, kindness, loyalty and honour. These are stories of true friendships and enduring love; stories of the best of humanity in its darkest, and most dire, hours; delivered in a prose that is elegant and profound.
The violence in this series is brutal and visceral, but never gratuitous. The battle and action scenes are in equal measures sweeping and intimate; cinematic scenes of clashing soldiers and sorcerous conflagration seen from a wide-angle, and combat sequences in close confines, moving from one squad, or an individual, to another. Although the level of power or ability commanded by some of the characters can be ridiculously off-the-charts, it is somehow appropriate in the context of this world. To me, that is part of the fun of reading Malazan which alleviated what seemed like hard work a lot of times. Admit it, badass characters are the most memorable and to partake in fantasy is to get swept away by the unreal awesomeness that you don't encounter in literary fiction.
Having said that, while the story is told in a fantasy world, its allegory to our real world is staggeringly on point. To readers who scoff at the genre merely being escapism which never deals with real-life issues, I invite you to partake in this gritty epoch-spanning tale which echoes our actual bloody history 鈥� the horrors and grave errors perpetrated by humanity, repeated time and time again.
I highly recommend anyone who loves fantasy, especially fans of grimdark, to read this series. Be patient, and you shall be rewarded.
With choked emotions barely in check, I bid this world goodbye鈥� for now.
Series rating:
Gardens of the Moon: 5/5 stars
Deadhouse Gates: 5/5 stars
Memories of Ice: 5/5 stars
House of Chains: 4/5 stars
Midnight Tides: 4.5/5 stars
The Bonehunters: 5/5 stars
Reaper鈥檚 Gale: 4.5/5 stars
Toll The Hounds: 5/5 stars
Dust of Dreams: 5/5 stars
The Crippled God: 5/5 stars.
Overall: 48/50 stars
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The Crippled God didn't leave much room for breathers and I am sure this is the least amount of time I've spent finishing a novel in this series - the exception being Gardens of the Moon, which is the shortest book by far. I will also not spend much time relating about this final instalment, save that it was brilliantly handled with an emotionally exhausting, and wholly satisfying denouement. All the major open threads and even some smaller ones came together most compellingly. The very end of this book was of the most sublime symmetry to the beginning in Gardens of the Moon.
The word epic does not even seem to do any justice to this expansive tale and the world in which it takes place. Erikson has skilfully crafted a story with such breadth and depth of worldbuilding and characterisation, and plot complexity, that it seriously challenges the readers. But, in spite of the work and commitment involved in finishing these ten books, it was also one of the most rewarding and fulfilling experiences I鈥檝e ever had.
Malazan Book of the Fallen is exquisitely soul-crushing and yet it can also make your heart soar - even when you're crying your eyes out. The narrative is crazily dense, filled with deep melancholic introspection and philosophical discourse, a mind-boggling number of intertwining storylines and a massive cast of characters. A stellar cast of characters for that matter, for whom any attempt to assuage emotional investment is futile. Believe me, Erikson will make you care 鈥� even for that minor side character that appeared for mere pages. He is a master at strumming powerful chords of emotion. So much grief, pain, sorrow and regret emanate from within its pages, beautifully tempered with empathy, compassion, kindness, loyalty and honour. These are stories of true friendships and enduring love; stories of the best of humanity in its darkest, and most dire, hours; delivered in a prose that is elegant and profound.
The violence in this series is brutal and visceral, but never gratuitous. The battle and action scenes are in equal measures sweeping and intimate; cinematic scenes of clashing soldiers and sorcerous conflagration seen from a wide-angle, and combat sequences in close confines, moving from one squad, or an individual, to another. Although the level of power or ability commanded by some of the characters can be ridiculously off-the-charts, it is somehow appropriate in the context of this world. To me, that is part of the fun of reading Malazan which alleviated what seemed like hard work a lot of times. Admit it, badass characters are the most memorable and to partake in fantasy is to get swept away by the unreal awesomeness that you don't encounter in literary fiction.
Having said that, while the story is told in a fantasy world, its allegory to our real world is staggeringly on point. To readers who scoff at the genre merely being escapism which never deals with real-life issues, I invite you to partake in this gritty epoch-spanning tale which echoes our actual bloody history 鈥� the horrors and grave errors perpetrated by humanity, repeated time and time again.
I highly recommend anyone who loves fantasy, especially fans of grimdark, to read this series. Be patient, and you shall be rewarded.
With choked emotions barely in check, I bid this world goodbye鈥� for now.
And now the page before us blurs.
An age is done. The book must close.
We are abandoned to history.
Raise high one more time the tattered standard
Of the Fallen. See through the drifting smoke
To the dark stains upon the fabric.
This is the blood of our lives, this is the
Payment of our deeds, all soon to be
Forgotten.
We were never what people could be.
We were only what we were.
Remember us.
Series rating:
Gardens of the Moon: 5/5 stars
Deadhouse Gates: 5/5 stars
Memories of Ice: 5/5 stars
House of Chains: 4/5 stars
Midnight Tides: 4.5/5 stars
The Bonehunters: 5/5 stars
Reaper鈥檚 Gale: 4.5/5 stars
Toll The Hounds: 5/5 stars
Dust of Dreams: 5/5 stars
The Crippled God: 5/5 stars.
Overall: 48/50 stars
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March 11, 2019
鈥楾he Bonehunters march alone, leaking blood with every step.鈥�
There are so many bloody memorable lines in this book I need to collect them somewhere. Combined, they read like a movie trailer!
鈥業n that Malazan Book of the Fallen, the historians will write of our suffering, and they will speak of it as the suffering of those who served the Crippled God. As something 鈥� fitting. And for our seeming fanaticism they will dismiss all that we were, and think only of what we achieved. Or failed to achieve.
And in so doing, they will miss the whole fucking point.鈥�
Shadowthrone hissed. 鈥榃ell? Is that it?鈥�
鈥業s what it?鈥�
鈥楾hat鈥檚 all you have to say? This is a momentous scene, you fat fool! This is where everything really, truly, finally begins! So squeeze the ale from your brain, mortal, and say something worthy of your kind. You stand before a god! Speak your eloquence for all posterity. Be profound!鈥�
鈥楶rofound 鈥� huh.鈥� Temper was silent for a long moment, studying the cobbles of the alley mouth. And then he lifted his helmed head, faced Shadowthrone, and said, 鈥楩uck off.鈥�
You cannot kill us any more, but we can kill you, and so we shall. We are the sword of ancient memories. Memories of fire, memories of ice, memories of the pain you delivered upon us. I shall answer your crime. I shall be the hand of your utter annihilation.
I dream of returning, swords blazing with holy vengeance. I dream, Shadowthrone, of murdering every one of those fuckers. Is this what it means to be a god?
And the most haunting one of them all
鈥楺uick Ben, we're soldiers of the Emperor. It's all we ever have been.鈥�
This has been a buddy read that's been ongoing for more than four years, with many casualties along the way (including myself for a short while). Big kudos to my friends Gavin & Kaora for sticking with it until the very last book.
The Crippled God is, in the end, one of the best instalments in the Malazan Book of the Fallen series. As shocking as that may seem to anyone who has attempted reading it, most of the plotlines, characters and themes do come together in the end.
I am finding it extremely hard to sort through my thoughts enough to actually write a proper review for this last Malazan book. I suspect it (and the whole series) will inevitably warrant a reread, but until then, I will leave it at that.
A fitting end to an exceptional series.
Malazan Book of the Fallen reviews:
#1 Gardens of the Moon
#2 Deadhouse Gates
#3 Memories of Ice
#4 House of Chains
#5 Midnight Tides
#6 The Bonehunters
#7 Reaper's Gale
#8 Toll the Hounds
#9 Dust of Dreams
#10 The Crippled God
There are so many bloody memorable lines in this book I need to collect them somewhere. Combined, they read like a movie trailer!
鈥業n that Malazan Book of the Fallen, the historians will write of our suffering, and they will speak of it as the suffering of those who served the Crippled God. As something 鈥� fitting. And for our seeming fanaticism they will dismiss all that we were, and think only of what we achieved. Or failed to achieve.
And in so doing, they will miss the whole fucking point.鈥�
Shadowthrone hissed. 鈥榃ell? Is that it?鈥�
鈥業s what it?鈥�
鈥楾hat鈥檚 all you have to say? This is a momentous scene, you fat fool! This is where everything really, truly, finally begins! So squeeze the ale from your brain, mortal, and say something worthy of your kind. You stand before a god! Speak your eloquence for all posterity. Be profound!鈥�
鈥楶rofound 鈥� huh.鈥� Temper was silent for a long moment, studying the cobbles of the alley mouth. And then he lifted his helmed head, faced Shadowthrone, and said, 鈥楩uck off.鈥�
You cannot kill us any more, but we can kill you, and so we shall. We are the sword of ancient memories. Memories of fire, memories of ice, memories of the pain you delivered upon us. I shall answer your crime. I shall be the hand of your utter annihilation.
I dream of returning, swords blazing with holy vengeance. I dream, Shadowthrone, of murdering every one of those fuckers. Is this what it means to be a god?
And the most haunting one of them all
鈥楺uick Ben, we're soldiers of the Emperor. It's all we ever have been.鈥�
This has been a buddy read that's been ongoing for more than four years, with many casualties along the way (including myself for a short while). Big kudos to my friends Gavin & Kaora for sticking with it until the very last book.
The Crippled God is, in the end, one of the best instalments in the Malazan Book of the Fallen series. As shocking as that may seem to anyone who has attempted reading it, most of the plotlines, characters and themes do come together in the end.
I am finding it extremely hard to sort through my thoughts enough to actually write a proper review for this last Malazan book. I suspect it (and the whole series) will inevitably warrant a reread, but until then, I will leave it at that.
A fitting end to an exceptional series.
Malazan Book of the Fallen reviews:
#1 Gardens of the Moon
#2 Deadhouse Gates
#3 Memories of Ice
#4 House of Chains
#5 Midnight Tides
#6 The Bonehunters
#7 Reaper's Gale
#8 Toll the Hounds
#9 Dust of Dreams
#10 The Crippled God
October 16, 2020
Re-read
I started a new job right about the time I finished which was 13 months ago. With time constraints personally and professionally, not to mention Covid, I just didn't have the energy required for Malazan for a long time. I'm glad I finished up the re-read but something was definitely lost in waiting so long between books. People who were reading these before all the books were published must have struggled mightily with this.
--------------
First read
Almost a year later and the 20th book total and 10th of the main series I鈥檓 done. What an epic ride that simply never disappointed. Not that I didn鈥檛 have doubts early in the series a few times.
But this series really has it all and I mean that literally. Elf鈥檚, Dragons, Trolls, Ogres, shaper shifters, gods, magic of many forms and a system to back it up, religion, politics, humanity, violence, battles, war, love, history, ancient civilizations, action across better than five continents, divination, mysticism鈥︹€ could go on and on.
And yet all that doesn鈥檛 begin to tell the story of why it鈥檚 great. The compassion weaved into the world and characters is beyond comparison.
Simply the greatest series I鈥檝e ever read.
As for this book it鈥檚 really hard to say much without giving things away. I will say everything gets wrapped up. At the end there were tears in my eyes. So many characters had such crucial roles. Some always there unsuspecting.
I started a new job right about the time I finished which was 13 months ago. With time constraints personally and professionally, not to mention Covid, I just didn't have the energy required for Malazan for a long time. I'm glad I finished up the re-read but something was definitely lost in waiting so long between books. People who were reading these before all the books were published must have struggled mightily with this.
--------------
First read
Almost a year later and the 20th book total and 10th of the main series I鈥檓 done. What an epic ride that simply never disappointed. Not that I didn鈥檛 have doubts early in the series a few times.
But this series really has it all and I mean that literally. Elf鈥檚, Dragons, Trolls, Ogres, shaper shifters, gods, magic of many forms and a system to back it up, religion, politics, humanity, violence, battles, war, love, history, ancient civilizations, action across better than five continents, divination, mysticism鈥︹€ could go on and on.
And yet all that doesn鈥檛 begin to tell the story of why it鈥檚 great. The compassion weaved into the world and characters is beyond comparison.
Simply the greatest series I鈥檝e ever read.
As for this book it鈥檚 really hard to say much without giving things away. I will say everything gets wrapped up. At the end there were tears in my eyes. So many characters had such crucial roles. Some always there unsuspecting.
September 16, 2019
I finished Malazan!
I...finished...Malazan...
I...finished...Malazan...
October 28, 2019
Chapter 24: Only the fallen can rise again.* May, but this series has fallen (and none of the epilogues changed that).
Chapter 23: Oh no. What do you mean "DIFFERENT TOES?!" You just rendered a couple of hundreds of pages an entirely meaningless waste of time on my part. Seriously. If I quit now, nobody is going to blame me.
Chapter 22: Guess what, I can see the light at the end of this tunnel!
Chapter 21: Tavore Paran, let it be known that you are the only reason for my perseverance.
Chapter 20: Honorary marine. That is nice.
Chapter 19: Yes, yes. At last, this behemoth of a plot starts showing some tentative signs of life.
Chapter 18: Oh, NOW are the oldies popping up out of atrophied plots? Well, finally.
Chapter 17: [two months later] This book might yet bee a death of me.
Chapter 16: Honestly, I expect Greta Thunberg to have her own POV any time now.
Chapter 15: At this point I just hope everybody dies in the next chapter to ease their pain. And mine.
Chapter 14: Never can have too many kittens, can we? Precisely, sir.
Chapter 13: What do I care about all these new protagonists who popped up a book or two ago? Nothing! Give me the old ones! I miss #sorrynotsorry and the whole lot I loved in the first three books that somehow got abandoned along the way.
Chapter 12: I am trying to remember what this chapter was about and why it matters. Alas, I fail.
Chapter 11: With all this anti-civilisational anti-human rubbish strewn across those chapters, I am truly surprised this series is not a holy book of Extinction Rebellion. I expect they would gob it up without editing.
Chapter 10: Confession time: I skip all the poems. Tolkien this is not.
Chapter 9: [the pages go by]
Chapter 8: I can see what you are doing here with the Dark and the Light. I can see and I don't like it, Mr Erikson.
Chapter 7: Truly, my trial of going through all of this is... unwitnessed.
Chapter 6: I always knew it was not healthy to be a dragon.
Chapter 5: Something seems to be happening. Or planning/plotting/scheming/walking to be happening. But hard to say what. Also, it is hardly interesting.
Chapter 4: A kindly fisted army. Some genuine enjoyment at last.
Chapter 3: [snip! snip! snip!] That's me mentally cutting huge, redundant chunks of this "story".
Chapter 2: I don't really know who half of the cast is at this stage. I barely care for the other half.
Chapter 1: The Adjunct. I am here for the Adjunct.
Prologue: I cannot believe I am here already.
* I am not going to even pretend that I could in any way give a pale shadow of justice to this book or indeed a whole series in a proper review. There are many better than me, here on 欧宝娱乐 (and many of those I'm lucky to have among my friends), who managed to grasp and convey the sheer brilliance of what awaits those who open the Malazan Book of the Fallen. All I can give you is a chapter breakdown of how this book crippled me forever.
The Malazan Book of the Fallen:
1. Gardens of the Moon 鈽呪槄鈽呪槄鈽�
2. Deadhouse Gates 鈽呪槄鈽呪槄鈽�
3. Memories of Ice 鈽呪槄鈽呪槄鈽�
4. House of Chains 鈽呪槄鈽呪槄鈽�
5. Midnight Tides 鈽呪槄鈽呪槄鈽�
6. The Bonehunters 鈽呪槄鈽呪槄鈽�
7. Reaper's Gale 鈽呪槄鈽呪槄鈽�
8. Toll the Hounds 鈽呪槄鈽呪槄鈽�
9. Dust of Dreams 鈽呪槄鈽呪槅鈽� (and the third star is a testament to my generosity)
Chapter 23: Oh no. What do you mean "DIFFERENT TOES?!" You just rendered a couple of hundreds of pages an entirely meaningless waste of time on my part. Seriously. If I quit now, nobody is going to blame me.
Chapter 22: Guess what, I can see the light at the end of this tunnel!
Chapter 21: Tavore Paran, let it be known that you are the only reason for my perseverance.
Chapter 20: Honorary marine. That is nice.
Chapter 19: Yes, yes. At last, this behemoth of a plot starts showing some tentative signs of life.
Chapter 18: Oh, NOW are the oldies popping up out of atrophied plots? Well, finally.
Chapter 17: [two months later] This book might yet bee a death of me.
Chapter 16: Honestly, I expect Greta Thunberg to have her own POV any time now.
Chapter 15: At this point I just hope everybody dies in the next chapter to ease their pain. And mine.
Chapter 14: Never can have too many kittens, can we? Precisely, sir.
Chapter 13: What do I care about all these new protagonists who popped up a book or two ago? Nothing! Give me the old ones! I miss #sorrynotsorry and the whole lot I loved in the first three books that somehow got abandoned along the way.
Chapter 12: I am trying to remember what this chapter was about and why it matters. Alas, I fail.
Chapter 11: With all this anti-civilisational anti-human rubbish strewn across those chapters, I am truly surprised this series is not a holy book of Extinction Rebellion. I expect they would gob it up without editing.
Chapter 10: Confession time: I skip all the poems. Tolkien this is not.
Chapter 9: [the pages go by]
Chapter 8: I can see what you are doing here with the Dark and the Light. I can see and I don't like it, Mr Erikson.
Chapter 7: Truly, my trial of going through all of this is... unwitnessed.
Chapter 6: I always knew it was not healthy to be a dragon.
Chapter 5: Something seems to be happening. Or planning/plotting/scheming/walking to be happening. But hard to say what. Also, it is hardly interesting.
Chapter 4: A kindly fisted army. Some genuine enjoyment at last.
Chapter 3: [snip! snip! snip!] That's me mentally cutting huge, redundant chunks of this "story".
Chapter 2: I don't really know who half of the cast is at this stage. I barely care for the other half.
Chapter 1: The Adjunct. I am here for the Adjunct.
Prologue: I cannot believe I am here already.
* I am not going to even pretend that I could in any way give a pale shadow of justice to this book or indeed a whole series in a proper review. There are many better than me, here on 欧宝娱乐 (and many of those I'm lucky to have among my friends), who managed to grasp and convey the sheer brilliance of what awaits those who open the Malazan Book of the Fallen. All I can give you is a chapter breakdown of how this book crippled me forever.
The Malazan Book of the Fallen:
1. Gardens of the Moon 鈽呪槄鈽呪槄鈽�
2. Deadhouse Gates 鈽呪槄鈽呪槄鈽�
3. Memories of Ice 鈽呪槄鈽呪槄鈽�
4. House of Chains 鈽呪槄鈽呪槄鈽�
5. Midnight Tides 鈽呪槄鈽呪槄鈽�
6. The Bonehunters 鈽呪槄鈽呪槄鈽�
7. Reaper's Gale 鈽呪槄鈽呪槄鈽�
8. Toll the Hounds 鈽呪槄鈽呪槄鈽�
9. Dust of Dreams 鈽呪槄鈽呪槅鈽� (and the third star is a testament to my generosity)
April 19, 2019
And the journey ends. It's been a long one,after 10 books 9000 pages it's hard to say goodbye but like every Erikson's ending last pages of The Crippled god where epic and satisfying. It's impossible to say something about last book without spoilers so I won't. This will be review of the whole series.
My journey started rough. Initially I DNF-ed first book @50%. It was because of enthusiasm of my GR friend Molly (sadly she hasn't been fully active in long time now) that I decided to give this series another go. On second try I managed to survive first book and seen potential. Rest of the series realizes that potential and Malazan book of fallen becomes everything people said it would be.
And what is Malazan book of fallen? What makes it so unique?:
Well it's combination of of heroic fantasy with heroes larger than life, gods, ancient evils and powerful magic and gimdark military fantasy with clash of big armies and how it affects common solider and people, all that spiced up with criticism of religion, capitalism but most of all strong anti-war message.What also makes this series unique is that it lacks classical protagonist. Instead, throughout the series we get several dozen of different PoVs and many more charters. Some have more screen time, some less but hey are all just pieces that paint much larger canvas. Canvas that has battles of gods, armies and mortals. Where magic, steel and gunpowder clash and heroes die.There are many story lines that intertwine and there are practically no wasted effort, everything that happens affects events later.Sometimes in next book, sometimes after six books. Since second and especially third book Erikson makes clear that nothing is sacred and that every character can die no matter how much you love him. Of course Martin is famous for doing that but Erikson's characters are much more epic and likable and I was genuinely sad when characters dies in Malazan book of fallen as Malazan contains some of most epic and intriguing characters in fantasy. Some deaths even broke my hearth. What is also unique is Erikson's writing style. He doesn't even try to go for something realistic and instead dialogues are rather epic and absurd. It's one of main things that made me DNF first book and indeed some dialogues there where very weird but as series progresses Erikson becomes much better at that style.
Worldbuild:
Well simply put there is no book that matches Malazan book of fallen in this regard. This is most fascinating, complex world with hundreds of thousands years of history. Erikson seem to be more efficient and puts more events, worldbuilding and characters per page than any other fantasy author
Flaws? Three worth mentioning.
First, books in second half of the series sometimes drag on and felt bit too long.
Second, there is lot of philosophy in this book and sometimes it's intriguing and on point but sometimes it's boring and feels like verbal masturbation.
Third that comes from one of series's strengths. You need good memory or you need to read books in short span, preferably both. As mentioned above there are many characters and small events that affect story but not for several books.
Conclusion:
I didn't rate all books in the series 5 stars but as a whole this series deserves more than 5 stars and that's why it goes to favorites shelf. This is maybe the best fantasy series I read and something all other fantasy series will be measured against.
My journey started rough. Initially I DNF-ed first book @50%. It was because of enthusiasm of my GR friend Molly (sadly she hasn't been fully active in long time now) that I decided to give this series another go. On second try I managed to survive first book and seen potential. Rest of the series realizes that potential and Malazan book of fallen becomes everything people said it would be.
And what is Malazan book of fallen? What makes it so unique?:
Well it's combination of of heroic fantasy with heroes larger than life, gods, ancient evils and powerful magic and gimdark military fantasy with clash of big armies and how it affects common solider and people, all that spiced up with criticism of religion, capitalism but most of all strong anti-war message.What also makes this series unique is that it lacks classical protagonist. Instead, throughout the series we get several dozen of different PoVs and many more charters. Some have more screen time, some less but hey are all just pieces that paint much larger canvas. Canvas that has battles of gods, armies and mortals. Where magic, steel and gunpowder clash and heroes die.There are many story lines that intertwine and there are practically no wasted effort, everything that happens affects events later.Sometimes in next book, sometimes after six books. Since second and especially third book Erikson makes clear that nothing is sacred and that every character can die no matter how much you love him. Of course Martin is famous for doing that but Erikson's characters are much more epic and likable and I was genuinely sad when characters dies in Malazan book of fallen as Malazan contains some of most epic and intriguing characters in fantasy. Some deaths even broke my hearth. What is also unique is Erikson's writing style. He doesn't even try to go for something realistic and instead dialogues are rather epic and absurd. It's one of main things that made me DNF first book and indeed some dialogues there where very weird but as series progresses Erikson becomes much better at that style.
Worldbuild:
Well simply put there is no book that matches Malazan book of fallen in this regard. This is most fascinating, complex world with hundreds of thousands years of history. Erikson seem to be more efficient and puts more events, worldbuilding and characters per page than any other fantasy author
Flaws? Three worth mentioning.
First, books in second half of the series sometimes drag on and felt bit too long.
Second, there is lot of philosophy in this book and sometimes it's intriguing and on point but sometimes it's boring and feels like verbal masturbation.
Third that comes from one of series's strengths. You need good memory or you need to read books in short span, preferably both. As mentioned above there are many characters and small events that affect story but not for several books.
Conclusion:
I didn't rate all books in the series 5 stars but as a whole this series deserves more than 5 stars and that's why it goes to favorites shelf. This is maybe the best fantasy series I read and something all other fantasy series will be measured against.
November 18, 2016
Simple review. If you have gotten this far you do not need an introduction. If you have made it this far then you do not want me to spoil the plot. People have analysed that the ending of the series is weak. I completely disagree. This is up there with Deadhouse Gates, Memories Of Ice and Midnight Tides. Everything is written perfectly. Poetic. I cared about all the point of view characters. Even the storylines I did not care about too much in the prior instalment Dust Of Dreams, such as the Shake come to fruition here and you understand the necessity for the journey. You need to just read it. There are so many great scenes combining a huge amount of the big players that we have been following over what is a span of about ten years in this saga. Characters meet each other again after say 8-9 books apart and some of those moments are heart-wrenching. You will know the points when you get to them. There are so many amazing stand out dramatic scenes. A lot of the plots are wrapped up but you will still leave with so many questions. Ublula and Draconus are up there with Tehol and Bugg for their comedy gold. Forget this review. Just read this is you haven't already. Fiction especially fantasy will not compare to me anymore. I feel like part of my life is over now completing it. Take care all. Peace x.
July 25, 2023
The ecstasy and agony of Malazan.
The first part of this review is a spoiler free review and concluding thoughts about the entire 10 books series Malazan Book of the Fallen (around 12,000 pages or 4M words) with all the praise and criticism that I believe this epic series deserves. After is a brief and spoiler-full review of The Crippled God.
For almost everything I loved about the series, there is a diametrically opposed flaw for that exact reason. I鈥檓 going to pair what I liked with its opposed weakness. Only very mild spoilers only about how much characters are involved in the series follows. Here we go:
Good: The characters are absolutely amazing. Bad: The amazing characters are almost never on stage. I can unfurl a mile long scroll of all of the amazing characters in this series. What makes them amazing is their epic decision-making, origins and the significance of their existence. What I mean is that the main characters have enormous weight to move the story along simply by their words or timely actions. None of the characters however, are really fully fleshed out because the story-telling is too opaque. They are more set-pieces within an immersive setting and are often very inscrutable. I understand it is nearly impossible to have such a sprawling fantasy world and actually flesh out all the main characters (there are probably hundreds of important characters amongst thousands of other characters). But here is the biggest flaw in this series: the amazing main characters get very, very little screen time. In a nutshell, Malazan is a story of epic characters occasionally doing epic things strung together by the connective tissue of ancillary characters having mundane conversations. I鈥檓 not exaggerating in the least. The majority of the series are scenes of ancillary characters talking. Why do minor characters like Helian or Withal for example get more screen time than Ganoes Paran or Tattersial? Why don鈥檛 we hear from Caladin Brood anymore? Why is half a book dedicated to Karsa Orlong when he only makes cameos in every book thereafter? I鈥檒l be puzzled for the rest of my life that Erikson made these decisions with this story. He emphatically doesn鈥檛 give the reader what initially interested them in the series for roughly 70% of each book. It is extremely frustrating. Who exactly did he write this series for? Fans of a bunch of nondescript marines complaining in a trench? I鈥檓 not exaggerating: that is a large portion of this series. It鈥檚 mind boggling if I think about it too long. So I won鈥檛 because I want to like this series.
Good: The world building is the most immersive I鈥檝e ever read in fantasy. Bad: The world building never ends and gets in the way of the story telling. Malazan is debatably the most immersive fantasy world I鈥檝e ever read. You can feel, smell, see and experience the world in an almost visceral way. It鈥檚 absolutely enchanting to sink into the terrain, continents, peoples, tribes, armies, empires, races, kingdoms and all their arcane lore and relationships. The mystery and lore presented are exciting and entice the reader to keep going. It鈥檚 staggering to think that it all came from one writer鈥檚 mind. At some points, it was the only thing that kept me going through such a long series. The problem is that the world is so expansive, that just like in real life, you can never cease to describe its details. The problem is that Erikson just keeps going. What I mean by this is by book 9 in Dust of Dreams the world is still expanding with two new kingdoms, new tribes, new enemies, new protagonists, new back story and new conflicts. There is a point where the world building gets so much that it all becomes kind of arbitrary and paradoxically saps the story of its drama. Erikson, unfortunately, reached this point. There is a saturation point that the average reader gets to where your eyes start glazing over. That was book 9 for me. I stopped caring about all the new characters and world that was being thrown at me and I just wanted some resolution. Book 9 was my low point for this series and it irreparably damaged my opinion of the entire series.
Good: The writing is phenomenal. Bad: The writing also is almost completely void of exposition. Erikson loves to wrap each and every scene in incredible immersion that the reader can lose themselves in on almost every page. Erikson cares deeply about every scene coming alive and does very, very, little telling in his writing. This is usually a great strength, but for this series it becomes an almost fatal flaw. I can鈥檛 tell you how many times an entire scene goes on and on and Erikson hasn鈥檛 even provided the identity of who is speaking let alone where the scene is happening or even when it鈥檚 happening. I sometimes didn鈥檛 even know what continent I was on or even what dimension (warren) the scene was taking place! Through ten books, the reader is dropped into a scene and it could be a god who is talking or a street rat and you鈥檇 have no idea. And then even when you do know who the character is, there is no narrative hand-holding to remind you of desperately needed context. A sprawling world and character list like this needs narrative help or else it鈥檚 an astronomical amount of work for the reader to keep things straight. There is a three paragraph scene between two main characters in the last book where some basic plot points are summed up and it did wonders to help me understand just what in the hell had been going on for the last 1,000 pages. After I finished The Crippled God I still had many questions so I had to go on Reddit. The answers were combinations of a bunch of speculation from die hard fans saying to read on with the subsequent series and also Erikson saying that the ending is up to the reader鈥檚 interpretation. I鈥檓 sorry, but all of this together is a big sign that something is deeply wrong with the story crafting. Which there most definitely is. All of this absolutely wears down on you after ten books and can be outright demoralizing to the reader. The lack of exposition does way, way more harm to the reader experience than it does to enhance it. Erikson is needlessly coy with the storytelling and the entire series suffers for it.
I鈥檓 about to say something that will anger Malazan puritans but let鈥檚 get real: this series desperately needs to be abridged. You could cut out around 30-40% of this series and it would be an improvement. All the wonder and mystery of the world wouldn鈥檛 seem so arbitrary any more. The stakes would matter more because they would be more present in the reader鈥檚 mind. We wouldn鈥檛 forget about key characters and we wouldn鈥檛 get lost in redundant exchanges and pointless scenes of characters who have little bearing on the plot.
So the million dollar question: is this series worth reading? The answer depends on what kind of reader you are. If you only like easy and leisure fantasy, like Sanderson, Gwynne or Harry Potter, given to you in bite-size chunks to enjoy, then you should definitely not even start this series at all. If you鈥檙e middle road and enjoy Tolkien, Hobb, Abercrombie, Anthony Ryan, RF Kuang, then you should read up to the first three books of this series to see if it's for you. If you don鈥檛 like the third book, Memories of Ice then I think you should DNF the series. If you are a reader who enjoys being challenged, taking notes, or likes constantly looking things up on a Wiki Fandom page and are okay with confusion and uncertainty that can last thousands of pages and millions of words, then you should push through to the end. Am I glad I finished this series? Yes, but seriously by only like 2 or 3 percentage points. This was a very hard series to get through, particularly toward the end. If you want to read this series, you also need to take into account the opportunity loss of reading something else instead of the 12,000 pages of these tomes. The decision is yours. As for me, I am DONE with this series. I won鈥檛 be reading anything else from this world or any re-reads. Malazan Book of the Fallen is most certainly not the best fantasy book series ever written. It could've been but failed on multiple counts.
Final point: I weep for anyone who tries to do a screen adaptation of Malazan.
Here鈥檚 my obligatory ranking of all ten books:
1. Memories of Ice
2. Toll the Hounds
3. Midnight Tides
4. The Crippled God
5. House of Chains
6. Gardens of the Moon
7. Bonehunters
8. Deadhouse Gates
9. Reaper鈥檚 Gale
10. Dust of Dreams
My average star rating of the entire series: 4.2
The star rating of the entire series based on my feelings after finishing: 3.5
Here鈥檚 my SPOILER review of The Crippled God
The first word that comes to mind when thinking about the final book is epic. The second word that comes to mind is disappointed. Is this a conclusion? Yes鈥� And a whole lot of unanswered questions and ambiguous resolutions. I loved that this book focused on the incredibly interesting character of Tavore. I loved Ganoes Paran, Quick Ben and Kalam. I really enjoyed Brys and Aranict. I loved the convergence of plot lines, many going ten books back. There are epic, epic battles that I was very much invested in. That鈥檚 it. Those are the good things over the last 1200 pages. The rest of this book is typical Malzan fare: a bunch of random scenes of ancillary characters that have little bearing on the overall plot, conflict and resolution. This book should have been 500 pages.
I just can鈥檛 help but have a sense that the conflicts and resolutions were arbitrary. I found that I didn鈥檛 really care about what happened in the end. It was cool to read but Erikson didn鈥檛 make me care about The Crippled God. He didn鈥檛 make me care about vanquishing the Forkul Assail. He certainly didn鈥檛 make me care about The Shake, The Snake, The Grey Swords and much more. When Fener appears in the sky and then Orlong for whatever reason just kills him. I still didn鈥檛 care. Why would I care about some god whose only screen time is watching his acolytes do vague and ambiguous things like 5 books ago? There are so many things like this in the series for me. And if the answer is 鈥渨ell go read the next series to find out more鈥�. My answer is that this in no way justifies bad storytelling and underdeveloped characters.
I think Erikson is an amazing writer with great skill with his prose and characters but in the end, the story he tells is just too inaccessible and the entire reader experience suffers. I don鈥檛 know what else to say. I鈥檓 done with this series and I hope I haven鈥檛 been too discouraging to the uninitiated but I have to be honest: these books are very, very flawed and are not for everyone.
The first part of this review is a spoiler free review and concluding thoughts about the entire 10 books series Malazan Book of the Fallen (around 12,000 pages or 4M words) with all the praise and criticism that I believe this epic series deserves. After is a brief and spoiler-full review of The Crippled God.
For almost everything I loved about the series, there is a diametrically opposed flaw for that exact reason. I鈥檓 going to pair what I liked with its opposed weakness. Only very mild spoilers only about how much characters are involved in the series follows. Here we go:
Good: The characters are absolutely amazing. Bad: The amazing characters are almost never on stage. I can unfurl a mile long scroll of all of the amazing characters in this series. What makes them amazing is their epic decision-making, origins and the significance of their existence. What I mean is that the main characters have enormous weight to move the story along simply by their words or timely actions. None of the characters however, are really fully fleshed out because the story-telling is too opaque. They are more set-pieces within an immersive setting and are often very inscrutable. I understand it is nearly impossible to have such a sprawling fantasy world and actually flesh out all the main characters (there are probably hundreds of important characters amongst thousands of other characters). But here is the biggest flaw in this series: the amazing main characters get very, very little screen time. In a nutshell, Malazan is a story of epic characters occasionally doing epic things strung together by the connective tissue of ancillary characters having mundane conversations. I鈥檓 not exaggerating in the least. The majority of the series are scenes of ancillary characters talking. Why do minor characters like Helian or Withal for example get more screen time than Ganoes Paran or Tattersial? Why don鈥檛 we hear from Caladin Brood anymore? Why is half a book dedicated to Karsa Orlong when he only makes cameos in every book thereafter? I鈥檒l be puzzled for the rest of my life that Erikson made these decisions with this story. He emphatically doesn鈥檛 give the reader what initially interested them in the series for roughly 70% of each book. It is extremely frustrating. Who exactly did he write this series for? Fans of a bunch of nondescript marines complaining in a trench? I鈥檓 not exaggerating: that is a large portion of this series. It鈥檚 mind boggling if I think about it too long. So I won鈥檛 because I want to like this series.
Good: The world building is the most immersive I鈥檝e ever read in fantasy. Bad: The world building never ends and gets in the way of the story telling. Malazan is debatably the most immersive fantasy world I鈥檝e ever read. You can feel, smell, see and experience the world in an almost visceral way. It鈥檚 absolutely enchanting to sink into the terrain, continents, peoples, tribes, armies, empires, races, kingdoms and all their arcane lore and relationships. The mystery and lore presented are exciting and entice the reader to keep going. It鈥檚 staggering to think that it all came from one writer鈥檚 mind. At some points, it was the only thing that kept me going through such a long series. The problem is that the world is so expansive, that just like in real life, you can never cease to describe its details. The problem is that Erikson just keeps going. What I mean by this is by book 9 in Dust of Dreams the world is still expanding with two new kingdoms, new tribes, new enemies, new protagonists, new back story and new conflicts. There is a point where the world building gets so much that it all becomes kind of arbitrary and paradoxically saps the story of its drama. Erikson, unfortunately, reached this point. There is a saturation point that the average reader gets to where your eyes start glazing over. That was book 9 for me. I stopped caring about all the new characters and world that was being thrown at me and I just wanted some resolution. Book 9 was my low point for this series and it irreparably damaged my opinion of the entire series.
Good: The writing is phenomenal. Bad: The writing also is almost completely void of exposition. Erikson loves to wrap each and every scene in incredible immersion that the reader can lose themselves in on almost every page. Erikson cares deeply about every scene coming alive and does very, very, little telling in his writing. This is usually a great strength, but for this series it becomes an almost fatal flaw. I can鈥檛 tell you how many times an entire scene goes on and on and Erikson hasn鈥檛 even provided the identity of who is speaking let alone where the scene is happening or even when it鈥檚 happening. I sometimes didn鈥檛 even know what continent I was on or even what dimension (warren) the scene was taking place! Through ten books, the reader is dropped into a scene and it could be a god who is talking or a street rat and you鈥檇 have no idea. And then even when you do know who the character is, there is no narrative hand-holding to remind you of desperately needed context. A sprawling world and character list like this needs narrative help or else it鈥檚 an astronomical amount of work for the reader to keep things straight. There is a three paragraph scene between two main characters in the last book where some basic plot points are summed up and it did wonders to help me understand just what in the hell had been going on for the last 1,000 pages. After I finished The Crippled God I still had many questions so I had to go on Reddit. The answers were combinations of a bunch of speculation from die hard fans saying to read on with the subsequent series and also Erikson saying that the ending is up to the reader鈥檚 interpretation. I鈥檓 sorry, but all of this together is a big sign that something is deeply wrong with the story crafting. Which there most definitely is. All of this absolutely wears down on you after ten books and can be outright demoralizing to the reader. The lack of exposition does way, way more harm to the reader experience than it does to enhance it. Erikson is needlessly coy with the storytelling and the entire series suffers for it.
I鈥檓 about to say something that will anger Malazan puritans but let鈥檚 get real: this series desperately needs to be abridged. You could cut out around 30-40% of this series and it would be an improvement. All the wonder and mystery of the world wouldn鈥檛 seem so arbitrary any more. The stakes would matter more because they would be more present in the reader鈥檚 mind. We wouldn鈥檛 forget about key characters and we wouldn鈥檛 get lost in redundant exchanges and pointless scenes of characters who have little bearing on the plot.
So the million dollar question: is this series worth reading? The answer depends on what kind of reader you are. If you only like easy and leisure fantasy, like Sanderson, Gwynne or Harry Potter, given to you in bite-size chunks to enjoy, then you should definitely not even start this series at all. If you鈥檙e middle road and enjoy Tolkien, Hobb, Abercrombie, Anthony Ryan, RF Kuang, then you should read up to the first three books of this series to see if it's for you. If you don鈥檛 like the third book, Memories of Ice then I think you should DNF the series. If you are a reader who enjoys being challenged, taking notes, or likes constantly looking things up on a Wiki Fandom page and are okay with confusion and uncertainty that can last thousands of pages and millions of words, then you should push through to the end. Am I glad I finished this series? Yes, but seriously by only like 2 or 3 percentage points. This was a very hard series to get through, particularly toward the end. If you want to read this series, you also need to take into account the opportunity loss of reading something else instead of the 12,000 pages of these tomes. The decision is yours. As for me, I am DONE with this series. I won鈥檛 be reading anything else from this world or any re-reads. Malazan Book of the Fallen is most certainly not the best fantasy book series ever written. It could've been but failed on multiple counts.
Final point: I weep for anyone who tries to do a screen adaptation of Malazan.
Here鈥檚 my obligatory ranking of all ten books:
1. Memories of Ice
2. Toll the Hounds
3. Midnight Tides
4. The Crippled God
5. House of Chains
6. Gardens of the Moon
7. Bonehunters
8. Deadhouse Gates
9. Reaper鈥檚 Gale
10. Dust of Dreams
My average star rating of the entire series: 4.2
The star rating of the entire series based on my feelings after finishing: 3.5
Here鈥檚 my SPOILER review of The Crippled God
The first word that comes to mind when thinking about the final book is epic. The second word that comes to mind is disappointed. Is this a conclusion? Yes鈥� And a whole lot of unanswered questions and ambiguous resolutions. I loved that this book focused on the incredibly interesting character of Tavore. I loved Ganoes Paran, Quick Ben and Kalam. I really enjoyed Brys and Aranict. I loved the convergence of plot lines, many going ten books back. There are epic, epic battles that I was very much invested in. That鈥檚 it. Those are the good things over the last 1200 pages. The rest of this book is typical Malzan fare: a bunch of random scenes of ancillary characters that have little bearing on the overall plot, conflict and resolution. This book should have been 500 pages.
I just can鈥檛 help but have a sense that the conflicts and resolutions were arbitrary. I found that I didn鈥檛 really care about what happened in the end. It was cool to read but Erikson didn鈥檛 make me care about The Crippled God. He didn鈥檛 make me care about vanquishing the Forkul Assail. He certainly didn鈥檛 make me care about The Shake, The Snake, The Grey Swords and much more. When Fener appears in the sky and then Orlong for whatever reason just kills him. I still didn鈥檛 care. Why would I care about some god whose only screen time is watching his acolytes do vague and ambiguous things like 5 books ago? There are so many things like this in the series for me. And if the answer is 鈥渨ell go read the next series to find out more鈥�. My answer is that this in no way justifies bad storytelling and underdeveloped characters.
I think Erikson is an amazing writer with great skill with his prose and characters but in the end, the story he tells is just too inaccessible and the entire reader experience suffers. I don鈥檛 know what else to say. I鈥檓 done with this series and I hope I haven鈥檛 been too discouraging to the uninitiated but I have to be honest: these books are very, very flawed and are not for everyone.
June 2, 2017
"And now the page before us blurs. An age is done. The book must close."
Wow, all things considered, that was the best ending I could've hoped for for a series so tragic. I'll share my thoughts on this book and then the series as a whole. Keeping it spoiler free, per usual.
After the slow pace of Dust of Dreams, this installment seemed more fast paced than the other books. I think going in with low expectations helped, as well. Even though we didnt get resolution on everything, we still got closure on so many other things. I did feel like some characters were under utilized, one in particular, in these last 2 novels. While I was disappointed that we didnt see him much, Erikson more than made up for it with some of my older favorites. The OG's, if you will.
There's not really much I can say about this novel without spoilers, so I'll conclude with this: this is a book that ramps up the epicness of this series from a 10 to a 20. And he also gives us a conclusion that is as fulfilling as you can hope for without sacrificing the tragic theme for sake of having a happy ending just because.
"What's three and a half million words between friends?- from Acknowledgements
Now, on to my thoughts on this series as whole, since this wraps up almost all of the plots. There are so many. So many that I'm pretty sure I missed a lot of what others might have seen clearly.
This is by far the most epic series in all of Fantasy, in every sense of the word and in every aspect. The cast rivals any series out there. I can't recall any series to use a cast this big. And with this big of a cast comes so many different story arcs. All of this is my favorite part of the series, but it was also the focal point of many of my frustrations. Especially in Dust of Dreams. Sometimes you won't see a character til 3, 4 or even 5 books later. Usually that's not a big problem, but keeping track of a cast this size can get pretty exhausting. I had to forgo the Dramatis Personae and very carefully wade through the wiki.
This is the most rewarding series I have yet to read. While it gets frustrating having to remember who is doing what, the payoffs from all that work far outweighs any frustrations. While most of the books have a relatively slow beginning, the payoff you get, when you finally get there has never disappointed.
Now, onto my favorite part of any series, the characters. One of the things I love most about this series, in particular, are the characters. More so their development. I also love how grey most of the cast is. Some do some terrible things, but for reasons you cant quite comprehend just then. I also love how he wrote most of his female characters. Most of the time I couldn't discern the males from the females unless there were either anatomical descriptors or a he/she put after the sentence. We got some really bad ass females in this series, too.
All the different plots and story arcs were interesting. Or they were to ne, at least. I never found myself disliking the arcs for any specific race. Although, the K'Chain Che'Malle were among my favorites, by far.
That's really about all I have to say regarding this book and the series. All-in-all, i highly recommend this series to anyone looking for something that's more epic than any Epic Fantasy series out. Plus, IT'S AN EPIC FANTASY SERIES THAT IS FINISHED. Which finishing a series seems like a hard thing to do, so I felt I should mention it.
Wow, all things considered, that was the best ending I could've hoped for for a series so tragic. I'll share my thoughts on this book and then the series as a whole. Keeping it spoiler free, per usual.
After the slow pace of Dust of Dreams, this installment seemed more fast paced than the other books. I think going in with low expectations helped, as well. Even though we didnt get resolution on everything, we still got closure on so many other things. I did feel like some characters were under utilized, one in particular, in these last 2 novels. While I was disappointed that we didnt see him much, Erikson more than made up for it with some of my older favorites. The OG's, if you will.
There's not really much I can say about this novel without spoilers, so I'll conclude with this: this is a book that ramps up the epicness of this series from a 10 to a 20. And he also gives us a conclusion that is as fulfilling as you can hope for without sacrificing the tragic theme for sake of having a happy ending just because.
"What's three and a half million words between friends?- from Acknowledgements
Now, on to my thoughts on this series as whole, since this wraps up almost all of the plots. There are so many. So many that I'm pretty sure I missed a lot of what others might have seen clearly.
This is by far the most epic series in all of Fantasy, in every sense of the word and in every aspect. The cast rivals any series out there. I can't recall any series to use a cast this big. And with this big of a cast comes so many different story arcs. All of this is my favorite part of the series, but it was also the focal point of many of my frustrations. Especially in Dust of Dreams. Sometimes you won't see a character til 3, 4 or even 5 books later. Usually that's not a big problem, but keeping track of a cast this size can get pretty exhausting. I had to forgo the Dramatis Personae and very carefully wade through the wiki.
This is the most rewarding series I have yet to read. While it gets frustrating having to remember who is doing what, the payoffs from all that work far outweighs any frustrations. While most of the books have a relatively slow beginning, the payoff you get, when you finally get there has never disappointed.
Now, onto my favorite part of any series, the characters. One of the things I love most about this series, in particular, are the characters. More so their development. I also love how grey most of the cast is. Some do some terrible things, but for reasons you cant quite comprehend just then. I also love how he wrote most of his female characters. Most of the time I couldn't discern the males from the females unless there were either anatomical descriptors or a he/she put after the sentence. We got some really bad ass females in this series, too.
All the different plots and story arcs were interesting. Or they were to ne, at least. I never found myself disliking the arcs for any specific race. Although, the K'Chain Che'Malle were among my favorites, by far.
That's really about all I have to say regarding this book and the series. All-in-all, i highly recommend this series to anyone looking for something that's more epic than any Epic Fantasy series out. Plus, IT'S AN EPIC FANTASY SERIES THAT IS FINISHED. Which finishing a series seems like a hard thing to do, so I felt I should mention it.
January 5, 2013
I started reading The Malazan Book of the Fallen just over four years ago, so finishing the final book of this ten volume epic is kind of a big deal for me. It's been a big part of my life in fact and it's odd to be at the end even though I know there are plenty more to go.
So you can imagine this series has had quite the impact on my life. When I go through my books to see which ones to sell or give away I call it "culling the nobility." It's pervasive. :) (wait, are emoticons allowed in Malazan reviews?)
Gardens of the Moon was actually the first present my wife gave me for my birthday. We didn't have tons of money then (and still don't), but I couldn't have been happier receiving hours of entertainment and who'd've thunk how many hours it would end up being. Best. Wife. Ever.
I was immediately drawn in and stunned by the vast imagination that is contained within those pages of even the first book and to come to the end it's even more amazing to see how far the story develops. At the moment, I'm even doing a reread of Gardens, which is like reading a completely new (and easily understandable) book. To see these characters early on and how far they come has been pretty fun already.
The Crippled God actually has a lot of parallels with the first book and to warn you right now, we're headed into spoiler territory, but I assume if you've read this far, you've probably already read the whole series as it is anyway.
In Gardens of the Moon, I loved the idea of that the whole plan was to release something of great power that would force your enemy to do battle and then your enemy would be weakened enough for you take on and beat. Yes, that is exactly how Erikson puts it, he's THAT good of a writer. :)
Gardens uses this to weaken Anomander Rake, at least that's the goal and The Crippled God a similar tactic is used by the Gods Errastas, Sechul Lath, and Kilmandaros, but on a grander scale - releasing the Otatarial dragon to weaken Draconus among others.
Both Gardens and TCG focus on the adjunct, although different adjuncts, and TCG mentions lots of events that happen in Gardens - talking about Lorn, the scene in the prologue to Gardens where Whiskeyjack talks to Ganoes, and Moon Spawn among others. We've come back around and I really appreciated these nods to the earlier work.
My one major criticism of this series is that it tends to be a downer for much of the book. Words like "gritty" and "realistic" follow this series and while for the most part it's true, I have a hard time saying something is realistic when it ignores the good in people and society completely and focuses and has a cynical outlook on just about everything. That's not to say this series does, there are moments of awe-inspiring goodness, but they are few and far between. I prefer to think of it as this world and its gods are unredeemable, which is to say it's not that realistic. I don't think Erikson has claimed as such either, it's been the reviewers and fans.
While I have had my difficulties with some of the previous volumes, they fail to take away from the fact that this series is incredible. Everything about it blows my mind and even some of the difficulties I've had I have been able to resolve.
One of those being the fact that everyone, rich or poor, old or young, seems to have the need to philosophize. It was in a recent interview or podcast (I just can't quite remember which) that Erikson mentioned essentially that those who have been through the most are the wisest among us. This is something I had actually already known, but needed reacquainting with the idea. Not that I am wise, I've lived quite the privileged life even without any money, but I've talked with people who've been through a whole lot more than me, like an African refugee who left his country because his government was trying to kill him, and he and his family could tell you what life's all about. For some reason I didn't realize until then how much it applies to these characters in this book who are really suffering.
There's really not much more to say than what I've said in my article, , where I've attempted to convince people to read the series. In addition, I just don't have time to really get into a good review (yes, I'm studying for the bar...again), especially one that this series deserves, so below are a number of quotes with some commentary here and there throughout.
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The humor is still there, at times even Tehol makes "appearances" though not actually in person, which is always a good thing since he's arguably my favorite character in the entire series. Here's one instance I found terribly funny especially in my stage of life (baby twins and two year old):
"'Then I'm going with you. My wife can go somewhere else. She keeps talking about babies but I don't want babies - they get in the way of having fun, and people who end up having them spend all day talking about how great it is, but they look miserable even when they're smiling. Or worse, there're those ones who think their baby is the God of Genius reborn and even its poo smells like flowers, and all they do is talk about them for ever and ever and it's so boring I want to run away...'
'A rather uncharitable view, Ublala.'
'I don't give nothing for free, that's for sure. Whole people disappear when a baby arrives. Poof! Where'd they go? Oh, I know, they're crawling around making baby noises. It makes me sick." He ducked the rock Ralata threw at him..." p. 522
But of course, Erikson delves deeper as well, leaving you to ponder your existence, to see the futilities, the baseness, but also very often he leads you to hope:
"I could run until I wear out. Every joint, every bone and every muscle. I could run until my heart groans older than its years, and finally bursts.
I could damn the poets and make the metaphor real. We are all self-destructive. It is integral to our nature. And we will run even when there's nowhere to run to, and nothing terrible to run from. Why? Because to walk is just as meaningless. It just takes longer." p. 389
This took me a few times, but it's dead on:
"'"When wisdom drips blood fools stand triumphant."'" p. 628 (Brother Diligence quoting Gothos' Folly)
I recently moved from a smaller town to a big city and this one really got me thinking:
"He wondered at all those lives, the way few would meet the gazes of their fellows, as if crowds demanded wilful anonymity, when the truth was they were all in it together - all these people, facing much the same struggles, the same fears. And yet, it seemed, each one was determined to survive them alone, or with but a few kin and friends offering paltry allegiance. Perhaps they each believed themselves unique, like a knot-stone in the centre of the world's mill wheel, but the truth was there were very few who could truly make claim to such a pivotal existence." p. 749
It's sad we tend to look away or even attempt to work things out on our own when it's unnecessary. Why can't we just help each other along through this existence instead of ignoring, judging, and leaving people behind. My wife says that this is why things like the shootings in Sandy Hook happened - people just don't get enough love in their lives. I can't say I disagree.
I fitting summary of the series title and it's meaning:
"In that Malazan Book of the Fallen, the historians will write of our suffering, and they will speak of it as the suffering of those who served the Crippled God. As something ... fitting. And for our seeming fanaticism they will dismiss all that we were, and think only of what we achieved. Or failed to achieve." p. 330
Here's one I found particularly humbling, I didn't know Erikson even read my blog:
"Gesler took her face in his hands and kissed her hard on the lips. 'Teach these lizards, Kalyth, only the best in us humans. Only the best.'" p. 771
Another very interesting quote that I heartily agree with:
"'It is not enough to wish for a better world for the children. It is not enough to shield them with ease and comfort, to make the future's world a better one, then we curse our own children. We leave them a misery they do not deserve; we leave them a host of lessons unearned.'" p. 783
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The Crippled God is a fitting ending to quite possibly my favorite series of all time. It's more epic than I could have ever imagined and the action does not disappoint especially in the end of each book. Neither does Erikson's ability to drag emotions from you whether you want it or not. The Malazan Book of the Fallen will be the high water mark for epic fantasy for years to come, it's brutal, it's genius, it's an experience unlike anything else.
5 out of 5 Stars (A Masterpiece of Epic Proportions!)
So you can imagine this series has had quite the impact on my life. When I go through my books to see which ones to sell or give away I call it "culling the nobility." It's pervasive. :) (wait, are emoticons allowed in Malazan reviews?)
Gardens of the Moon was actually the first present my wife gave me for my birthday. We didn't have tons of money then (and still don't), but I couldn't have been happier receiving hours of entertainment and who'd've thunk how many hours it would end up being. Best. Wife. Ever.
I was immediately drawn in and stunned by the vast imagination that is contained within those pages of even the first book and to come to the end it's even more amazing to see how far the story develops. At the moment, I'm even doing a reread of Gardens, which is like reading a completely new (and easily understandable) book. To see these characters early on and how far they come has been pretty fun already.
The Crippled God actually has a lot of parallels with the first book and to warn you right now, we're headed into spoiler territory, but I assume if you've read this far, you've probably already read the whole series as it is anyway.
In Gardens of the Moon, I loved the idea of that the whole plan was to release something of great power that would force your enemy to do battle and then your enemy would be weakened enough for you take on and beat. Yes, that is exactly how Erikson puts it, he's THAT good of a writer. :)
Gardens uses this to weaken Anomander Rake, at least that's the goal and The Crippled God a similar tactic is used by the Gods Errastas, Sechul Lath, and Kilmandaros, but on a grander scale - releasing the Otatarial dragon to weaken Draconus among others.
Both Gardens and TCG focus on the adjunct, although different adjuncts, and TCG mentions lots of events that happen in Gardens - talking about Lorn, the scene in the prologue to Gardens where Whiskeyjack talks to Ganoes, and Moon Spawn among others. We've come back around and I really appreciated these nods to the earlier work.
My one major criticism of this series is that it tends to be a downer for much of the book. Words like "gritty" and "realistic" follow this series and while for the most part it's true, I have a hard time saying something is realistic when it ignores the good in people and society completely and focuses and has a cynical outlook on just about everything. That's not to say this series does, there are moments of awe-inspiring goodness, but they are few and far between. I prefer to think of it as this world and its gods are unredeemable, which is to say it's not that realistic. I don't think Erikson has claimed as such either, it's been the reviewers and fans.
While I have had my difficulties with some of the previous volumes, they fail to take away from the fact that this series is incredible. Everything about it blows my mind and even some of the difficulties I've had I have been able to resolve.
One of those being the fact that everyone, rich or poor, old or young, seems to have the need to philosophize. It was in a recent interview or podcast (I just can't quite remember which) that Erikson mentioned essentially that those who have been through the most are the wisest among us. This is something I had actually already known, but needed reacquainting with the idea. Not that I am wise, I've lived quite the privileged life even without any money, but I've talked with people who've been through a whole lot more than me, like an African refugee who left his country because his government was trying to kill him, and he and his family could tell you what life's all about. For some reason I didn't realize until then how much it applies to these characters in this book who are really suffering.
There's really not much more to say than what I've said in my article, , where I've attempted to convince people to read the series. In addition, I just don't have time to really get into a good review (yes, I'm studying for the bar...again), especially one that this series deserves, so below are a number of quotes with some commentary here and there throughout.
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The humor is still there, at times even Tehol makes "appearances" though not actually in person, which is always a good thing since he's arguably my favorite character in the entire series. Here's one instance I found terribly funny especially in my stage of life (baby twins and two year old):
"'Then I'm going with you. My wife can go somewhere else. She keeps talking about babies but I don't want babies - they get in the way of having fun, and people who end up having them spend all day talking about how great it is, but they look miserable even when they're smiling. Or worse, there're those ones who think their baby is the God of Genius reborn and even its poo smells like flowers, and all they do is talk about them for ever and ever and it's so boring I want to run away...'
'A rather uncharitable view, Ublala.'
'I don't give nothing for free, that's for sure. Whole people disappear when a baby arrives. Poof! Where'd they go? Oh, I know, they're crawling around making baby noises. It makes me sick." He ducked the rock Ralata threw at him..." p. 522
But of course, Erikson delves deeper as well, leaving you to ponder your existence, to see the futilities, the baseness, but also very often he leads you to hope:
"I could run until I wear out. Every joint, every bone and every muscle. I could run until my heart groans older than its years, and finally bursts.
I could damn the poets and make the metaphor real. We are all self-destructive. It is integral to our nature. And we will run even when there's nowhere to run to, and nothing terrible to run from. Why? Because to walk is just as meaningless. It just takes longer." p. 389
This took me a few times, but it's dead on:
"'"When wisdom drips blood fools stand triumphant."'" p. 628 (Brother Diligence quoting Gothos' Folly)
I recently moved from a smaller town to a big city and this one really got me thinking:
"He wondered at all those lives, the way few would meet the gazes of their fellows, as if crowds demanded wilful anonymity, when the truth was they were all in it together - all these people, facing much the same struggles, the same fears. And yet, it seemed, each one was determined to survive them alone, or with but a few kin and friends offering paltry allegiance. Perhaps they each believed themselves unique, like a knot-stone in the centre of the world's mill wheel, but the truth was there were very few who could truly make claim to such a pivotal existence." p. 749
It's sad we tend to look away or even attempt to work things out on our own when it's unnecessary. Why can't we just help each other along through this existence instead of ignoring, judging, and leaving people behind. My wife says that this is why things like the shootings in Sandy Hook happened - people just don't get enough love in their lives. I can't say I disagree.
I fitting summary of the series title and it's meaning:
"In that Malazan Book of the Fallen, the historians will write of our suffering, and they will speak of it as the suffering of those who served the Crippled God. As something ... fitting. And for our seeming fanaticism they will dismiss all that we were, and think only of what we achieved. Or failed to achieve." p. 330
Here's one I found particularly humbling, I didn't know Erikson even read my blog:
"Gesler took her face in his hands and kissed her hard on the lips. 'Teach these lizards, Kalyth, only the best in us humans. Only the best.'" p. 771
Another very interesting quote that I heartily agree with:
"'It is not enough to wish for a better world for the children. It is not enough to shield them with ease and comfort, to make the future's world a better one, then we curse our own children. We leave them a misery they do not deserve; we leave them a host of lessons unearned.'" p. 783
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The Crippled God is a fitting ending to quite possibly my favorite series of all time. It's more epic than I could have ever imagined and the action does not disappoint especially in the end of each book. Neither does Erikson's ability to drag emotions from you whether you want it or not. The Malazan Book of the Fallen will be the high water mark for epic fantasy for years to come, it's brutal, it's genius, it's an experience unlike anything else.
5 out of 5 Stars (A Masterpiece of Epic Proportions!)
December 19, 2018
Trust me when I say this will be the biggest the world has ever seen, bigger even than the chaining of the Crippled God.
There are too many rogue players in this game. Icarium. Draconus. The First Sword of the T鈥檒an Imass. Olar Ethil, Silchas Ruin, Tulas Shorn, Kilava 鈥� even Gruntle, the Mortal Sword of Treach. And now the Eleint, and how many dragons have come or are coming through the gate? A hundred? A thousand? Oh, and the Elder Gods: Errastas, the past Master of the Tiles, and Kilmandaros and her son.....
鈥楲et鈥檚 just add the K鈥機hain Che鈥橫alle and the Jaghut, and oh, we should probably mention Hood himself 鈥� no longer dragging the Throne of Death by one ankle. And who knows how many slavering fanatics of the Wolves of Winter! And what about the Crippled God himself 鈥� will he go quietly?
That quote sums up the whole book, its the final stand for everybody. This series is now my favourite series of all time, I doubt any fantasy series can live up to this series.
World building and Writing
The world building is out of this world, its so well depicted, The glass desert is even worse than anyone would have anticipated and Steven Erickson still wowed me. Do not even get me started on the writing, they are like a zillion POVs, I have to admit it took a while to get used to, after that it was a piece of cake. Everyone that survived the past 9 books are all in this, sadly not all of them made it to the ending of the book. *sniffles*
"Grieving had nothing to do with the ones gone, and everything to do with the ones left behind. We feel the absences in our life like open wounds, and they never really close, no matter how many years pass."
Characters
The Malazans
The Bonehunters survivors after the incident with the K'chain Nahruk are still trying to cross the glass desert which has never been crossed in like forever, they lost most of the company, to thirst but the few survivors were still willing to die to do what needs to be done. To fight the Forkrall Assail who is determined to end humanity, then there's the thing with the crippled god that is a major spoiler.
The Adjunt's allies
They include the Letherris, Bolkando, the grey helms, the burned tears and The K'chain Chemelle, yea them. These ones took a shortcut to get to the enemies, but even them lost a sustainable number of their company.
T'lan Imass
They are also here, they are just marching in the glass desert, they were all summoned here to come fight a war they know nothing about. Lots of the Imass here have POVs so we know what is going on in their head and its so sad, but it all paid off at the end, though more than half of them died.
The Tiste andiis and Liosan
The pretentious liosans wants to continue their war on the andiis, due to the rip in the realm, the same rip that brought the Eleint to this world. But the andiis are not in Kharkanas, the people they met were formidable fighters, they held the gate.
The Snake
These children will make you weep at the same time be happy for the life you have. They are brave courageous and just refused to give up, I hope they get the best out of life.
I am as true as anything you have ever seen. A dying child, abandoned by the world. And I say this: there is nothing truer. Nothing.
Flee from me if you can. I promise I will haunt you. This is my only purpose now, the only one left to me. I am history made alive, holding on but failing.
The Assail
These is the race that judged humans unworthy to be alive. They are ready to do anything to annihilate humans. They magic and warren is so ancient that they can control not only mind but body. What they did not anticipate is human's will to live.
The Elient
The gate is once again open, the last time the dragons were in this world they destroyed lots of continents and now they are back. T'am the mother of dragons is also on her way, not to mention Otataral that negates magic and lay waste to anywhere she passes.
The gods
The gods in this series are worse than the greek gods, they love to meddle so much, they all want one thing, more power.
They are willing to use humans to get what they want, its doesn't matter whether or not the people make it. To say they are selfish is an understatement.
We are sickened by the unknown, but knowledge can prove poisonous. And drifting lost between the two is no better.
There are too many rogue players in this game. Icarium. Draconus. The First Sword of the T鈥檒an Imass. Olar Ethil, Silchas Ruin, Tulas Shorn, Kilava 鈥� even Gruntle, the Mortal Sword of Treach. And now the Eleint, and how many dragons have come or are coming through the gate? A hundred? A thousand? Oh, and the Elder Gods: Errastas, the past Master of the Tiles, and Kilmandaros and her son.....
鈥楲et鈥檚 just add the K鈥機hain Che鈥橫alle and the Jaghut, and oh, we should probably mention Hood himself 鈥� no longer dragging the Throne of Death by one ankle. And who knows how many slavering fanatics of the Wolves of Winter! And what about the Crippled God himself 鈥� will he go quietly?
That quote sums up the whole book, its the final stand for everybody. This series is now my favourite series of all time, I doubt any fantasy series can live up to this series.
World building and Writing
The world building is out of this world, its so well depicted, The glass desert is even worse than anyone would have anticipated and Steven Erickson still wowed me. Do not even get me started on the writing, they are like a zillion POVs, I have to admit it took a while to get used to, after that it was a piece of cake. Everyone that survived the past 9 books are all in this, sadly not all of them made it to the ending of the book. *sniffles*
"Grieving had nothing to do with the ones gone, and everything to do with the ones left behind. We feel the absences in our life like open wounds, and they never really close, no matter how many years pass."
Characters
The Malazans
The Bonehunters survivors after the incident with the K'chain Nahruk are still trying to cross the glass desert which has never been crossed in like forever, they lost most of the company, to thirst but the few survivors were still willing to die to do what needs to be done. To fight the Forkrall Assail who is determined to end humanity, then there's the thing with the crippled god that is a major spoiler.
The Adjunt's allies
They include the Letherris, Bolkando, the grey helms, the burned tears and The K'chain Chemelle, yea them. These ones took a shortcut to get to the enemies, but even them lost a sustainable number of their company.
T'lan Imass
They are also here, they are just marching in the glass desert, they were all summoned here to come fight a war they know nothing about. Lots of the Imass here have POVs so we know what is going on in their head and its so sad, but it all paid off at the end, though more than half of them died.
The Tiste andiis and Liosan
The pretentious liosans wants to continue their war on the andiis, due to the rip in the realm, the same rip that brought the Eleint to this world. But the andiis are not in Kharkanas, the people they met were formidable fighters, they held the gate.
The Snake
These children will make you weep at the same time be happy for the life you have. They are brave courageous and just refused to give up, I hope they get the best out of life.
I am as true as anything you have ever seen. A dying child, abandoned by the world. And I say this: there is nothing truer. Nothing.
Flee from me if you can. I promise I will haunt you. This is my only purpose now, the only one left to me. I am history made alive, holding on but failing.
The Assail
These is the race that judged humans unworthy to be alive. They are ready to do anything to annihilate humans. They magic and warren is so ancient that they can control not only mind but body. What they did not anticipate is human's will to live.
The Elient
The gate is once again open, the last time the dragons were in this world they destroyed lots of continents and now they are back. T'am the mother of dragons is also on her way, not to mention Otataral that negates magic and lay waste to anywhere she passes.
The gods
The gods in this series are worse than the greek gods, they love to meddle so much, they all want one thing, more power.
They are willing to use humans to get what they want, its doesn't matter whether or not the people make it. To say they are selfish is an understatement.
We are sickened by the unknown, but knowledge can prove poisonous. And drifting lost between the two is no better.
April 30, 2024
"E ora la pagina davanti a noi appare sfocata.
脠 finita un'epoca. Il libro deve chiudersi.
Siamo abbandonati alla storia.
Si leva alto, per l'ultima volta, il logoro stendardo dei Caduti.
Osservando attraverso la coltre di fumo si vedono le macchie scure sul tessuto.
脠 il sangue delle nostre vite, 猫 il tributo versato per le nostre azioni, che presto saranno dimenticate.
Non siamo mai stati ci貌 che la gente potrebbe essere. Siamo stati solo ci貌 che siamo stati.
Ricordatevi di noi."
Ogni volta che leggo queste parole ho i brividi ripensando all'epopea vissuta.
Esiste il genere fantasy e poi c'猫 Malazan che lo riscrive.
Se disprezzate il fantasy perch茅 pensate sia una letteratura di poco conto o rivolta a giovani lettori vi sfido a leggere la saga Malazan fino alla fine. Ne rimarrete sorpresi e forse cambierete idea.
Le emozioni che il lettore temerario prova quando termina l'ultima pagina dell'enorme saga Malazan sono indescrivibili. Un'esperienza unica. Si ha la certezza di essere stati testimoni di qualcosa di pazzesco. Non riesco a paragonarla ad altro, forse solo il mastodontico lavoro nella cura dell'ambientazione di Tolkien si avvicina e l'inarrivabile ciclo di Dune di Herbert per portata tematica e immaginifica.
Stiamo parlando di EPICA allo stato puro, tutto quello che cerco in una lettura fantasy adulta 猫 racchiuso in questi dieci romanzi e non solo, Erikson si spinge ben oltre, infarcendo il suo mondo di antropologia, filosofia, etica, archeologia, storia e decine di tradizioni diverse, con un centinaio di sottotrame e un corollario di oltre 600 personaggi per renderlo vivo e unico.
E' proprio qui la forza della scrittura di Erikson, oltre all'enorme lavoro di ambientazione dipinge una moltitudine di personaggi di cui per ognuno 猫 possibile scrivere un libro a lui dedicato grazie alle informazioni fornite direttamente o indirettamente che vanno a creare una storia intrecciata con quella di altre decine di personaggi.
Saga non perfetta in tutto, naturalmente. Alcune sottotrame vengono solo accennate, lasciate in bilico o al lavoro di Esslemont, co-creatore della saga, per svilupparle e poi concluderle nei suoi altri romanzi. Per il resto lo reputo un capolavoro assoluto e granitico termine di paragone per le future letture del genere. Dopo questa esperienza leggere fantasy non 猫 stato pi霉 lo stesso.
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"And now the page in front of us appears blurry.
An era is over. The book must close.
We are abandoned to history.
The worn banner of the Fallen rises high for the last time.
Looking through the blanket of smoke you can see the dark stains on the fabric.
It is the blood of our lives, it is the tribute paid for our actions, which will soon be forgotten.
We have never been what people could be. We were only what we were.
Remember us."
Every time I read these words I shudder when I think back to the epic story I experienced.
There is the fantasy genre and then there is Malazan which rewrites it.
If you despise fantasy because you think it is a literature of little importance or aimed at young readers, I challenge you to read the Malazan saga until the end. You will be surprised and perhaps you will change your mind.
The emotions that the daring reader feels when he finishes the last page of the enormous Malazan saga are indescribable. A unique experience. You have the certainty of having witnessed something crazy. I can't compare it to anything else, perhaps only Tolkien's mammoth work in curating the setting comes close and Herbert's unrivaled Dune cycle in terms of thematic and imaginative scope.
We are talking about EPIC in its pure state, everything I look for in an adult fantasy reading is contained in these ten novels and not only that, Erikson goes much further, peppering his world with anthropology, philosophy, ethics, archaeology, history and dozens of different traditions, with a hundred subplots and a corollary of over 600 characters to make it lively and unique.
This is precisely the strength of Erikson's writing, in addition to the enormous setting work he paints a multitude of characters of which it is possible to write a book dedicated to each of them thanks to the information provided directly or indirectly which creates a story intertwined with that of dozens of other characters.
Saga not perfect in every way, of course. Some subplots are only hinted at, left in the balance or to the work of Esslemont, co-creator of the saga, to develop them and then conclude them in his other novels. For the rest, I consider it an absolute and granitic masterpiece, a point of comparison for future readings of the genre. After this experience, reading fantasy was never the same again.
脠 finita un'epoca. Il libro deve chiudersi.
Siamo abbandonati alla storia.
Si leva alto, per l'ultima volta, il logoro stendardo dei Caduti.
Osservando attraverso la coltre di fumo si vedono le macchie scure sul tessuto.
脠 il sangue delle nostre vite, 猫 il tributo versato per le nostre azioni, che presto saranno dimenticate.
Non siamo mai stati ci貌 che la gente potrebbe essere. Siamo stati solo ci貌 che siamo stati.
Ricordatevi di noi."
Ogni volta che leggo queste parole ho i brividi ripensando all'epopea vissuta.
Esiste il genere fantasy e poi c'猫 Malazan che lo riscrive.
Se disprezzate il fantasy perch茅 pensate sia una letteratura di poco conto o rivolta a giovani lettori vi sfido a leggere la saga Malazan fino alla fine. Ne rimarrete sorpresi e forse cambierete idea.
Le emozioni che il lettore temerario prova quando termina l'ultima pagina dell'enorme saga Malazan sono indescrivibili. Un'esperienza unica. Si ha la certezza di essere stati testimoni di qualcosa di pazzesco. Non riesco a paragonarla ad altro, forse solo il mastodontico lavoro nella cura dell'ambientazione di Tolkien si avvicina e l'inarrivabile ciclo di Dune di Herbert per portata tematica e immaginifica.
Stiamo parlando di EPICA allo stato puro, tutto quello che cerco in una lettura fantasy adulta 猫 racchiuso in questi dieci romanzi e non solo, Erikson si spinge ben oltre, infarcendo il suo mondo di antropologia, filosofia, etica, archeologia, storia e decine di tradizioni diverse, con un centinaio di sottotrame e un corollario di oltre 600 personaggi per renderlo vivo e unico.
E' proprio qui la forza della scrittura di Erikson, oltre all'enorme lavoro di ambientazione dipinge una moltitudine di personaggi di cui per ognuno 猫 possibile scrivere un libro a lui dedicato grazie alle informazioni fornite direttamente o indirettamente che vanno a creare una storia intrecciata con quella di altre decine di personaggi.
Saga non perfetta in tutto, naturalmente. Alcune sottotrame vengono solo accennate, lasciate in bilico o al lavoro di Esslemont, co-creatore della saga, per svilupparle e poi concluderle nei suoi altri romanzi. Per il resto lo reputo un capolavoro assoluto e granitico termine di paragone per le future letture del genere. Dopo questa esperienza leggere fantasy non 猫 stato pi霉 lo stesso.
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"And now the page in front of us appears blurry.
An era is over. The book must close.
We are abandoned to history.
The worn banner of the Fallen rises high for the last time.
Looking through the blanket of smoke you can see the dark stains on the fabric.
It is the blood of our lives, it is the tribute paid for our actions, which will soon be forgotten.
We have never been what people could be. We were only what we were.
Remember us."
Every time I read these words I shudder when I think back to the epic story I experienced.
There is the fantasy genre and then there is Malazan which rewrites it.
If you despise fantasy because you think it is a literature of little importance or aimed at young readers, I challenge you to read the Malazan saga until the end. You will be surprised and perhaps you will change your mind.
The emotions that the daring reader feels when he finishes the last page of the enormous Malazan saga are indescribable. A unique experience. You have the certainty of having witnessed something crazy. I can't compare it to anything else, perhaps only Tolkien's mammoth work in curating the setting comes close and Herbert's unrivaled Dune cycle in terms of thematic and imaginative scope.
We are talking about EPIC in its pure state, everything I look for in an adult fantasy reading is contained in these ten novels and not only that, Erikson goes much further, peppering his world with anthropology, philosophy, ethics, archaeology, history and dozens of different traditions, with a hundred subplots and a corollary of over 600 characters to make it lively and unique.
This is precisely the strength of Erikson's writing, in addition to the enormous setting work he paints a multitude of characters of which it is possible to write a book dedicated to each of them thanks to the information provided directly or indirectly which creates a story intertwined with that of dozens of other characters.
Saga not perfect in every way, of course. Some subplots are only hinted at, left in the balance or to the work of Esslemont, co-creator of the saga, to develop them and then conclude them in his other novels. For the rest, I consider it an absolute and granitic masterpiece, a point of comparison for future readings of the genre. After this experience, reading fantasy was never the same again.
August 18, 2023
Cinema
If this book didn't have Ublala Pung it would be the best MBOTF book. Change my mind
9.3/10
If this book didn't have Ublala Pung it would be the best MBOTF book. Change my mind
9.3/10
February 22, 2025
In marcia verso la fine
"Non ricordava di aver vissuto un momento cos矛 bello e cos矛 dolce - anche se per poco tempo, aveva provato l'ebbrezza di respirare di nuovo, aveva sentito la pelle morbida e le lacrime le riempivano gli occhi - si era ritrovata con la vista offuscata, con sensazioni che aveva dimenticato. Se la vita era stata quella, se era quella la realt脿 della mortalit脿...non riusciva a immaginare che qualcuno potesse decidere di rinunciarvi, per quanto disperato potesse essere."
"Morte. Era un concetto alquanto interessante. Un concetto con cui, forse, avrebbe dovuto avere pi霉 dimestichezza di qualsiasi altro essere, ma la verit脿 era che non ne sapeva assolutamente nulla. Gli Jaghut erano andati a combattere contro la morte. Molti di loro consideravano quel concetto con sufficienza, o scetticismo. Non riuscivano a capire. Chi 猫 il nemico? Il nemico 猫 la resa. Dov'猫 il campo di battaglia? Nel cuore della disperazione. Come si ottiene la vittoria? E' a portata di mano. Non devi fare altro che scegliere di riconoscerla. In mancanza di ci貌, puoi sempre barare. Che 猫 poi quello che ho fatto io. Come ho sconfitto la morte? Conquistando il suo trono."
"Facciamo in modo che lo vengano a sapere. Tutti gli dei dimenticati. Tutti i popoli dimenticati. Tutte le epoche passate, tutti i misteri andati perduti. Questo inesauribile flusso di ascesa e caduta, di sogno e disperazione, di amore e di rinuncia. Si meritano qualche parola, ancora una volta. Un'ultima volta. "
"L'unica fine alla disperazione delle bestie sar脿 per mano degli umani - e ai Lupi consiglierei una grande pazienza. Non c'猫 bisogno che facciano altro, perch茅 noi umani ci distruggeremo da soli. Potr脿 volerci un po' di tempo, perch茅 siamo in tanti, ma alla fine 猫 quello che succeder脿, perch茅 una cosa 猫 certa: siamo scrupolosi."
Siamo forse colpevoli di fronte alla storia, di fronte alla cecit脿 comune che impedisce di realizzare quanto siamo impermeabili alle lezioni? E perch茅 dovremmo pagare, noi tutti, per tutti gli altri che mai sapranno? Siamo umani, sfuggiremo al verdetto di colpevolezza; siamo umani e nell'estinzione vi 猫 il nostro destino. Perseguiremo la via della dissoluzione interiore come ultima speranza; spezzati e spezzati ancora, finch茅 riusciremo a dare un nome al signore delle tenebre: e abbracceremo il nostro completo fallimento. In un mondo dove la compassione 猫 stata dimenticata, soppiantata dalla volont脿 del giudizio verso gli altri - teatrini che la storia ha gi脿 visto e continuer脿 a proporre -, noi ci ergeremo questa volta, l'ultima volta, per dare un esempio.
Nel nostro sacrificio l'esempio; nel vostro giudizio le tombe e il beffardo potere della parola.
Fate in modo che le nostre memorie non vengano dilapidate nella polvere della storia.
Siamo stati solo uomini.
Epitaffio di una saga smisurata, fuori controllo e senza mezze misure; parca nell'elargire dettagli e cos矛 meravigliosamente pulsante di vita, di una moltitudine di vite che si avvicendano nello sprazzo di un minuto o condannate alla sopravvivenza di ere.
Erikson imposta l'ultimo atto in un "confortante" scontro tra eserciti, clich茅 tanto caro al genere fantasy. Eppure, prima che si giunga alla resa dei conti, il cui perno centrale risponde al nome di Kaminsod, la costruzione degli schieramenti rifugge le banalit脿 e passa per la ricerca di redenzione da parte dei T'lan Imass, l'anelito alla libert脿 di Korabas, l'ultima resistenza della Prima Costa, la ricerca perpetua d'espiazione condotta dal mietitore; l'epurazione totale per sradicare alla base la contraddizione del conflitto.
Romanzo perfetto? No, molti percorsi rimangono insoluti e probabilmente serviva maggior chiarezza per delineare il background che regge la marcia di Tavore e Cacciatori; inoltre un paio di deus ex machina risaltano con dissonanza rispetto al resto del tessuto narrativo (difetto che Erikson ha gi脿 palesato nei romanzi precedenti).
Conclusione soddisfacente? S矛, l'approccio corale 猫 riuscito; e la poetica di saga esplode con una forza immaginifica senza rivali, a mio modesto parere, all'interno del genere in cui si inserisce l'opera.
Saga per tutti? N矛, complessa per larghi tratti e vincolata a riletture tattiche, ma incredibilmente eclettica per registri stilistici, contenuti, brillantezza nei dialoghi e capacit脿 d'intreccio.
Se avessi saputo dove portava questo sentiero, lo avresti percorso ugualmente?
Se avessi conosciuto il dolore della fine di un amore, lo avresti risvegliato comunque?
Se avessi compreso i pensieri della tua mente, li avresti esternati ugualmente?
Se con una parola avessi potuto tradire un amico, l'avresti pronunciata comunque?
Se avessi conosciuto il volto della morte, avresti osato toccarlo ugualmente?
Se questa moneta avesse potuto pagare il viaggio di un'anima, l'avresti rubata comunque?
- Cantico Sparak, Salmo VII "La risata dell'avvoltoio"
"Non ricordava di aver vissuto un momento cos矛 bello e cos矛 dolce - anche se per poco tempo, aveva provato l'ebbrezza di respirare di nuovo, aveva sentito la pelle morbida e le lacrime le riempivano gli occhi - si era ritrovata con la vista offuscata, con sensazioni che aveva dimenticato. Se la vita era stata quella, se era quella la realt脿 della mortalit脿...non riusciva a immaginare che qualcuno potesse decidere di rinunciarvi, per quanto disperato potesse essere."
"Morte. Era un concetto alquanto interessante. Un concetto con cui, forse, avrebbe dovuto avere pi霉 dimestichezza di qualsiasi altro essere, ma la verit脿 era che non ne sapeva assolutamente nulla. Gli Jaghut erano andati a combattere contro la morte. Molti di loro consideravano quel concetto con sufficienza, o scetticismo. Non riuscivano a capire. Chi 猫 il nemico? Il nemico 猫 la resa. Dov'猫 il campo di battaglia? Nel cuore della disperazione. Come si ottiene la vittoria? E' a portata di mano. Non devi fare altro che scegliere di riconoscerla. In mancanza di ci貌, puoi sempre barare. Che 猫 poi quello che ho fatto io. Come ho sconfitto la morte? Conquistando il suo trono."
"Facciamo in modo che lo vengano a sapere. Tutti gli dei dimenticati. Tutti i popoli dimenticati. Tutte le epoche passate, tutti i misteri andati perduti. Questo inesauribile flusso di ascesa e caduta, di sogno e disperazione, di amore e di rinuncia. Si meritano qualche parola, ancora una volta. Un'ultima volta. "
"L'unica fine alla disperazione delle bestie sar脿 per mano degli umani - e ai Lupi consiglierei una grande pazienza. Non c'猫 bisogno che facciano altro, perch茅 noi umani ci distruggeremo da soli. Potr脿 volerci un po' di tempo, perch茅 siamo in tanti, ma alla fine 猫 quello che succeder脿, perch茅 una cosa 猫 certa: siamo scrupolosi."
Siamo forse colpevoli di fronte alla storia, di fronte alla cecit脿 comune che impedisce di realizzare quanto siamo impermeabili alle lezioni? E perch茅 dovremmo pagare, noi tutti, per tutti gli altri che mai sapranno? Siamo umani, sfuggiremo al verdetto di colpevolezza; siamo umani e nell'estinzione vi 猫 il nostro destino. Perseguiremo la via della dissoluzione interiore come ultima speranza; spezzati e spezzati ancora, finch茅 riusciremo a dare un nome al signore delle tenebre: e abbracceremo il nostro completo fallimento. In un mondo dove la compassione 猫 stata dimenticata, soppiantata dalla volont脿 del giudizio verso gli altri - teatrini che la storia ha gi脿 visto e continuer脿 a proporre -, noi ci ergeremo questa volta, l'ultima volta, per dare un esempio.
Nel nostro sacrificio l'esempio; nel vostro giudizio le tombe e il beffardo potere della parola.
Fate in modo che le nostre memorie non vengano dilapidate nella polvere della storia.
Siamo stati solo uomini.
Epitaffio di una saga smisurata, fuori controllo e senza mezze misure; parca nell'elargire dettagli e cos矛 meravigliosamente pulsante di vita, di una moltitudine di vite che si avvicendano nello sprazzo di un minuto o condannate alla sopravvivenza di ere.
Erikson imposta l'ultimo atto in un "confortante" scontro tra eserciti, clich茅 tanto caro al genere fantasy. Eppure, prima che si giunga alla resa dei conti, il cui perno centrale risponde al nome di Kaminsod, la costruzione degli schieramenti rifugge le banalit脿 e passa per la ricerca di redenzione da parte dei T'lan Imass, l'anelito alla libert脿 di Korabas, l'ultima resistenza della Prima Costa, la ricerca perpetua d'espiazione condotta dal mietitore; l'epurazione totale per sradicare alla base la contraddizione del conflitto.
Romanzo perfetto? No, molti percorsi rimangono insoluti e probabilmente serviva maggior chiarezza per delineare il background che regge la marcia di Tavore e Cacciatori; inoltre un paio di deus ex machina risaltano con dissonanza rispetto al resto del tessuto narrativo (difetto che Erikson ha gi脿 palesato nei romanzi precedenti).
Conclusione soddisfacente? S矛, l'approccio corale 猫 riuscito; e la poetica di saga esplode con una forza immaginifica senza rivali, a mio modesto parere, all'interno del genere in cui si inserisce l'opera.
Saga per tutti? N矛, complessa per larghi tratti e vincolata a riletture tattiche, ma incredibilmente eclettica per registri stilistici, contenuti, brillantezza nei dialoghi e capacit脿 d'intreccio.
Se avessi saputo dove portava questo sentiero, lo avresti percorso ugualmente?
Se avessi conosciuto il dolore della fine di un amore, lo avresti risvegliato comunque?
Se avessi compreso i pensieri della tua mente, li avresti esternati ugualmente?
Se con una parola avessi potuto tradire un amico, l'avresti pronunciata comunque?
Se avessi conosciuto il volto della morte, avresti osato toccarlo ugualmente?
Se questa moneta avesse potuto pagare il viaggio di un'anima, l'avresti rubata comunque?
- Cantico Sparak, Salmo VII "La risata dell'avvoltoio"
February 18, 2019
I'm not going to say too much about this final instalment of the Malazan Book of the Fallen series. Mostly because I've prattled on long enough in my previous 9 reviews about all the reasons why this is such a great series. If you have made it to this 10th book chances are you already know about them as well! I do think The Crippled God was a satisfying conclusion to the series and that on the whole Malazan is one of the two true epics the fantasy genre has to offer. The other series being WoT and Malazan probably tops that in terms of scope and epic feel!
In terms of storyline this was a direct continuation from the 9th book with the Malazan's and their various allies heading to Kolanse for an epic battle. As far as the Gods and Ascendants were concerned they were all heading to Kolanse as well for and epic Convergence!
It all made for compelling reading. The Bonehunters featured heavily, as one might expect, but I was happy to see the return of a lot of our favourites from the earlier books even if the likes of K'rul and Kruppe did just pop up in cameos.
As always Erikson did a good job of balancing the social commentary and story. I feel like his musings were a little grim and he botched the delivery of a few relevant points he was trying to make a couple of times but that on the whole I felt like his observations were fun and enhanced my enjoyment of the story.
Most of the reason why this final instalment of the Malazan Book of the Fallen series was so satisfying was because Erikson got the balance spot on. This was a dark book with tons or war and violence but I feel like Erikson still managed to offer a satisfying balance between the tragedy and triumph and the hope and despair within the story. The ending was also very good! Both the final mega convergence and the wrap up were fun. The absolute toughest thing to get right is the ending of a long running series so credit to Erikson for delivering a truly satisfying and fitting ending to this series!
I think that is all I have to say. This was a great ending to a great series and thankfully I'm not done with it yet as I still have a bunch of Esslemont's companion Malazan books to go.
Rating: 5 stars. Not my favourite book in the Malazan series but it was still very good and well worth 5 stars. It was a continuation of the 9th book in many ways but it also eliminated a lot of that instalments main flaws.
Audio Note: Michael Page did a great job as always. Between Lister, Page, and Banks I've listened to a few different authors take on Malazan and am happy to say all three narrators do an excellent job and jumping between them was surprisingly smooth and not at all jarring!
In terms of storyline this was a direct continuation from the 9th book with the Malazan's and their various allies heading to Kolanse for an epic battle. As far as the Gods and Ascendants were concerned they were all heading to Kolanse as well for and epic Convergence!
It all made for compelling reading. The Bonehunters featured heavily, as one might expect, but I was happy to see the return of a lot of our favourites from the earlier books even if the likes of K'rul and Kruppe did just pop up in cameos.
As always Erikson did a good job of balancing the social commentary and story. I feel like his musings were a little grim and he botched the delivery of a few relevant points he was trying to make a couple of times but that on the whole I felt like his observations were fun and enhanced my enjoyment of the story.
Most of the reason why this final instalment of the Malazan Book of the Fallen series was so satisfying was because Erikson got the balance spot on. This was a dark book with tons or war and violence but I feel like Erikson still managed to offer a satisfying balance between the tragedy and triumph and the hope and despair within the story. The ending was also very good! Both the final mega convergence and the wrap up were fun. The absolute toughest thing to get right is the ending of a long running series so credit to Erikson for delivering a truly satisfying and fitting ending to this series!
I think that is all I have to say. This was a great ending to a great series and thankfully I'm not done with it yet as I still have a bunch of Esslemont's companion Malazan books to go.
Rating: 5 stars. Not my favourite book in the Malazan series but it was still very good and well worth 5 stars. It was a continuation of the 9th book in many ways but it also eliminated a lot of that instalments main flaws.
Audio Note: Michael Page did a great job as always. Between Lister, Page, and Banks I've listened to a few different authors take on Malazan and am happy to say all three narrators do an excellent job and jumping between them was surprisingly smooth and not at all jarring!
March 21, 2025
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鈥炐樞� 褌械蟹懈 锌褍褋褌懈薪懈 胁懈褌邪械褏邪 褌邪泻懈胁邪 褍卸邪褋薪懈 褋懈谢懈, 褔械 屑芯卸械褏邪 写邪 褋褌褉械褋薪邪褌 写芯褉懈 斜械蟹褋屑褗褉褌薪邪褌邪 胁械褖懈褑邪, 蟹邪泻褉邪褔懈谢邪 褌褗泄 褍褋褌褉械屑械薪芯 锌褉械写 褌褟褏. 鈥炐澬� 锌褉懈蟹芯胁邪胁邪泄 斜芯谐芯胁械 褌褍泻.鈥� 小褌褉邪薪薪芯 锌褉械写褍锌褉械卸写械薪懈械. 袘械褕械 谢懈 褋械 屑芯谢懈谢 薪褟泻芯泄? 孝芯褉械薪褌 懈蟹褋褍屑褌褟. 鈥炐� 泻芯谐邪 屑芯谢懈褌胁邪褌邪 械 锌芯褋褌懈谐邪谢邪 薪械褖芯 写褉褍谐芯 芯褋胁械薪 斜械蟹屑褗谢胁懈械? 袧械褖芯 写褉褍谐芯 芯褋胁械薪 卸邪谢泻芯 芯褌褋褗褋褌胁懈械, 懈蟹锌褗谢薪懈谢芯 胁褗蟹写褍褏邪 懈 薪邪斜褗斜胁邪褖芯 泻邪褌芯 屑械褏褍褉 芯褌 锌褉邪蟹薪芯褌邪 胁 写褍褕邪褌邪.鈥�
鈥炩€� 小褗薪懈褖邪褌邪 懈 泻芯褕屑邪褉懈褌械, 袚械写芯褉邪薪, 褋械 泻褉懈褟褌 胁 械写薪邪 懈 褋褗褖邪 写褍锌泻邪. 袘褉褗泻薪械褕 懈 薪械 蟹薪邪械褕 泻邪泻胁芯 褖械 懈蟹胁邪写懈褕.鈥�
鈥炩€� 袩褉邪胁芯褋褗写懈械鈥� 鈥� 袘邪薪邪褕邪褉 懈蟹胁邪写懈 屑邪谢泻邪 写械谢胁邪 懈蟹锌芯写 薪邪屑械褌邪谢芯褌芯 褋懈. 鈥� 小谢邪写泻芯褌芯 锌褉芯褌懈胁芯褉械褔懈械, 蟹邪 泻芯械褌芯 褋邪 褋械 褏胁邪薪邪谢懈, 泻邪褌芯鈥� 鈥� 袩芯谐谢械写薪邪 写械谢胁邪褌邪 胁 褉褗泻邪褌邪 褋懈. 鈥� 袣邪褌芯 蟹邪 胁懈薪芯. 袧褟屑邪 懈褋褌懈薪褋泻芯 锌褉邪胁芯褋褗写懈械, 褖械 泻邪卸邪褌, 斜械蟹 薪邪泄-芯褋薪芯胁薪芯褌芯 锌褉邪胁芯, 泻芯械褌芯 械 胁褗蟹屑械蟹写懈械褌芯. 袨锌邪褋薪芯 械 写邪 褉邪蟹褏懈褖邪胁邪褌械 褋胁械褌邪, 褋泻褗锌懈 锌褉懈褟褌械谢懈. 袝写懈薪 写械薪 薪褟泻芯泄 褖械 褉械褕懈 写邪 蟹邪谐芯胁芯褉懈 芯褌 懈屑械褌芯 薪邪 褌芯蟹懈 褋胁褟褌. 袝写懈薪 写械薪 薪褟泻芯泄 褖械 锌芯褌褗褉褋懈 褋屑械褌泻邪.鈥�
鈥炩€� 袥芯胁褑懈褌械 薪邪 泻芯褋褌懈 褖械 锌褉芯写褗谢卸邪褌 锌芯褏芯写邪 褋懈 褋邪屑懈 鈥� 蟹邪褟胁懈 孝邪胁芯褉懈.
鈥� 袧懈屑邪 薪懈 泻邪蟹胁邪褌械, 褔械 薪褟屑邪褌械 锌芯胁械褔械 薪褍卸写邪 芯褌 薪邪褋? 鈥� 锌芯锌懈褌邪 袘褉懈褋.
鈥� 袧械, 薪褍卸写邪褌邪 屑懈 芯褌 胁邪褋 薪懈泻芯谐邪 薪械 械 斜懈谢邪 锌芯-谐芯谢褟屑邪.鈥�
鈥�...袩褗褌褟褌, 泻芯泄褌芯 芯褔邪泻胁邪 褌械斜 懈 褌邪蟹懈 锌褉芯泻褗谢薪邪褌邪 邪褉屑懈褟, 械 褋褗褖芯 褌芯谢泻芯胁邪 谐芯褉褔懈胁 泻邪褌芯 屑芯褟. 袟邪 褋褌褉邪写邪薪懈械褌芯, 泻芯械褌芯 锌褉械写褋褌芯懈鈥� 邪褏, 薪懈泻邪泻胁懈 写邪褉芯胁械 薪褟屑邪 蟹邪 褌芯胁邪.
鈥� 孝褉褟斜胁邪 写邪 懈屑邪, 袣芯褌懈谢褜芯薪. 小褗褖械褋褌胁褍胁邪褌. 袙懈薪邪谐懈.
鈥� 些械 褍屑褉械褌械 谢懈 胁褋懈褔泻懈 胁 懈屑械褌芯 薪邪 谢褞斜芯胁褌邪? 鈥� 袙褗锌褉芯褋褗褌 褋褟泻邪褕 褋械 芯褌泻褗褋薪邪 芯褌 薪械褖芯 胁褗褌褉械 胁 薪械谐芯.
鈥� 袗泻芯 褌褉褟斜胁邪 写邪 褍屑褉械屑, 泻邪泻胁邪 锌芯-写芯斜褉邪 锌褉懈褔懈薪邪?鈥�
鈥炩€� 袩芯薪械褋芯褏褌械 卸械褋褌芯泻 褍写邪褉, 邪写褞薪泻褌邪鈥�
鈥� 袠 斜褟褏 芯褌屑褗褋褌械薪邪 芯褌 胁邪褋 懈 胁邪褕懈褌械 效械鈥櫺溞靶恍恍�. 鈥� 袩褉懈斜谢懈卸懈 褋械 芯褖械 泻褗屑 薪械谐芯 懈 褋薪懈褕懈 谐谢邪褋. 鈥� 小褌芯褉屑懈, 泻芯谐邪褌芯 胁械褋褌褌邪 蟹邪 锌芯斜械写邪褌邪 胁懈 褋械 锌褉褗褋薪械 懈蟹 邪褉屑懈褟褌邪 屑懈, 屑薪芯谐芯 芯褌 褌芯胁邪, 泻芯械褌芯 褋械谐邪 褟 屑褗褔懈, 褖械 蟹邪谐谢褗褏薪械. 袧褟屑邪 写邪 懈屑邪 褉邪写芯褋褌薪懈 胁褗蟹谐谢邪褋懈 鈥� 薪械 褋褗屑 褌芯谢泻芯胁邪 谐谢褍锌邪胁邪 写邪 芯褔邪泻胁邪屑 薪械褖芯 锌芯写芯斜薪芯. 袧芯 薪邪泄-屑邪谢泻芯褌芯 褖械 懈屑邪 褍写芯胁谢械褌胁芯褉械薪懈械.鈥�
鈥炐斝笛佇敌夹惭€懈泄 褋械 芯斜褗褉薪邪 褉褟蟹泻芯 泻褗屑 小械薪泻芯褌褉芯薪.
鈥� 袣邪泻胁芯 斜械褕械 胁褋懈褔泻芯 褌芯胁邪? 些芯 蟹邪 泻芯胁邪褉薪邪 懈谐褉邪 薪懈 胁褗褉褌懈褕 褌褍泻?
孝芯褟谐邪褌邪 薪邪 小械薪泻芯褌褉芯薪 褋械 蟹邪胁褗褉褌褟 懈 褕懈斜薪邪 袘芯谐邪 薪邪 褌褉邪谐械写懈褟褌邪 锌褉械蟹 薪芯褋邪. 孝芯泄 蟹邪谢懈褌薪邪 懈 锌邪写薪邪 锌芯 蟹邪写薪懈泻.
鈥� 袧邪泄-写芯斜褉芯褌芯 芯褌 褌械斜 褋褌褉邪薪褋褌胁邪 胁 褋屑褗褉褌薪懈褟 褋胁褟褌, 褋褌邪褉懈 锌褉懈褟褌械谢褞 鈥� 懈蟹褋褗褋泻邪 小械薪泻芯褌褉芯薪. 鈥� 袩褉械写懈 屑薪芯谐芯 胁褉械屑械 褌懈 懈蟹芯褋褌邪胁懈 芯薪邪蟹懈 锌褉邪蟹薪芯褌邪, 薪邪褉械褔械薪邪 谐芯褉写芯褋褌. 袧邪泄-锌芯褋谢械 胁懈卸写邪屑 泻褗写械 褋械 械 写褟薪邪谢邪 褌褟...鈥�
鈥炩€� 效褍褏 械写薪芯-写褉褍谐芯 薪邪 胁谢懈蟹邪薪械. 孝胁褗褉写械 屑薪芯谐芯 胁褋褗褖薪芯褋褌. 鈥� 袩芯谐谢械写薪邪 邪写褞薪泻褌邪褌邪. 鈥� 鈥炐懶恍靶承狙佇恍拘残敌叫� 褋 懈褋褌懈薪邪褌邪.鈥� 小泻褗锌邪 屑懈 邪写褞薪泻褌邪, 斜懈 褌褉褟斜胁邪谢芯 胁械褔械 写邪 谐芯 蟹薪邪械褕. 袠褋褌懈薪邪褌邪 薪械 斜谢邪谐芯褋谢邪胁褟 薪懈泻芯谐芯. 袠褋褌懈薪邪褌邪 屑芯卸械 褋邪屑芯 写邪 锌褉芯泻谢懈薪邪.
袗写褞薪泻褌邪褌邪 褋褟泻邪褕 褋械 褋胁懈. 袩芯谐谢械写褗褌 褲 褋械 褋屑褗泻薪邪 泻褗屑 泻邪褉褌邪褌邪 薪邪 屑邪褋邪褌邪 懈 褌褟 锌褉芯屑褗谢胁懈:
鈥� 孝芯谐邪胁邪 屑芯谢褟, 褋械锌褌邪褉褏, 锌褉芯泻褗谢薪械褌械 薪懈 褋 薪褟泻芯谢泻芯 写褍屑懈 懈褋褌懈薪邪...鈥�
鈥炐ば感葱谎娧€ 薪械 褋械 懈蟹薪械薪邪写邪, 褔械 褍泻芯褉懈蟹薪械薪懈褟褌 谐谢邪褋 胁褗褌褉械 胁 薪械谐芯, 谐谢邪褋褗褌 薪邪 胁褋懈褔泻懈 芯薪械蟹懈 泻芯褉邪胁懈 懈蟹斜芯褉懈 薪邪锌褉械写, 斜械褕械 薪邪 校懈褋泻懈写卸邪泻. 袩芯褔褌懈 胁懈卸写邪褕械 芯褔懈褌械 薪邪 褋械褉卸邪薪褌邪 褋懈, 褋懈薪泻邪胁芯褋懈胁懈, 褋 褑胁械褌邪 薪邪 薪邪褌芯褔械薪芯 芯褉褗卸懈械, 褑胁械褌邪 薪邪 蟹懈屑薪芯 薪械斜械, 锌褉懈泻芯胁邪薪懈 胁 薪械谐芯 褋 芯薪蟹懈 褉邪蟹斜懈褉邪褖 锌芯谐谢械写, 泻芯泄褌芯 泻邪蟹胁邪:
鈥炐┬� 褋械 褋锌褉邪胁懈褕, 胁芯泄薪懈泻, 蟹邪褖芯褌芯 薪械 蟹薪邪械褕 写邪 锌褉邪胁懈褕 薪懈褖芯 写褉褍谐芯. 小锌褉邪胁褟薪械锟斤拷芯, 胁芯泄薪懈泻, 械 械写懈薪褋褌胁械薪芯褌芯 薪械褖芯, 胁 泻芯械褌芯 褋懈 写芯斜褗褉.鈥�
鈥炐捫感缎葱靶� 懈褋褌懈薪褋泻懈褟 薪懈 锌褉芯斜谢械屑, 锌褉懈褟褌械谢懈. 袧械 懈褋泻邪屑械 斜褗写械褖械褌芯, 懈褋泻邪屑械 屑懈薪邪谢芯褌芯. 小 薪芯胁芯 懈屑械. 袧芯 胁褋械 锌邪泻 屑懈薪邪谢芯褌芯, 芯薪蟹懈 懈蟹屑懈褋谢械薪 褋胁褟褌 薪邪 薪芯褋褌邪谢谐懈褟褌邪, 胁褋懈褔泻懈 薪邪褖褗褉斜械薪懈 泻褉邪懈褖邪 蟹邪谐谢邪写械薪懈. 袪邪泄鈥� 蟹邪 泻褉褗胁芯锌懈泄褑懈褌械.鈥�
鈥炐⌒感谎呅把� 褋械 懈蟹褋屑褟 谐芯褉褔懈胁芯.
鈥� 袨谐褗薪 薪邪 袟芯褉邪褌邪, 孝褞谢邪褋! 袟邪谐褍斜懈谢 褋懈 褎芯褉屑邪, 锌褉懈褟褌械谢褞. 袘械褕械 懈褉芯薪懈褟. 袘褉邪褌 屑懈 泻褉懈械谢 薪械褖邪 芯褌 屑械薪? 袝写胁邪 谢懈 械 褌芯谢泻芯胁邪 褋褗泻褉褍褕懈褌械谢薪芯 褉邪蟹泻褉懈褌懈械. 袗薪芯屑邪薪写褗褉 屑懈 械 写邪胁邪谢 屑薪芯谐芯 褍褉芯褑懈 蟹邪 谐芯褉写芯褋褌褌邪 屑懈. 袙褋械 薪械褖芯 械 锌褉懈褏胁邪薪邪谢芯.
鈥� 小胁械褌褗褌 械 薪械芯斜褟褌械薪, 薪芯鈥�
鈥� 鈥� 懈褋褌懈薪懈褌械 褋邪 褉褟写泻芯褋褌. 孝芯褔薪芯 褌邪泻邪.鈥�
鈥炐澬靶垦€械写, 胁 邪胁邪薪谐邪褉写邪 薪邪 泻芯谢芯薪邪褌邪, 胁懈写褟 薪褟泻芯谢泻芯 写褍褕懈. 袠蟹锌褉邪胁械薪懈. 袘褍写薪懈. 鈥炐⌒敌承� 褌褉褟斜胁邪 写邪 薪邪屑械褉褟 写芯褋褌芯泄薪邪 谢褗卸邪. 袠 邪泻芯 懈屑械褌芯 屑懈 褌褉褟斜胁邪 写邪 斜褗写械 锌褉芯泻褗谢薪邪褌芯 褋 锌芯褋谢械写薪懈褟 写褗褏 薪邪 褌械蟹懈 褔芯胁械褕泻懈 褋褗褖械褋褌胁邪, 褌邪泻邪 写邪 斜褗写械. 袩褉械褋褌褗锌谢械薪懈械褌芯 屑懈 斜械褕械 薪邪写械卸写邪褌邪. 袧邪泻邪蟹邪薪懈械褌芯 屑懈 械 写邪 胁懈写褟 泻邪泻 褋械 锌褉芯胁邪谢褟.鈥�
鈥炐澬� 孝鈥櫺恍靶� 袠屑邪褋褋 褋邪 锌芯薪邪褋褟谢懈 褌芯胁邪 薪邪泻邪蟹邪薪懈械 写褗谢谐芯, 邪 锌褉芯胁邪谢褗褌 薪邪 薪邪写械卸写邪褌邪 褋懈 懈屑邪 懈屑械. 袧邪褉懈褔邪 褋械 褋褌褉邪写邪薪懈械.鈥�
鈥炩€� 孝械蟹懈, 泻芯懈褌芯 褋锌芯屑械薪邪鈥� 斜芯谐芯胁械 谢懈 褋邪?
袣邪褔褍谢邪褌懈褟 褋胁懈 褉邪屑械薪械.
鈥� 袗褋褑械薪写械薪褌懈. 小谢芯卸薪芯褋褌褌邪 薪邪 褌芯胁邪 械 薪械胁褗芯斜褉邪蟹懈屑邪, 褔械褋褌薪芯 泻邪蟹邪薪芯. 效懈褋褌懈褟褌 屑邪褖邪斜 薪邪 薪械锌褉械写胁懈写懈屑懈褌械 褋谢褍褔邪泄薪芯褋褌懈鈥� 械, 锌褉懈 胁褋懈褔泻懈褌械 屑褍 芯褋芯斜械薪芯褋褌懈 薪械泻邪 薪械 芯斜胁懈薪褟胁邪屑械 小械薪泻芯褌褉芯薪 胁 薪械锌褉芯蟹芯褉谢懈胁芯褋褌. 小褗褖芯褌芯 屑芯卸械 写邪 褋械 泻邪卸械 懈 蟹邪 袣芯褌懈谢褜芯薪, 蟹邪褖芯褌芯 袩芯泻褉芯胁懈褌械谢褟褌 薪邪 褍斜懈泄褑懈褌械 写芯斜褉械 锌褉芯褍屑褟, 褔械 褌芯褔薪芯 泻邪泻褌芯 芯锌褉械写械谢械薪懈 懈薪写懈胁懈写懈 蟹邪褋谢褍卸邪胁邪褌 薪芯卸 胁 褋褗褉褑械褌芯, 褌邪泻邪 谐芯 蟹邪褋谢褍卸邪胁邪褌 懈 芯锌褉械写械谢械薪懈鈥� 懈写械懈.鈥�
鈥�...袙褗锌褉芯褋褗褌 械 薪械褋褗褖械褋褌胁械薪, 泻邪锌懈褌邪薪 袝谢邪谢械. 孝褗泻屑芯 薪械蟹薪邪械褖懈褟褌 薪邪泄-屑薪芯谐芯 泻芯锌薪械械 蟹邪 懈蟹泻褍锌谢械薪懈械.
孝褟 褋械 芯褌写褉褗锌薪邪, 芯褌懈写械 写芯 锌械褉懈谢芯褌芯 懈 蟹邪谐谢械写邪 胁褗谢薪懈褌械. 孝芯褔薪芯 薪邪 褌械蟹懈 小泻芯褉谐械薪 懈屑 泻邪蟹胁邪褕械 鈥炑堁冃啃叫靶恍糕€�.
鈥炐熝€懈 褏芯褉邪褌邪 胁褋褟泻邪 胁褟褉邪 薪械 斜械 薪懈褖芯 锌芯胁械褔械 芯褌 写懈屑, 锌芯薪褟泻芯谐邪 褌芯谢泻芯胁邪 谐褗褋褌, 褔械 写邪 蟹邪褋谢械锌懈, 邪 锌芯薪褟泻芯谐邪 鈥� 褑懈薪懈褔薪芯 锌褉芯蟹褉邪褔械薪. 袠 胁褋褟泻邪 胁褟褉邪 斜械 芯谐褗薪, 泻芯泄褌芯 锌芯谐谢褗褖邪褕械 褋芯斜褋褌胁械薪芯褌芯 褋懈 谐芯褉懈胁芯, 写芯泻邪褌芯 薪械 芯褋褌邪薪械 褋邪屑芯 锌械锌械谢. 袛芯泻芯谢泻芯褌芯 袚褍鈥櫺犙冃� 屑芯卸械褕械 写邪 锌褉械褑械薪懈, 械写懈薪褋褌胁械薪邪褌邪 写芯斜褉芯写械褌械谢, 泻芯褟褌芯 锌褉懈褌械卸邪胁邪褏邪 褏芯褉邪褌邪, 斜械 褌芯蟹懈 褌械褏械薪 褌邪谢邪薪褌 写邪 蟹邪锌芯褔胁邪褌 薪邪薪芯胁芯, 褋 泻褉械锌泻邪 褉械褕懈屑芯褋褌, 胁褗蟹褋褌邪薪芯胁械薪邪 胁褗胁 胁薪械蟹邪锌薪懈褟 斜谢褟褋褗泻 薪邪 锌芯写薪芯胁械薪懈褟 芯锌褌懈屑懈蟹褗屑, 胁 锌褗谢薪芯 锌褉械薪械斜褉械卸械薪懈械 泻褗屑 褍褉芯褑懈褌械, 泻芯懈褌芯 屑芯卸械褏邪 写邪 懈屑 锌褉械写谢芯卸邪褌 屑懈薪邪谢懈褌械 锌褉芯胁邪谢懈. 袠 薪褟屑邪褕械 写褉褍谐 懈蟹斜芯褉 芯褋胁械薪 写邪 锌褉懈蟹薪邪械 褋懈谢邪褌邪 薪邪 褌邪蟹懈 写芯斜褉芯写械褌械谢.鈥�
鈥炐炐叫狙� 孝鈥櫻冄冃恍靶�, 懈蟹写懈谐薪邪褌 薪邪 屑褟褋褌芯褌芯 薪邪 孝芯褉, 薪褟屑邪褕械 薪懈泻邪泻褗胁 薪械写芯褋褌邪褌褗泻. 袙褋褗褖薪芯褋褌, 邪泻芯 屑芯卸械 写邪 褋械 胁褟褉胁邪 薪邪 芯锌褉械写械谢械薪懈 褋谢褍褏芯胁械, 褌芯蟹懈 胁芯懈薪 械 锌芯-褋褌邪褉 芯褌 斜芯谐芯胁械褌械 薪懈, 邪 屑芯褖褌邪 屑褍 褋 泻褉械屑褗褔薪懈褟 屑褍 屑械褔 懈蟹芯斜褖芯 薪械 锌芯写谢邪谐邪屑 薪邪 褋褗屑薪械薪懈械. 袧械, 褌芯泄 锌褉懈械 褌邪蟹懈 褌懈褌谢邪 芯褌 谢褞斜芯胁 鈥� 泻褗屑 械写懈薪褋褌胁械薪邪褌邪 写褗褖械褉褟 薪邪 啸褗屑斜褉褗谢. 袧械 锌褉懈褌械卸邪胁邪褕械 褎邪薪邪褌懈蟹屑邪, 泻芯泄褌芯 锌芯-屑谢邪写懈褌械 胁芯懈薪懈 褌芯谢泻芯胁邪 懈褋泻邪褏邪 写邪 胁懈写褟褌 褍 褋胁芯褟 胁芯写邪褔. 袨褔懈褌械 屑褍 薪械 斜谢械褋褌褟褏邪 卸邪写薪懈 蟹邪 胁芯懈薪褋泻邪 褋谢邪胁邪, 邪 胁 谐谢邪褋邪 屑褍 鈥� 泻芯谢泻芯褌芯 懈 屑褗写褉懈 写邪 斜褟褏邪 写褍屑懈褌械 屑褍 鈥� 薪褟屑邪褕械 薪懈泻邪泻褗胁 锌谢邪屑.
鈥� 袧邪泻褉邪褌泻芯 泻邪蟹邪薪芯, 薪械 械 斜懈谢 锌芯谢懈褌懈泻.鈥�
鈥炐⑿敌沸� 褋褗薪懈褖邪 斜褟褏邪 泻邪褌芯 屑械写 薪邪 械蟹懈泻邪 褲, 薪邪褌械卸邪谢 芯褌 褋芯泻芯胁械褌械 薪邪 薪邪褋谢邪写邪 懈 蟹邪写芯胁芯谢褋褌胁芯. 袩芯写芯蟹懈褉邪褕械, 褔械 褌邪泻懈胁邪 褋褗薪懈褖邪 褋械 泻褉懈褟褌 胁 褋褗褉褑邪褌邪 薪邪 胁褋懈褔泻懈. 袣芯锌薪械卸懈 蟹邪 褋锌褉邪胁械写谢懈胁芯褋褌, 蟹邪 芯褌锌谢邪褌邪, 蟹邪 懈蟹褉邪胁薪褟胁邪薪械 薪邪 胁械蟹薪懈褌械. 袠, 褉邪蟹斜懈褉邪 褋械, 芯薪芯胁邪 谐芯褉褔懈胁芯 锌芯写屑芯谢薪芯 褌械褔械薪懈械 薪邪 蟹薪邪薪懈械, 褔械 胁褋懈褔泻芯 褌芯胁邪 械 薪械胁褗蟹屑芯卸薪芯, 褔械 褌芯谢泻芯胁邪 屑薪芯谐芯 斜懈 褋械 胁写懈谐薪邪谢芯 胁 褋褗锌褉芯褌懈胁邪, 胁 褋邪屑芯褋褗褏褉邪薪械薪懈械 写芯褉懈, 蟹邪 写邪 褋褗泻褉褍褕懈 褌芯蟹懈 褋褗薪, 泻褉械褏泻懈褌械 屑褍 泻芯褋褌懈, 褌褍锌褌械薪械褌芯 薪邪 褋褗褉褑械褌芯 屑褍 鈥� 写芯褉懈 褌芯 薪械 屑芯卸械褕械 写邪 芯褌薪械屑械 褋谢邪写泻邪褌邪 褉邪写芯褋褌, 写褉邪谐芯褑械薪薪邪褌邪 薪邪写械卸写邪.鈥�
鈥炩€� 袘芯谐芯胁械褌械 薪懈 锌芯写褉懈褌胁邪褏邪 写褗谢谐芯 胁褉械屑械. 袣芯谐邪 泻邪蟹胁邪屑械 褋褌懈谐邪?
鈥� 袗 邪泻芯 谐懈 薪褟屑邪褕械, 袙褗褉褏芯胁械薪 褞屑褉褍泻, 褖褟褏屑械 谢懈 写邪 褋械 褋锌褉邪胁懈屑 锌芯-写芯斜褉械?
鈥� 袧械 鈥� 芯褌胁褗褉薪邪 袩邪褉邪薪 懈 写芯斜邪胁懈 锌褉械蟹 褉邪屑芯, 褋谢械写 泻邪褌芯 谐芯 锌芯写屑懈薪邪: 鈥� 袧芯 褌芯谐邪胁邪 锌芯薪械 薪褟屑邪褕械 写邪 懈屑邪屑械 胁褗蟹屑芯卸薪芯褋褌 写邪 芯斜胁懈薪褟胁邪屑械 薪褟泻芯泄 写褉褍谐.鈥�
鈥炐懷娧€蟹懈褟 袘械薪 懈蟹谐谢械卸写邪褕械 褌邪泻邪, 胁褋械 械写薪芯 褋邪 谐芯 锌褉械斜懈谢懈. 袗 懈 锌芯谐谢械写褗褌 屑褍 斜械 褋褌邪薪邪谢 薪褟泻邪泻 锌谢邪褕谢懈胁, 褋褟泻邪褕 懈蟹锌褗谢薪械薪 褋 斜芯谢泻邪.
袩邪褉邪薪 泻懈屑薪邪.
鈥� 袙懈褋褕 屑邪谐. 孝芯谢泻芯胁邪 蟹谢械 谢懈 斜械褕械, 泻芯谢泻芯褌芯 胁懈卸写邪屑 锌芯 谢懈褑械褌芯 褌懈?
鈥� 袧械 褔邪泻. 袩褉芯褋褌芯 褋褗屑 锌芯懈蟹谐褍斜懈谢 锌褉邪泻褌懈泻邪. 肖懈薪械褋 屑懈 谢懈锌褋胁邪褕械, 屑懈褋谢褟.鈥�
鈥炐澬感盒拘� 芯褎懈褑械褉, 泻芯泄褌芯 薪懈 褌褍锌胁邪褏邪 薪邪 谐谢邪胁邪褌邪, 薪械 屑芯卸械褕械 写邪 懈蟹写褗褉卸懈. 袘褟褏屑械 褔邪褋褌, 泻芯屑邪薪写胁邪薪邪 芯褌 褋械褉卸邪薪褌懈, 校懈褋泻懈写卸邪泻 锌褉械写懈 胁褋懈褔泻芯, 懈 褋械褉卸邪薪褌懈褌械 褋褗谐谢邪褋褍胁邪褏邪 锌芯屑械卸写褍 褋懈 蟹邪锌芯胁械写懈褌械, 泻芯懈褌芯 写邪 写邪写邪褌 薪邪 泻邪锌懈褌邪薪懈褌械 懈 谢械泄褌械薪邪薪褌懈褌械, 懈 蟹邪锌芯胁械写懈褌械, 泻芯懈褌芯 写邪 褋锌褍褋薪邪褌 薪邪 薪邪褋. 袣邪泻褌芯 屑芯卸械褕 写邪 褋懈 锌褉械写褋褌邪胁懈褕, 胁懈褋褕械褌芯 泻芯屑邪薪写胁邪薪械 薪械 褏邪褉械褋胁邪褕械 屑薪芯谐芯 褌芯胁邪. 袨, 褋谢褍褕邪褏屑械 薪械泻芯谢褑懈薪邪, 褌械蟹懈, 蟹邪 泻芯懈褌芯 蟹薪邪械褏屑械, 褔械 褖械 褋邪 褋 薪邪褋 鈥� 袛邪褋械屑, 袛褍卸械泻, 褌械蟹懈, 蟹邪 泻芯懈褌芯 蟹薪邪械褏屑械, 褔械 谐懈 斜懈胁邪. 袧芯 芯褋褌邪薪邪谢懈褌械? 袟邪斜褉邪胁懈.鈥�
鈥炐⑿笛呅拘� 褋械 斜芯懈, 褔械 薪褟屑邪 写邪 褋械 胁懈写懈屑 锌芯胁械褔械. 袙褗锌褉械泻懈 胁褋懈褔泻懈 写芯褋邪写薪懈 谐谢褍锌芯褋褌懈 褋械 械 写芯斜谢懈卸懈谢 褌芯谢泻芯胁邪 写芯 褌芯胁邪 写邪 泻邪卸械 鈥炑佇毙拘承拘尖€�, 泻芯谢泻芯褌芯 斜懈 屑芯谐褗谢 写邪 谐芯 薪邪锌褉邪胁懈 褔芯胁械泻, 斜械蟹 写邪 懈蟹锌芯谢蟹胁邪 褋邪屑邪褌邪 写褍屑邪.鈥�
鈥炐椥叫把囆�, 泻邪褌芯 胁褋懈褔泻懈 薪邪褋, 泄 写邪写械 胁褋懈褔泻芯, 泻芯械褌芯 懈屑邪褕械. 袣邪泻 谐芯 锌褉邪胁懈 孝邪胁芯褉懈 褌芯胁邪?
鈥� 袩褉芯褋褌芯 褌懈 泻邪蟹胁邪 鈥� 芯褌胁褗褉薪邪 袣邪谢邪屑.
鈥� 袠 褌芯谢泻芯胁邪? 鈥� 懈蟹褋褍屑褌褟 袘褗褉蟹懈褟 袘械薪.
鈥� 袛邪. 袧懈泻邪泻胁懈 锌褉械写谢芯卸械薪懈褟 鈥� 薪懈泻邪泻胁懈 斜芯谐邪褌褋褌胁邪, 褌懈褌谢懈, 薪懈褖芯, 泻芯械褌芯 薪褟泻芯泄 芯褌 薪邪褋 斜懈 锌褉懈械谢 泻邪褌芯 芯褌锌谢邪褖邪薪械 懈谢懈 薪邪谐褉邪写邪. 袧械, 锌褉芯褋褌芯 褌械 谐谢械写邪 锌褉邪胁芯 胁 芯褔懈褌械 懈 褌懈 谐芯 泻邪蟹胁邪.鈥�
鈥炐熝娧€胁懈 屑械褔, 锌褉懈械屑邪屑械 褋 褉邪写芯褋褌 胁褗蟹屑芯卸薪芯褋褌褌邪, 泻芯褟褌芯 薪懈 写邪写械. 袛薪械褋 薪懈械 褖械 斜褗写械屑 褌胁芯懈褌械 斜谢懈卸薪懈. 袛薪械褋 薪懈械 褖械 斜褗写械屑 褌胁芯懈 褋械褋褌褉懈 懈 斜褉邪褌褟.鈥�
袧邪 褌芯胁邪 袨薪芯褋 孝鈥櫻冄冃恍靶� 薪械 屑芯卸邪 写邪 薪邪屑械褉懈 芯褌谐芯胁芯褉. 袩芯泻芯谢械斜邪 褋械 褋褟泻邪褕 写褗谢谐芯, 屑薪芯谐芯 写褗谢谐芯 胁褉械屑械. 袗 褋谢械写 褌芯胁邪 芯褌 写褗谢斜懈薪懈褌械 薪邪 褋褗褖械褋褌胁芯褌芯 屑褍 褋械 薪邪写懈谐薪邪 褋褌褉邪薪薪芯 褔褍胁褋褌胁芯, 褍褋械褖邪薪械 蟹邪鈥� 蟹邪 褉邪蟹锌芯蟹薪邪胁邪薪械.
鈥� 袟薪邪褔懈 褖械 褋褌械 屑芯懈 斜谢懈卸薪懈 薪邪 褌芯蟹懈 写械薪. 袗 褋褉械写 褋胁芯懈褌械 斜谢懈卸薪懈, 薪械 褋褗屑 谢懈 薪邪泄-褋械褌薪械 褍 写芯屑邪?鈥�
鈥炐毿拘� 械 胁褉邪谐褗褌? 袙褉邪谐褗褌 械 锌芯褉邪卸械薪懈械褌芯. 袣褗写械 械 斜芯泄薪芯褌芯 锌芯谢械? 袙 褋褗褉褑械褌芯 薪邪 芯褌褔邪褟薪懈械褌芯. 袣邪泻 褋械 锌械褔械谢懈 锌芯斜械写邪褌邪? 孝褟 械 薪邪 褉褗泻邪 褉邪蟹褋褌芯褟薪懈械. 孝褉褟斜胁邪 褋邪屑芯 写邪 懈蟹斜械褉械褕 写邪 褟 锌芯蟹薪邪械褕. 袠薪邪褔械 胁懈薪邪谐懈 屑芯卸械褕 写邪 懈蟹屑邪屑懈褕...鈥�
鈥炐澬� 褋械 褋褗屑薪褟胁邪褕械 胁 斜谢邪谐芯褉芯写褋褌胁芯褌芯 薪邪 屑芯褌懈胁懈褌械 薪邪 邪写褞薪泻褌邪褌邪, 薪懈褌芯 胁 懈褋泻褉械薪芯褌芯 泄 褋褗褋褌褉邪写邪薪懈械, 褌谢邪褋泻邪褖芯 褟 写邪 褋械 褋褌褉械屑懈 泻褗屑 薪械褖芯, 泻芯械褌芯 胁 芯褔懈褌械 薪邪 锌芯胁械褔械褌芯 褏芯褉邪 斜械褕械 斜褍泻胁邪谢薪芯 薪械锌芯褋褌懈卸懈屑芯. 袧芯 褌褍泻 懈屑邪褕械 芯褖械 薪械褖芯, 薪械褖芯, 泻芯械褌芯 胁褋械 芯褖械 芯褋褌邪胁邪褕械 褋泻褉懈褌芯.
袣芯谢泻芯 谢懈 谐芯谢械屑懈 褋褗褋褌褉邪写邪薪懈褟 褋械 锌芯褉邪卸写邪褌 芯褌 褌褗屑械薪 懈蟹褌芯褔薪懈泻? 袨褌 褋褗泻褉芯胁械薪芯 屑褟褋褌芯 薪邪 褌邪泄薪懈 锌褉芯胁邪谢懈?鈥�
鈥炐⌒残笛傂拘残笛傂� 薪懈 褋邪 褌芯谢泻芯胁邪 屑邪谢泻懈. 小褌褉褍胁邪褌 薪懈 褋械 斜械蟹泻褉邪泄薪懈 褋邪屑芯 蟹邪褖芯褌芯 褍屑芯胁械褌械 薪懈 锌芯斜懈褉邪褌 褏懈谢褟写懈 芯褌 褌褟褏 薪邪胁械写薪褗卸. 袧芯 邪泻芯 褋锌褉械屑 写邪 褋械 写胁懈卸懈屑, 邪泻芯 褋械 蟹邪写褗褉卸懈屑 薪邪 械写薪芯 屑褟褋褌芯, 邪泻芯 褋懈 锌芯械屑械屑 写褗褏 懈 芯谐谢械写邪屑械 薪邪芯泻芯谢芯鈥� 胁褋懈褔泻芯 褋懈 械 胁褋械 褋褗褖芯褌芯. 袨褋胁械薪 薪褟泻芯懈 屑邪谢泻懈 锌芯写褉芯斜薪芯褋褌懈. 袠蟹谐褍斜械薪懈褌械 胁械泻芯胁械 薪械 褋邪 薪懈褌芯 锌芯胁械褔械, 薪懈褌芯 锌芯-屑邪谢泻芯 写褗谢斜芯泻懈 芯褌 褌芯蟹懈, 胁 泻芯泄褌芯 卸懈胁械械屑 褋械谐邪. 袦懈褋谢懈屑 褋懈, 褔械 胁褋懈褔泻芯 械 薪褟泻邪泻胁邪 懈薪械褉褑懈褟 薪邪锌褉械写, 斜械蟹泻褉邪泄薪芯 芯褋褌邪胁褟薪械 薪邪 薪械褖邪 蟹邪写 薪邪褋 懈 锌芯褋褟谐邪薪械 薪邪锌褉械写. 袧芯 懈褋褌懈薪邪褌邪 械, 褔械 薪邪 泻芯械褌芯 懈 屑褟褋褌芯 写邪 褋械 芯蟹芯胁械屑 鈥� 褋 胁褋懈褔泻懈褌械 屑褍 斜谢械褋褌褟褖懈 写邪褉芯胁械, 鈥� 薪懈械 锌褉芯褋褌芯 褋械 写胁懈卸懈屑 胁 泻褉褗谐芯胁械.鈥�
鈥炐澬感� 胁芯泄薪懈褑懈褌械 懈屑邪屑械 褋邪屑芯 械写薪邪 屑芯薪械褌邪, 泻芯褟褌芯 褋褌褉褍胁邪 薪械褖芯, 懈 褌褟 褋械 薪邪褉懈褔邪 褍胁邪卸械薪懈械. 袠 褟 泻褗褌邪屑械, 泻褉懈械屑 褟 懈 薪褟屑邪 薪懈泻芯泄, 泻芯泄褌芯 斜懈 屑芯谐褗谢 写邪 薪懈 薪邪褉械褔械 褖械写褉懈. 袧械 褏邪褉褔懈屑 谢械褋薪芯. 袧芯 懈屑邪 薪械褖芯 锌芯-谢芯褕芯 芯褌 褌芯胁邪 写邪 褌褉褟斜胁邪 写邪 锌芯褏邪褉褔懈褕 屑芯薪械褌邪褌邪 鈥� 褌芯 械 泻芯谐邪褌芯 薪褟泻芯泄 懈蟹谢械蟹械 懈 薪懈 褟 褏胁褗褉谢懈 芯斜褉邪褌薪芯.鈥�
鈥炐熜狙佈傂靶惭徰埿� 谐芯 写邪 泻芯屑邪薪写胁邪 褑械薪褌褗褉邪 鈥� 胁械褉芯褟褌薪芯 褋褉械褖褍 褌械卸泻邪 锌械褏芯褌邪 鈥� 褋褉械写 屑邪谢邪蟹邪薪褋泻懈 胁芯泄薪懈褑懈, 泻芯懈褌芯 谐芯 锌褉械蟹懈褉邪褏邪. 袘械褕械 褋锌邪褋懈谢邪 卸懈胁芯褌邪 屑褍 褋邪屑芯 蟹邪 写邪 谐芯 蟹邪褏胁褗褉谢懈 褋械谐邪 鈥� 懈 泻邪泻 胁 褌芯胁邪 懈蟹芯斜褖芯 屑芯卸械褕械 写邪 懈屑邪 薪褟泻邪泻胁邪 谢芯谐懈泻邪?
鈥� 袗写褞薪泻褌邪, 芯褔邪泻胁邪褌械 谢懈 写邪 胁懈 斜谢邪谐芯写邪褉褟?
鈥� 袝写懈薪褋褌胁械薪芯褌芯 芯褔邪泻胁邪薪械, 泻芯械褌芯 械 芯褌 薪褟泻邪泻胁邪 胁邪卸薪芯褋褌, 挟屑褉褍泻, 蟹邪褋褟谐邪 泻芯屑邪薪写胁邪薪械褌芯 薪邪 褑械薪褌褗褉邪 锌芯 薪邪泄-写芯斜褉懈褟 胁褗蟹屑芯卸械薪 薪邪褔懈薪.
鈥� 袧褟屑邪 写邪 屑懈 褋械 锌芯写褔懈薪褟褌.
鈥� 些械 褋械 锌芯写褔懈薪褟褌.
鈥� 袟邪褖芯?
鈥� 袟邪褖芯褌芯 薪褟屑邪 写邪 懈屑邪 薪懈泻芯泄 写褉褍谐.
鈥炐澬感盒拘� 写褉褍谐?!鈥�
鈥炐� 褋邪屑芯 锌邪写薪邪谢懈褌械 屑芯谐邪褌 写邪 褋械 胁写懈谐薪邪褌 芯褌薪芯胁芯.鈥�
鈥炐ば感葱谎娧€ 胁锌懈 锌芯谐谢械写 胁 屑邪谐褜芯褋薪懈泻邪.
鈥� 袠褋褌懈薪褋泻芯 谢懈 斜械褕械, 袘褗褉蟹邪泻? 孝芯胁邪, 泻芯械褌芯 胁懈写褟褏 鈥� 写邪谢懈 薪械鈥�
袦邪谐褜芯褋薪懈泻褗褌 屑邪褏薪邪 褋 褉褗泻邪 写邪 谐芯 锌芯褋谢械写胁邪褌 泻褗屑 褉褗斜邪 薪邪 锌谢芯褖邪写泻邪褌邪. 袩芯褋芯褔懈 械写薪邪 褋邪屑芯褌薪邪 褎懈谐褍褉邪 写邪谢械褔械 写芯谢褍, 薪械 锌芯胁械褔械 芯褌 褋懈谢褍械褌, 褋 谐褉褗斜 泻褗屑 褌褟褏.
鈥� 袛褗褉卸懈褕 谢懈 写邪 谐芯 锌芯锌懈褌邪褕, 肖懈写?
鈥炐斝� 谐芯 锌芯锌懈褌邪屑? 小谢械写 胁褋懈褔泻芯, 泻芯械褌芯 薪邪锌褉邪胁懈褏屑械鈥� 泻邪泻 写邪 褉邪蟹斜懈褉邪屑 褌芯胁邪? 袛邪 谐芯 锌芯锌懈褌邪屑? 袗 邪泻芯 屑懈 芯褌谐芯胁芯褉懈?鈥�
鈥� 袧械 鈥� 芯褌胁褗褉薪邪 褌芯泄.鈥�
鈥�...袟薪邪械褕械 蟹薪邪褔懈?
鈥� 袪邪蟹斜懈褉邪 褋械. 袠 泻邪褌芯 薪懈褖芯 斜懈 屑芯谐谢芯 写邪 褌械 褋褌褗锌懈褋邪, 薪芯 芯写芯斜褉褟胁邪屑.
袣芯褌懈谢褜芯薪 褋械 懈蟹胁褗褉薪邪 泻褗屑 薪械谐芯 懈 谐芯 懈蟹谐谢械写邪 懈蟹薪械薪邪写邪薪芯.
鈥� 袩芯写芯蟹懈褉邪褏, 褔械 胁褋械 褌褉褟斜胁邪 写邪 懈屑邪褕 褋褗褉褑械.
鈥� 袧械 斜褗写懈 懈写懈芯褌. 袩褉芯褋褌芯 芯斜懈褔邪屑鈥� 褋懈屑械褌褉懈褟褌邪.鈥�
鈥�...袙芯懈薪懈 袛卸邪谐褗褌 褋械 斜褟褏邪 褋褗斜褉邪谢懈 芯泻芯谢芯 屑芯谐懈谢邪, 胁写懈谐薪邪褌邪 写邪 锌芯斜械褉械 锌邪写薪邪谢懈褌械 袠屑邪褋褋.
袦褗谢褔邪褏邪, 泻邪泻褌芯 锌芯写芯斜邪胁邪 蟹邪 褌邪泻褗胁 屑懈谐 鈥� 屑懈谐 懈蟹锌褗谢薪械薪 褋 锌芯褔懈褌 懈 褋 写褗谢斜芯泻邪 褋泻褉褗斜 蟹邪 写褉褍谐邪褉懈, 锌邪写薪邪谢懈 胁 芯斜褖邪 斜懈褌泻邪, 蟹邪 胁褉械屑械, 懈蟹卸懈胁褟薪芯 薪邪锌褗谢薪芯 鈥� 薪芯 锌褉懈 胁褋械 褌芯胁邪 斜械褕械 屑褗谢褔邪薪懈械, 薪邪褌械卸邪谢芯 芯褌 懈褉芯薪懈褟.鈥�
鈥炩€� 袧懈泻芯谐邪 薪械 屑懈 械 褏邪褉械褋胁邪谢邪 褌邪蟹懈 懈褋褌芯褉懈褟.
鈥� 袣芯褟? 鈥� 锌芯锌懈褌邪 褌褟.
鈥� 袟邪 谢褞斜懈屑邪褌邪鈥� 懈蟹谐褍斜械薪邪 锌芯写 谢褍薪邪褌邪, 谐谢械写邪 谐褉邪写懈薪邪褌邪 褋懈 褋邪屑邪.
鈥� 袧械 械 褋褗胁褋械屑 褌邪泻邪. 袠褋褌芯褉懈褟褌邪 懈屑邪屑 锌褉械写胁懈写.鈥�
袙 邪斜褋芯谢褞褌械薪 胁褗蟹褌芯褉谐 褋褗屑, 蟹邪胁褗褉褕胁邪泄泻懈 袦邪谢邪蟹邪薪褋泻邪褌邪 锌芯褉械写懈褑邪! 鈥炐⌒靶盒把傂秆徰� 斜芯谐鈥� 械 芯褌谢懈褔薪邪 锌芯褋谢械写薪邪 褔邪褋褌 懈 锌褉械写褋褌邪胁谢褟胁邪 写芯褋褌芯械薪 蟹邪胁褗褉褕械泻 薪邪 屑薪芯谐芯锌谢邪褋褌芯胁懈褌械 懈 胁褗谢薪褍胁邪褖懈 褋褞卸械褌薪懈 谢懈薪懈懈, 泻芯懈褌芯 薪邪锌褗谢薪芯 褋懈 蟹邪褋谢褍卸邪胁邪褌 芯褌写械谢械薪芯褌芯 胁褉械屑械 懈 胁薪懈屑邪薪懈械. 小褌懈胁褗薪 袝褉懈泻褋褗薪 械 褋褗蟹写邪谢 谐褉邪薪写懈芯蟹械薪 褎械薪褌褗蟹懈 械锌芯褋, 褌褗泄 泻邪褌芯 锌芯 褍写懈胁懈褌械谢械薪 薪邪褔懈薪 械 褋褗褔械褌邪谢 械锌懈褔薪芯 薪邪锌褉械谐薪邪褌芯 写械泄褋褌胁懈械 懈 褎懈谢芯褋芯褎褋泻懈 褉邪蟹屑懈褋谢懈... 袠蟹泻谢褞褔懈褌械谢薪芯 蟹邪谐邪写褗褔薪邪褌邪 懈褋褌芯褉懈褟 械 褎芯泻褍褋懈褉邪薪邪 锌褉械写懈屑薪芯 胁褗褉褏褍 卸械褋褌芯泻懈 斜懈褌泻懈 懈 褌械卸褗泻 胁芯泄薪懈褕泻懈 薪邪褔懈薪 薪邪 卸懈胁芯褌, 薪芯 写邪谢械褔 薪械 褋械 懈蟹褔械褉锌胁邪 褋邪屑芯 褋 褌芯胁邪, 邪 褋褗写褗褉卸邪 懈 薪邪泄-褉邪蟹谢懈褔薪懈 蟹薪邪褔懈屑懈 锌芯褋谢邪薪懈褟. 袙械谢懈泻芯谢械锌薪邪褌邪 锌芯褉械写懈褑邪 械 懈蟹锌褗谢薪械薪邪 褋 薪械蟹邪斜褉邪胁懈屑懈 褋谢芯卸薪懈 懈 褟褉泻懈 谐械褉芯懈 (懈谢懈 锌褗泻 邪褋褑械薪写械薪褌懈), 褔懈懈褌芯 蟹邪锌谢械褌械薪懈 锌褉械屑械卸写懈褟 褋械 芯泻邪蟹邪褏邪 褋褌褉邪褕薪芯 胁锌械褔邪褌谢褟胁邪褖懈... 袟邪 屑械薪, 鈥炐溞靶恍靶沸靶窖佇盒把傂� 泻薪懈谐邪 薪邪 锌邪写薪邪谢懈褌械鈥� 械 胁褋械芯斜褏胁邪褌薪芯 懈 锌谢械薪懈褌械谢薪芯 泻薪懈卸薪芯 锌褉械卸懈胁褟胁邪薪械, 泻褗屑 泻芯械褌芯 芯锌褉械写械谢械薪芯 褖械 褋械 蟹邪胁褉褗褖邪屑.
鈥炩€� 袟胁褍褔懈 屑邪谢泻芯 谐芯褉褔懈胁芯.
鈥� 孝芯胁邪 械 胁泻褍褋褗褌 薪邪 褋邪屑芯锌芯蟹写褉邪胁谢械薪懈械褌芯. 袙褋懈褔泻懈 褌械蟹懈 锌褉懈泻邪蟹泻懈 褋邪 蟹邪 薪邪褉褑懈褋懈蟹屑邪. 袠蟹屑邪屑邪褌邪 械 胁 芯谐谢械写邪谢薪懈褟 芯斜褉邪蟹 薪邪 谐械褉芯褟 鈥� 锌褉懈薪褑械褋邪 蟹邪 锌褉懈薪褑, 锌褉懈薪褑 蟹邪 锌褉懈薪褑械褋邪 鈥� 薪芯 胁褋褗褖薪芯褋褌 胁褋懈褔泻芯 械 械写薪芯. 袥褞斜芯胁褌邪 薪邪 斜谢邪谐芯褉芯写褋褌胁芯褌芯 泻褗屑 褋邪屑芯褌芯 褋械斜械 褋懈.鈥�
鈥炐斞€邪泻芯薪褗褋 褋褌芯械褕械 蟹邪谐谢械写邪薪 薪邪 褋械胁械褉, 薪械褖芯, 泻芯械褌芯 锌褉邪胁械褕械 写芯褋褌邪 褔械褋褌芯 薪邪锌芯褋谢械写褗泻.
啸芯褉邪 泻邪褌芯 薪械谐芯 懈屑邪褏邪 褌胁褗褉写械 屑薪芯谐芯 屑懈褋谢懈, 褉械褕懈 校斜谢邪谢邪. 孝芯谢泻芯胁邪 屑薪芯谐芯 屑褍 斜褟褏邪 屑懈褋谢懈褌械, 褔械 薪械 屑芯卸械褕械 写芯褉懈 写邪 褋懈 芯褌写褗褏薪械 芯褌 褋械斜械 褋懈...鈥�
鈥炐樞� 褌械蟹懈 锌褍褋褌懈薪懈 胁懈褌邪械褏邪 褌邪泻懈胁邪 褍卸邪褋薪懈 褋懈谢懈, 褔械 屑芯卸械褏邪 写邪 褋褌褉械褋薪邪褌 写芯褉懈 斜械蟹褋屑褗褉褌薪邪褌邪 胁械褖懈褑邪, 蟹邪泻褉邪褔懈谢邪 褌褗泄 褍褋褌褉械屑械薪芯 锌褉械写 褌褟褏. 鈥炐澬� 锌褉懈蟹芯胁邪胁邪泄 斜芯谐芯胁械 褌褍泻.鈥� 小褌褉邪薪薪芯 锌褉械写褍锌褉械卸写械薪懈械. 袘械褕械 谢懈 褋械 屑芯谢懈谢 薪褟泻芯泄? 孝芯褉械薪褌 懈蟹褋褍屑褌褟. 鈥炐� 泻芯谐邪 屑芯谢懈褌胁邪褌邪 械 锌芯褋褌懈谐邪谢邪 薪械褖芯 写褉褍谐芯 芯褋胁械薪 斜械蟹屑褗谢胁懈械? 袧械褖芯 写褉褍谐芯 芯褋胁械薪 卸邪谢泻芯 芯褌褋褗褋褌胁懈械, 懈蟹锌褗谢薪懈谢芯 胁褗蟹写褍褏邪 懈 薪邪斜褗斜胁邪褖芯 泻邪褌芯 屑械褏褍褉 芯褌 锌褉邪蟹薪芯褌邪 胁 写褍褕邪褌邪.鈥�
鈥炩€� 小褗薪懈褖邪褌邪 懈 泻芯褕屑邪褉懈褌械, 袚械写芯褉邪薪, 褋械 泻褉懈褟褌 胁 械写薪邪 懈 褋褗褖邪 写褍锌泻邪. 袘褉褗泻薪械褕 懈 薪械 蟹薪邪械褕 泻邪泻胁芯 褖械 懈蟹胁邪写懈褕.鈥�
鈥炩€� 袩褉邪胁芯褋褗写懈械鈥� 鈥� 袘邪薪邪褕邪褉 懈蟹胁邪写懈 屑邪谢泻邪 写械谢胁邪 懈蟹锌芯写 薪邪屑械褌邪谢芯褌芯 褋懈. 鈥� 小谢邪写泻芯褌芯 锌褉芯褌懈胁芯褉械褔懈械, 蟹邪 泻芯械褌芯 褋邪 褋械 褏胁邪薪邪谢懈, 泻邪褌芯鈥� 鈥� 袩芯谐谢械写薪邪 写械谢胁邪褌邪 胁 褉褗泻邪褌邪 褋懈. 鈥� 袣邪褌芯 蟹邪 胁懈薪芯. 袧褟屑邪 懈褋褌懈薪褋泻芯 锌褉邪胁芯褋褗写懈械, 褖械 泻邪卸邪褌, 斜械蟹 薪邪泄-芯褋薪芯胁薪芯褌芯 锌褉邪胁芯, 泻芯械褌芯 械 胁褗蟹屑械蟹写懈械褌芯. 袨锌邪褋薪芯 械 写邪 褉邪蟹褏懈褖邪胁邪褌械 褋胁械褌邪, 褋泻褗锌懈 锌褉懈褟褌械谢懈. 袝写懈薪 写械薪 薪褟泻芯泄 褖械 褉械褕懈 写邪 蟹邪谐芯胁芯褉懈 芯褌 懈屑械褌芯 薪邪 褌芯蟹懈 褋胁褟褌. 袝写懈薪 写械薪 薪褟泻芯泄 褖械 锌芯褌褗褉褋懈 褋屑械褌泻邪.鈥�
鈥炩€� 袥芯胁褑懈褌械 薪邪 泻芯褋褌懈 褖械 锌褉芯写褗谢卸邪褌 锌芯褏芯写邪 褋懈 褋邪屑懈 鈥� 蟹邪褟胁懈 孝邪胁芯褉懈.
鈥� 袧懈屑邪 薪懈 泻邪蟹胁邪褌械, 褔械 薪褟屑邪褌械 锌芯胁械褔械 薪褍卸写邪 芯褌 薪邪褋? 鈥� 锌芯锌懈褌邪 袘褉懈褋.
鈥� 袧械, 薪褍卸写邪褌邪 屑懈 芯褌 胁邪褋 薪懈泻芯谐邪 薪械 械 斜懈谢邪 锌芯-谐芯谢褟屑邪.鈥�
鈥�...袩褗褌褟褌, 泻芯泄褌芯 芯褔邪泻胁邪 褌械斜 懈 褌邪蟹懈 锌褉芯泻褗谢薪邪褌邪 邪褉屑懈褟, 械 褋褗褖芯 褌芯谢泻芯胁邪 谐芯褉褔懈胁 泻邪褌芯 屑芯褟. 袟邪 褋褌褉邪写邪薪懈械褌芯, 泻芯械褌芯 锌褉械写褋褌芯懈鈥� 邪褏, 薪懈泻邪泻胁懈 写邪褉芯胁械 薪褟屑邪 蟹邪 褌芯胁邪.
鈥� 孝褉褟斜胁邪 写邪 懈屑邪, 袣芯褌懈谢褜芯薪. 小褗褖械褋褌胁褍胁邪褌. 袙懈薪邪谐懈.
鈥� 些械 褍屑褉械褌械 谢懈 胁褋懈褔泻懈 胁 懈屑械褌芯 薪邪 谢褞斜芯胁褌邪? 鈥� 袙褗锌褉芯褋褗褌 褋褟泻邪褕 褋械 芯褌泻褗褋薪邪 芯褌 薪械褖芯 胁褗褌褉械 胁 薪械谐芯.
鈥� 袗泻芯 褌褉褟斜胁邪 写邪 褍屑褉械屑, 泻邪泻胁邪 锌芯-写芯斜褉邪 锌褉懈褔懈薪邪?鈥�
鈥炩€� 袩芯薪械褋芯褏褌械 卸械褋褌芯泻 褍写邪褉, 邪写褞薪泻褌邪鈥�
鈥� 袠 斜褟褏 芯褌屑褗褋褌械薪邪 芯褌 胁邪褋 懈 胁邪褕懈褌械 效械鈥櫺溞靶恍恍�. 鈥� 袩褉懈斜谢懈卸懈 褋械 芯褖械 泻褗屑 薪械谐芯 懈 褋薪懈褕懈 谐谢邪褋. 鈥� 小褌芯褉屑懈, 泻芯谐邪褌芯 胁械褋褌褌邪 蟹邪 锌芯斜械写邪褌邪 胁懈 褋械 锌褉褗褋薪械 懈蟹 邪褉屑懈褟褌邪 屑懈, 屑薪芯谐芯 芯褌 褌芯胁邪, 泻芯械褌芯 褋械谐邪 褟 屑褗褔懈, 褖械 蟹邪谐谢褗褏薪械. 袧褟屑邪 写邪 懈屑邪 褉邪写芯褋褌薪懈 胁褗蟹谐谢邪褋懈 鈥� 薪械 褋褗屑 褌芯谢泻芯胁邪 谐谢褍锌邪胁邪 写邪 芯褔邪泻胁邪屑 薪械褖芯 锌芯写芯斜薪芯. 袧芯 薪邪泄-屑邪谢泻芯褌芯 褖械 懈屑邪 褍写芯胁谢械褌胁芯褉械薪懈械.鈥�
鈥炐斝笛佇敌夹惭€懈泄 褋械 芯斜褗褉薪邪 褉褟蟹泻芯 泻褗屑 小械薪泻芯褌褉芯薪.
鈥� 袣邪泻胁芯 斜械褕械 胁褋懈褔泻芯 褌芯胁邪? 些芯 蟹邪 泻芯胁邪褉薪邪 懈谐褉邪 薪懈 胁褗褉褌懈褕 褌褍泻?
孝芯褟谐邪褌邪 薪邪 小械薪泻芯褌褉芯薪 褋械 蟹邪胁褗褉褌褟 懈 褕懈斜薪邪 袘芯谐邪 薪邪 褌褉邪谐械写懈褟褌邪 锌褉械蟹 薪芯褋邪. 孝芯泄 蟹邪谢懈褌薪邪 懈 锌邪写薪邪 锌芯 蟹邪写薪懈泻.
鈥� 袧邪泄-写芯斜褉芯褌芯 芯褌 褌械斜 褋褌褉邪薪褋褌胁邪 胁 褋屑褗褉褌薪懈褟 褋胁褟褌, 褋褌邪褉懈 锌褉懈褟褌械谢褞 鈥� 懈蟹褋褗褋泻邪 小械薪泻芯褌褉芯薪. 鈥� 袩褉械写懈 屑薪芯谐芯 胁褉械屑械 褌懈 懈蟹芯褋褌邪胁懈 芯薪邪蟹懈 锌褉邪蟹薪芯褌邪, 薪邪褉械褔械薪邪 谐芯褉写芯褋褌. 袧邪泄-锌芯褋谢械 胁懈卸写邪屑 泻褗写械 褋械 械 写褟薪邪谢邪 褌褟...鈥�
鈥炩€� 效褍褏 械写薪芯-写褉褍谐芯 薪邪 胁谢懈蟹邪薪械. 孝胁褗褉写械 屑薪芯谐芯 胁褋褗褖薪芯褋褌. 鈥� 袩芯谐谢械写薪邪 邪写褞薪泻褌邪褌邪. 鈥� 鈥炐懶恍靶承狙佇恍拘残敌叫� 褋 懈褋褌懈薪邪褌邪.鈥� 小泻褗锌邪 屑懈 邪写褞薪泻褌邪, 斜懈 褌褉褟斜胁邪谢芯 胁械褔械 写邪 谐芯 蟹薪邪械褕. 袠褋褌懈薪邪褌邪 薪械 斜谢邪谐芯褋谢邪胁褟 薪懈泻芯谐芯. 袠褋褌懈薪邪褌邪 屑芯卸械 褋邪屑芯 写邪 锌褉芯泻谢懈薪邪.
袗写褞薪泻褌邪褌邪 褋褟泻邪褕 褋械 褋胁懈. 袩芯谐谢械写褗褌 褲 褋械 褋屑褗泻薪邪 泻褗屑 泻邪褉褌邪褌邪 薪邪 屑邪褋邪褌邪 懈 褌褟 锌褉芯屑褗谢胁懈:
鈥� 孝芯谐邪胁邪 屑芯谢褟, 褋械锌褌邪褉褏, 锌褉芯泻褗谢薪械褌械 薪懈 褋 薪褟泻芯谢泻芯 写褍屑懈 懈褋褌懈薪邪...鈥�
鈥炐ば感葱谎娧€ 薪械 褋械 懈蟹薪械薪邪写邪, 褔械 褍泻芯褉懈蟹薪械薪懈褟褌 谐谢邪褋 胁褗褌褉械 胁 薪械谐芯, 谐谢邪褋褗褌 薪邪 胁褋懈褔泻懈 芯薪械蟹懈 泻芯褉邪胁懈 懈蟹斜芯褉懈 薪邪锌褉械写, 斜械褕械 薪邪 校懈褋泻懈写卸邪泻. 袩芯褔褌懈 胁懈卸写邪褕械 芯褔懈褌械 薪邪 褋械褉卸邪薪褌邪 褋懈, 褋懈薪泻邪胁芯褋懈胁懈, 褋 褑胁械褌邪 薪邪 薪邪褌芯褔械薪芯 芯褉褗卸懈械, 褑胁械褌邪 薪邪 蟹懈屑薪芯 薪械斜械, 锌褉懈泻芯胁邪薪懈 胁 薪械谐芯 褋 芯薪蟹懈 褉邪蟹斜懈褉邪褖 锌芯谐谢械写, 泻芯泄褌芯 泻邪蟹胁邪:
鈥炐┬� 褋械 褋锌褉邪胁懈褕, 胁芯泄薪懈泻, 蟹邪褖芯褌芯 薪械 蟹薪邪械褕 写邪 锌褉邪胁懈褕 薪懈褖芯 写褉褍谐芯. 小锌褉邪胁褟薪械锟斤拷芯, 胁芯泄薪懈泻, 械 械写懈薪褋褌胁械薪芯褌芯 薪械褖芯, 胁 泻芯械褌芯 褋懈 写芯斜褗褉.鈥�
鈥炐捫感缎葱靶� 懈褋褌懈薪褋泻懈褟 薪懈 锌褉芯斜谢械屑, 锌褉懈褟褌械谢懈. 袧械 懈褋泻邪屑械 斜褗写械褖械褌芯, 懈褋泻邪屑械 屑懈薪邪谢芯褌芯. 小 薪芯胁芯 懈屑械. 袧芯 胁褋械 锌邪泻 屑懈薪邪谢芯褌芯, 芯薪蟹懈 懈蟹屑懈褋谢械薪 褋胁褟褌 薪邪 薪芯褋褌邪谢谐懈褟褌邪, 胁褋懈褔泻懈 薪邪褖褗褉斜械薪懈 泻褉邪懈褖邪 蟹邪谐谢邪写械薪懈. 袪邪泄鈥� 蟹邪 泻褉褗胁芯锌懈泄褑懈褌械.鈥�
鈥炐⌒感谎呅把� 褋械 懈蟹褋屑褟 谐芯褉褔懈胁芯.
鈥� 袨谐褗薪 薪邪 袟芯褉邪褌邪, 孝褞谢邪褋! 袟邪谐褍斜懈谢 褋懈 褎芯褉屑邪, 锌褉懈褟褌械谢褞. 袘械褕械 懈褉芯薪懈褟. 袘褉邪褌 屑懈 泻褉懈械谢 薪械褖邪 芯褌 屑械薪? 袝写胁邪 谢懈 械 褌芯谢泻芯胁邪 褋褗泻褉褍褕懈褌械谢薪芯 褉邪蟹泻褉懈褌懈械. 袗薪芯屑邪薪写褗褉 屑懈 械 写邪胁邪谢 屑薪芯谐芯 褍褉芯褑懈 蟹邪 谐芯褉写芯褋褌褌邪 屑懈. 袙褋械 薪械褖芯 械 锌褉懈褏胁邪薪邪谢芯.
鈥� 小胁械褌褗褌 械 薪械芯斜褟褌械薪, 薪芯鈥�
鈥� 鈥� 懈褋褌懈薪懈褌械 褋邪 褉褟写泻芯褋褌. 孝芯褔薪芯 褌邪泻邪.鈥�
鈥炐澬靶垦€械写, 胁 邪胁邪薪谐邪褉写邪 薪邪 泻芯谢芯薪邪褌邪, 胁懈写褟 薪褟泻芯谢泻芯 写褍褕懈. 袠蟹锌褉邪胁械薪懈. 袘褍写薪懈. 鈥炐⌒敌承� 褌褉褟斜胁邪 写邪 薪邪屑械褉褟 写芯褋褌芯泄薪邪 谢褗卸邪. 袠 邪泻芯 懈屑械褌芯 屑懈 褌褉褟斜胁邪 写邪 斜褗写械 锌褉芯泻褗谢薪邪褌芯 褋 锌芯褋谢械写薪懈褟 写褗褏 薪邪 褌械蟹懈 褔芯胁械褕泻懈 褋褗褖械褋褌胁邪, 褌邪泻邪 写邪 斜褗写械. 袩褉械褋褌褗锌谢械薪懈械褌芯 屑懈 斜械褕械 薪邪写械卸写邪褌邪. 袧邪泻邪蟹邪薪懈械褌芯 屑懈 械 写邪 胁懈写褟 泻邪泻 褋械 锌褉芯胁邪谢褟.鈥�
鈥炐澬� 孝鈥櫺恍靶� 袠屑邪褋褋 褋邪 锌芯薪邪褋褟谢懈 褌芯胁邪 薪邪泻邪蟹邪薪懈械 写褗谢谐芯, 邪 锌褉芯胁邪谢褗褌 薪邪 薪邪写械卸写邪褌邪 褋懈 懈屑邪 懈屑械. 袧邪褉懈褔邪 褋械 褋褌褉邪写邪薪懈械.鈥�
鈥炩€� 孝械蟹懈, 泻芯懈褌芯 褋锌芯屑械薪邪鈥� 斜芯谐芯胁械 谢懈 褋邪?
袣邪褔褍谢邪褌懈褟 褋胁懈 褉邪屑械薪械.
鈥� 袗褋褑械薪写械薪褌懈. 小谢芯卸薪芯褋褌褌邪 薪邪 褌芯胁邪 械 薪械胁褗芯斜褉邪蟹懈屑邪, 褔械褋褌薪芯 泻邪蟹邪薪芯. 效懈褋褌懈褟褌 屑邪褖邪斜 薪邪 薪械锌褉械写胁懈写懈屑懈褌械 褋谢褍褔邪泄薪芯褋褌懈鈥� 械, 锌褉懈 胁褋懈褔泻懈褌械 屑褍 芯褋芯斜械薪芯褋褌懈 薪械泻邪 薪械 芯斜胁懈薪褟胁邪屑械 小械薪泻芯褌褉芯薪 胁 薪械锌褉芯蟹芯褉谢懈胁芯褋褌. 小褗褖芯褌芯 屑芯卸械 写邪 褋械 泻邪卸械 懈 蟹邪 袣芯褌懈谢褜芯薪, 蟹邪褖芯褌芯 袩芯泻褉芯胁懈褌械谢褟褌 薪邪 褍斜懈泄褑懈褌械 写芯斜褉械 锌褉芯褍屑褟, 褔械 褌芯褔薪芯 泻邪泻褌芯 芯锌褉械写械谢械薪懈 懈薪写懈胁懈写懈 蟹邪褋谢褍卸邪胁邪褌 薪芯卸 胁 褋褗褉褑械褌芯, 褌邪泻邪 谐芯 蟹邪褋谢褍卸邪胁邪褌 懈 芯锌褉械写械谢械薪懈鈥� 懈写械懈.鈥�
鈥�...袙褗锌褉芯褋褗褌 械 薪械褋褗褖械褋褌胁械薪, 泻邪锌懈褌邪薪 袝谢邪谢械. 孝褗泻屑芯 薪械蟹薪邪械褖懈褟褌 薪邪泄-屑薪芯谐芯 泻芯锌薪械械 蟹邪 懈蟹泻褍锌谢械薪懈械.
孝褟 褋械 芯褌写褉褗锌薪邪, 芯褌懈写械 写芯 锌械褉懈谢芯褌芯 懈 蟹邪谐谢械写邪 胁褗谢薪懈褌械. 孝芯褔薪芯 薪邪 褌械蟹懈 小泻芯褉谐械薪 懈屑 泻邪蟹胁邪褕械 鈥炑堁冃啃叫靶恍糕€�.
鈥炐熝€懈 褏芯褉邪褌邪 胁褋褟泻邪 胁褟褉邪 薪械 斜械 薪懈褖芯 锌芯胁械褔械 芯褌 写懈屑, 锌芯薪褟泻芯谐邪 褌芯谢泻芯胁邪 谐褗褋褌, 褔械 写邪 蟹邪褋谢械锌懈, 邪 锌芯薪褟泻芯谐邪 鈥� 褑懈薪懈褔薪芯 锌褉芯蟹褉邪褔械薪. 袠 胁褋褟泻邪 胁褟褉邪 斜械 芯谐褗薪, 泻芯泄褌芯 锌芯谐谢褗褖邪褕械 褋芯斜褋褌胁械薪芯褌芯 褋懈 谐芯褉懈胁芯, 写芯泻邪褌芯 薪械 芯褋褌邪薪械 褋邪屑芯 锌械锌械谢. 袛芯泻芯谢泻芯褌芯 袚褍鈥櫺犙冃� 屑芯卸械褕械 写邪 锌褉械褑械薪懈, 械写懈薪褋褌胁械薪邪褌邪 写芯斜褉芯写械褌械谢, 泻芯褟褌芯 锌褉懈褌械卸邪胁邪褏邪 褏芯褉邪褌邪, 斜械 褌芯蟹懈 褌械褏械薪 褌邪谢邪薪褌 写邪 蟹邪锌芯褔胁邪褌 薪邪薪芯胁芯, 褋 泻褉械锌泻邪 褉械褕懈屑芯褋褌, 胁褗蟹褋褌邪薪芯胁械薪邪 胁褗胁 胁薪械蟹邪锌薪懈褟 斜谢褟褋褗泻 薪邪 锌芯写薪芯胁械薪懈褟 芯锌褌懈屑懈蟹褗屑, 胁 锌褗谢薪芯 锌褉械薪械斜褉械卸械薪懈械 泻褗屑 褍褉芯褑懈褌械, 泻芯懈褌芯 屑芯卸械褏邪 写邪 懈屑 锌褉械写谢芯卸邪褌 屑懈薪邪谢懈褌械 锌褉芯胁邪谢懈. 袠 薪褟屑邪褕械 写褉褍谐 懈蟹斜芯褉 芯褋胁械薪 写邪 锌褉懈蟹薪邪械 褋懈谢邪褌邪 薪邪 褌邪蟹懈 写芯斜褉芯写械褌械谢.鈥�
鈥炐炐叫狙� 孝鈥櫻冄冃恍靶�, 懈蟹写懈谐薪邪褌 薪邪 屑褟褋褌芯褌芯 薪邪 孝芯褉, 薪褟屑邪褕械 薪懈泻邪泻褗胁 薪械写芯褋褌邪褌褗泻. 袙褋褗褖薪芯褋褌, 邪泻芯 屑芯卸械 写邪 褋械 胁褟褉胁邪 薪邪 芯锌褉械写械谢械薪懈 褋谢褍褏芯胁械, 褌芯蟹懈 胁芯懈薪 械 锌芯-褋褌邪褉 芯褌 斜芯谐芯胁械褌械 薪懈, 邪 屑芯褖褌邪 屑褍 褋 泻褉械屑褗褔薪懈褟 屑褍 屑械褔 懈蟹芯斜褖芯 薪械 锌芯写谢邪谐邪屑 薪邪 褋褗屑薪械薪懈械. 袧械, 褌芯泄 锌褉懈械 褌邪蟹懈 褌懈褌谢邪 芯褌 谢褞斜芯胁 鈥� 泻褗屑 械写懈薪褋褌胁械薪邪褌邪 写褗褖械褉褟 薪邪 啸褗屑斜褉褗谢. 袧械 锌褉懈褌械卸邪胁邪褕械 褎邪薪邪褌懈蟹屑邪, 泻芯泄褌芯 锌芯-屑谢邪写懈褌械 胁芯懈薪懈 褌芯谢泻芯胁邪 懈褋泻邪褏邪 写邪 胁懈写褟褌 褍 褋胁芯褟 胁芯写邪褔. 袨褔懈褌械 屑褍 薪械 斜谢械褋褌褟褏邪 卸邪写薪懈 蟹邪 胁芯懈薪褋泻邪 褋谢邪胁邪, 邪 胁 谐谢邪褋邪 屑褍 鈥� 泻芯谢泻芯褌芯 懈 屑褗写褉懈 写邪 斜褟褏邪 写褍屑懈褌械 屑褍 鈥� 薪褟屑邪褕械 薪懈泻邪泻褗胁 锌谢邪屑.
鈥� 袧邪泻褉邪褌泻芯 泻邪蟹邪薪芯, 薪械 械 斜懈谢 锌芯谢懈褌懈泻.鈥�
鈥炐⑿敌沸� 褋褗薪懈褖邪 斜褟褏邪 泻邪褌芯 屑械写 薪邪 械蟹懈泻邪 褲, 薪邪褌械卸邪谢 芯褌 褋芯泻芯胁械褌械 薪邪 薪邪褋谢邪写邪 懈 蟹邪写芯胁芯谢褋褌胁芯. 袩芯写芯蟹懈褉邪褕械, 褔械 褌邪泻懈胁邪 褋褗薪懈褖邪 褋械 泻褉懈褟褌 胁 褋褗褉褑邪褌邪 薪邪 胁褋懈褔泻懈. 袣芯锌薪械卸懈 蟹邪 褋锌褉邪胁械写谢懈胁芯褋褌, 蟹邪 芯褌锌谢邪褌邪, 蟹邪 懈蟹褉邪胁薪褟胁邪薪械 薪邪 胁械蟹薪懈褌械. 袠, 褉邪蟹斜懈褉邪 褋械, 芯薪芯胁邪 谐芯褉褔懈胁芯 锌芯写屑芯谢薪芯 褌械褔械薪懈械 薪邪 蟹薪邪薪懈械, 褔械 胁褋懈褔泻芯 褌芯胁邪 械 薪械胁褗蟹屑芯卸薪芯, 褔械 褌芯谢泻芯胁邪 屑薪芯谐芯 斜懈 褋械 胁写懈谐薪邪谢芯 胁 褋褗锌褉芯褌懈胁邪, 胁 褋邪屑芯褋褗褏褉邪薪械薪懈械 写芯褉懈, 蟹邪 写邪 褋褗泻褉褍褕懈 褌芯蟹懈 褋褗薪, 泻褉械褏泻懈褌械 屑褍 泻芯褋褌懈, 褌褍锌褌械薪械褌芯 薪邪 褋褗褉褑械褌芯 屑褍 鈥� 写芯褉懈 褌芯 薪械 屑芯卸械褕械 写邪 芯褌薪械屑械 褋谢邪写泻邪褌邪 褉邪写芯褋褌, 写褉邪谐芯褑械薪薪邪褌邪 薪邪写械卸写邪.鈥�
鈥炩€� 袘芯谐芯胁械褌械 薪懈 锌芯写褉懈褌胁邪褏邪 写褗谢谐芯 胁褉械屑械. 袣芯谐邪 泻邪蟹胁邪屑械 褋褌懈谐邪?
鈥� 袗 邪泻芯 谐懈 薪褟屑邪褕械, 袙褗褉褏芯胁械薪 褞屑褉褍泻, 褖褟褏屑械 谢懈 写邪 褋械 褋锌褉邪胁懈屑 锌芯-写芯斜褉械?
鈥� 袧械 鈥� 芯褌胁褗褉薪邪 袩邪褉邪薪 懈 写芯斜邪胁懈 锌褉械蟹 褉邪屑芯, 褋谢械写 泻邪褌芯 谐芯 锌芯写屑懈薪邪: 鈥� 袧芯 褌芯谐邪胁邪 锌芯薪械 薪褟屑邪褕械 写邪 懈屑邪屑械 胁褗蟹屑芯卸薪芯褋褌 写邪 芯斜胁懈薪褟胁邪屑械 薪褟泻芯泄 写褉褍谐.鈥�
鈥炐懷娧€蟹懈褟 袘械薪 懈蟹谐谢械卸写邪褕械 褌邪泻邪, 胁褋械 械写薪芯 褋邪 谐芯 锌褉械斜懈谢懈. 袗 懈 锌芯谐谢械写褗褌 屑褍 斜械 褋褌邪薪邪谢 薪褟泻邪泻 锌谢邪褕谢懈胁, 褋褟泻邪褕 懈蟹锌褗谢薪械薪 褋 斜芯谢泻邪.
袩邪褉邪薪 泻懈屑薪邪.
鈥� 袙懈褋褕 屑邪谐. 孝芯谢泻芯胁邪 蟹谢械 谢懈 斜械褕械, 泻芯谢泻芯褌芯 胁懈卸写邪屑 锌芯 谢懈褑械褌芯 褌懈?
鈥� 袧械 褔邪泻. 袩褉芯褋褌芯 褋褗屑 锌芯懈蟹谐褍斜懈谢 锌褉邪泻褌懈泻邪. 肖懈薪械褋 屑懈 谢懈锌褋胁邪褕械, 屑懈褋谢褟.鈥�
鈥炐澬感盒拘� 芯褎懈褑械褉, 泻芯泄褌芯 薪懈 褌褍锌胁邪褏邪 薪邪 谐谢邪胁邪褌邪, 薪械 屑芯卸械褕械 写邪 懈蟹写褗褉卸懈. 袘褟褏屑械 褔邪褋褌, 泻芯屑邪薪写胁邪薪邪 芯褌 褋械褉卸邪薪褌懈, 校懈褋泻懈写卸邪泻 锌褉械写懈 胁褋懈褔泻芯, 懈 褋械褉卸邪薪褌懈褌械 褋褗谐谢邪褋褍胁邪褏邪 锌芯屑械卸写褍 褋懈 蟹邪锌芯胁械写懈褌械, 泻芯懈褌芯 写邪 写邪写邪褌 薪邪 泻邪锌懈褌邪薪懈褌械 懈 谢械泄褌械薪邪薪褌懈褌械, 懈 蟹邪锌芯胁械写懈褌械, 泻芯懈褌芯 写邪 褋锌褍褋薪邪褌 薪邪 薪邪褋. 袣邪泻褌芯 屑芯卸械褕 写邪 褋懈 锌褉械写褋褌邪胁懈褕, 胁懈褋褕械褌芯 泻芯屑邪薪写胁邪薪械 薪械 褏邪褉械褋胁邪褕械 屑薪芯谐芯 褌芯胁邪. 袨, 褋谢褍褕邪褏屑械 薪械泻芯谢褑懈薪邪, 褌械蟹懈, 蟹邪 泻芯懈褌芯 蟹薪邪械褏屑械, 褔械 褖械 褋邪 褋 薪邪褋 鈥� 袛邪褋械屑, 袛褍卸械泻, 褌械蟹懈, 蟹邪 泻芯懈褌芯 蟹薪邪械褏屑械, 褔械 谐懈 斜懈胁邪. 袧芯 芯褋褌邪薪邪谢懈褌械? 袟邪斜褉邪胁懈.鈥�
鈥炐⑿笛呅拘� 褋械 斜芯懈, 褔械 薪褟屑邪 写邪 褋械 胁懈写懈屑 锌芯胁械褔械. 袙褗锌褉械泻懈 胁褋懈褔泻懈 写芯褋邪写薪懈 谐谢褍锌芯褋褌懈 褋械 械 写芯斜谢懈卸懈谢 褌芯谢泻芯胁邪 写芯 褌芯胁邪 写邪 泻邪卸械 鈥炑佇毙拘承拘尖€�, 泻芯谢泻芯褌芯 斜懈 屑芯谐褗谢 写邪 谐芯 薪邪锌褉邪胁懈 褔芯胁械泻, 斜械蟹 写邪 懈蟹锌芯谢蟹胁邪 褋邪屑邪褌邪 写褍屑邪.鈥�
鈥炐椥叫把囆�, 泻邪褌芯 胁褋懈褔泻懈 薪邪褋, 泄 写邪写械 胁褋懈褔泻芯, 泻芯械褌芯 懈屑邪褕械. 袣邪泻 谐芯 锌褉邪胁懈 孝邪胁芯褉懈 褌芯胁邪?
鈥� 袩褉芯褋褌芯 褌懈 泻邪蟹胁邪 鈥� 芯褌胁褗褉薪邪 袣邪谢邪屑.
鈥� 袠 褌芯谢泻芯胁邪? 鈥� 懈蟹褋褍屑褌褟 袘褗褉蟹懈褟 袘械薪.
鈥� 袛邪. 袧懈泻邪泻胁懈 锌褉械写谢芯卸械薪懈褟 鈥� 薪懈泻邪泻胁懈 斜芯谐邪褌褋褌胁邪, 褌懈褌谢懈, 薪懈褖芯, 泻芯械褌芯 薪褟泻芯泄 芯褌 薪邪褋 斜懈 锌褉懈械谢 泻邪褌芯 芯褌锌谢邪褖邪薪械 懈谢懈 薪邪谐褉邪写邪. 袧械, 锌褉芯褋褌芯 褌械 谐谢械写邪 锌褉邪胁芯 胁 芯褔懈褌械 懈 褌懈 谐芯 泻邪蟹胁邪.鈥�
鈥炐熝娧€胁懈 屑械褔, 锌褉懈械屑邪屑械 褋 褉邪写芯褋褌 胁褗蟹屑芯卸薪芯褋褌褌邪, 泻芯褟褌芯 薪懈 写邪写械. 袛薪械褋 薪懈械 褖械 斜褗写械屑 褌胁芯懈褌械 斜谢懈卸薪懈. 袛薪械褋 薪懈械 褖械 斜褗写械屑 褌胁芯懈 褋械褋褌褉懈 懈 斜褉邪褌褟.鈥�
袧邪 褌芯胁邪 袨薪芯褋 孝鈥櫻冄冃恍靶� 薪械 屑芯卸邪 写邪 薪邪屑械褉懈 芯褌谐芯胁芯褉. 袩芯泻芯谢械斜邪 褋械 褋褟泻邪褕 写褗谢谐芯, 屑薪芯谐芯 写褗谢谐芯 胁褉械屑械. 袗 褋谢械写 褌芯胁邪 芯褌 写褗谢斜懈薪懈褌械 薪邪 褋褗褖械褋褌胁芯褌芯 屑褍 褋械 薪邪写懈谐薪邪 褋褌褉邪薪薪芯 褔褍胁褋褌胁芯, 褍褋械褖邪薪械 蟹邪鈥� 蟹邪 褉邪蟹锌芯蟹薪邪胁邪薪械.
鈥� 袟薪邪褔懈 褖械 褋褌械 屑芯懈 斜谢懈卸薪懈 薪邪 褌芯蟹懈 写械薪. 袗 褋褉械写 褋胁芯懈褌械 斜谢懈卸薪懈, 薪械 褋褗屑 谢懈 薪邪泄-褋械褌薪械 褍 写芯屑邪?鈥�
鈥炐毿拘� 械 胁褉邪谐褗褌? 袙褉邪谐褗褌 械 锌芯褉邪卸械薪懈械褌芯. 袣褗写械 械 斜芯泄薪芯褌芯 锌芯谢械? 袙 褋褗褉褑械褌芯 薪邪 芯褌褔邪褟薪懈械褌芯. 袣邪泻 褋械 锌械褔械谢懈 锌芯斜械写邪褌邪? 孝褟 械 薪邪 褉褗泻邪 褉邪蟹褋褌芯褟薪懈械. 孝褉褟斜胁邪 褋邪屑芯 写邪 懈蟹斜械褉械褕 写邪 褟 锌芯蟹薪邪械褕. 袠薪邪褔械 胁懈薪邪谐懈 屑芯卸械褕 写邪 懈蟹屑邪屑懈褕...鈥�
鈥炐澬� 褋械 褋褗屑薪褟胁邪褕械 胁 斜谢邪谐芯褉芯写褋褌胁芯褌芯 薪邪 屑芯褌懈胁懈褌械 薪邪 邪写褞薪泻褌邪褌邪, 薪懈褌芯 胁 懈褋泻褉械薪芯褌芯 泄 褋褗褋褌褉邪写邪薪懈械, 褌谢邪褋泻邪褖芯 褟 写邪 褋械 褋褌褉械屑懈 泻褗屑 薪械褖芯, 泻芯械褌芯 胁 芯褔懈褌械 薪邪 锌芯胁械褔械褌芯 褏芯褉邪 斜械褕械 斜褍泻胁邪谢薪芯 薪械锌芯褋褌懈卸懈屑芯. 袧芯 褌褍泻 懈屑邪褕械 芯褖械 薪械褖芯, 薪械褖芯, 泻芯械褌芯 胁褋械 芯褖械 芯褋褌邪胁邪褕械 褋泻褉懈褌芯.
袣芯谢泻芯 谢懈 谐芯谢械屑懈 褋褗褋褌褉邪写邪薪懈褟 褋械 锌芯褉邪卸写邪褌 芯褌 褌褗屑械薪 懈蟹褌芯褔薪懈泻? 袨褌 褋褗泻褉芯胁械薪芯 屑褟褋褌芯 薪邪 褌邪泄薪懈 锌褉芯胁邪谢懈?鈥�
鈥炐⌒残笛傂拘残笛傂� 薪懈 褋邪 褌芯谢泻芯胁邪 屑邪谢泻懈. 小褌褉褍胁邪褌 薪懈 褋械 斜械蟹泻褉邪泄薪懈 褋邪屑芯 蟹邪褖芯褌芯 褍屑芯胁械褌械 薪懈 锌芯斜懈褉邪褌 褏懈谢褟写懈 芯褌 褌褟褏 薪邪胁械写薪褗卸. 袧芯 邪泻芯 褋锌褉械屑 写邪 褋械 写胁懈卸懈屑, 邪泻芯 褋械 蟹邪写褗褉卸懈屑 薪邪 械写薪芯 屑褟褋褌芯, 邪泻芯 褋懈 锌芯械屑械屑 写褗褏 懈 芯谐谢械写邪屑械 薪邪芯泻芯谢芯鈥� 胁褋懈褔泻芯 褋懈 械 胁褋械 褋褗褖芯褌芯. 袨褋胁械薪 薪褟泻芯懈 屑邪谢泻懈 锌芯写褉芯斜薪芯褋褌懈. 袠蟹谐褍斜械薪懈褌械 胁械泻芯胁械 薪械 褋邪 薪懈褌芯 锌芯胁械褔械, 薪懈褌芯 锌芯-屑邪谢泻芯 写褗谢斜芯泻懈 芯褌 褌芯蟹懈, 胁 泻芯泄褌芯 卸懈胁械械屑 褋械谐邪. 袦懈褋谢懈屑 褋懈, 褔械 胁褋懈褔泻芯 械 薪褟泻邪泻胁邪 懈薪械褉褑懈褟 薪邪锌褉械写, 斜械蟹泻褉邪泄薪芯 芯褋褌邪胁褟薪械 薪邪 薪械褖邪 蟹邪写 薪邪褋 懈 锌芯褋褟谐邪薪械 薪邪锌褉械写. 袧芯 懈褋褌懈薪邪褌邪 械, 褔械 薪邪 泻芯械褌芯 懈 屑褟褋褌芯 写邪 褋械 芯蟹芯胁械屑 鈥� 褋 胁褋懈褔泻懈褌械 屑褍 斜谢械褋褌褟褖懈 写邪褉芯胁械, 鈥� 薪懈械 锌褉芯褋褌芯 褋械 写胁懈卸懈屑 胁 泻褉褗谐芯胁械.鈥�
鈥炐澬感� 胁芯泄薪懈褑懈褌械 懈屑邪屑械 褋邪屑芯 械写薪邪 屑芯薪械褌邪, 泻芯褟褌芯 褋褌褉褍胁邪 薪械褖芯, 懈 褌褟 褋械 薪邪褉懈褔邪 褍胁邪卸械薪懈械. 袠 褟 泻褗褌邪屑械, 泻褉懈械屑 褟 懈 薪褟屑邪 薪懈泻芯泄, 泻芯泄褌芯 斜懈 屑芯谐褗谢 写邪 薪懈 薪邪褉械褔械 褖械写褉懈. 袧械 褏邪褉褔懈屑 谢械褋薪芯. 袧芯 懈屑邪 薪械褖芯 锌芯-谢芯褕芯 芯褌 褌芯胁邪 写邪 褌褉褟斜胁邪 写邪 锌芯褏邪褉褔懈褕 屑芯薪械褌邪褌邪 鈥� 褌芯 械 泻芯谐邪褌芯 薪褟泻芯泄 懈蟹谢械蟹械 懈 薪懈 褟 褏胁褗褉谢懈 芯斜褉邪褌薪芯.鈥�
鈥炐熜狙佈傂靶惭徰埿� 谐芯 写邪 泻芯屑邪薪写胁邪 褑械薪褌褗褉邪 鈥� 胁械褉芯褟褌薪芯 褋褉械褖褍 褌械卸泻邪 锌械褏芯褌邪 鈥� 褋褉械写 屑邪谢邪蟹邪薪褋泻懈 胁芯泄薪懈褑懈, 泻芯懈褌芯 谐芯 锌褉械蟹懈褉邪褏邪. 袘械褕械 褋锌邪褋懈谢邪 卸懈胁芯褌邪 屑褍 褋邪屑芯 蟹邪 写邪 谐芯 蟹邪褏胁褗褉谢懈 褋械谐邪 鈥� 懈 泻邪泻 胁 褌芯胁邪 懈蟹芯斜褖芯 屑芯卸械褕械 写邪 懈屑邪 薪褟泻邪泻胁邪 谢芯谐懈泻邪?
鈥� 袗写褞薪泻褌邪, 芯褔邪泻胁邪褌械 谢懈 写邪 胁懈 斜谢邪谐芯写邪褉褟?
鈥� 袝写懈薪褋褌胁械薪芯褌芯 芯褔邪泻胁邪薪械, 泻芯械褌芯 械 芯褌 薪褟泻邪泻胁邪 胁邪卸薪芯褋褌, 挟屑褉褍泻, 蟹邪褋褟谐邪 泻芯屑邪薪写胁邪薪械褌芯 薪邪 褑械薪褌褗褉邪 锌芯 薪邪泄-写芯斜褉懈褟 胁褗蟹屑芯卸械薪 薪邪褔懈薪.
鈥� 袧褟屑邪 写邪 屑懈 褋械 锌芯写褔懈薪褟褌.
鈥� 些械 褋械 锌芯写褔懈薪褟褌.
鈥� 袟邪褖芯?
鈥� 袟邪褖芯褌芯 薪褟屑邪 写邪 懈屑邪 薪懈泻芯泄 写褉褍谐.
鈥炐澬感盒拘� 写褉褍谐?!鈥�
鈥炐� 褋邪屑芯 锌邪写薪邪谢懈褌械 屑芯谐邪褌 写邪 褋械 胁写懈谐薪邪褌 芯褌薪芯胁芯.鈥�
鈥炐ば感葱谎娧€ 胁锌懈 锌芯谐谢械写 胁 屑邪谐褜芯褋薪懈泻邪.
鈥� 袠褋褌懈薪褋泻芯 谢懈 斜械褕械, 袘褗褉蟹邪泻? 孝芯胁邪, 泻芯械褌芯 胁懈写褟褏 鈥� 写邪谢懈 薪械鈥�
袦邪谐褜芯褋薪懈泻褗褌 屑邪褏薪邪 褋 褉褗泻邪 写邪 谐芯 锌芯褋谢械写胁邪褌 泻褗屑 褉褗斜邪 薪邪 锌谢芯褖邪写泻邪褌邪. 袩芯褋芯褔懈 械写薪邪 褋邪屑芯褌薪邪 褎懈谐褍褉邪 写邪谢械褔械 写芯谢褍, 薪械 锌芯胁械褔械 芯褌 褋懈谢褍械褌, 褋 谐褉褗斜 泻褗屑 褌褟褏.
鈥� 袛褗褉卸懈褕 谢懈 写邪 谐芯 锌芯锌懈褌邪褕, 肖懈写?
鈥炐斝� 谐芯 锌芯锌懈褌邪屑? 小谢械写 胁褋懈褔泻芯, 泻芯械褌芯 薪邪锌褉邪胁懈褏屑械鈥� 泻邪泻 写邪 褉邪蟹斜懈褉邪屑 褌芯胁邪? 袛邪 谐芯 锌芯锌懈褌邪屑? 袗 邪泻芯 屑懈 芯褌谐芯胁芯褉懈?鈥�
鈥� 袧械 鈥� 芯褌胁褗褉薪邪 褌芯泄.鈥�
鈥�...袟薪邪械褕械 蟹薪邪褔懈?
鈥� 袪邪蟹斜懈褉邪 褋械. 袠 泻邪褌芯 薪懈褖芯 斜懈 屑芯谐谢芯 写邪 褌械 褋褌褗锌懈褋邪, 薪芯 芯写芯斜褉褟胁邪屑.
袣芯褌懈谢褜芯薪 褋械 懈蟹胁褗褉薪邪 泻褗屑 薪械谐芯 懈 谐芯 懈蟹谐谢械写邪 懈蟹薪械薪邪写邪薪芯.
鈥� 袩芯写芯蟹懈褉邪褏, 褔械 胁褋械 褌褉褟斜胁邪 写邪 懈屑邪褕 褋褗褉褑械.
鈥� 袧械 斜褗写懈 懈写懈芯褌. 袩褉芯褋褌芯 芯斜懈褔邪屑鈥� 褋懈屑械褌褉懈褟褌邪.鈥�
鈥�...袙芯懈薪懈 袛卸邪谐褗褌 褋械 斜褟褏邪 褋褗斜褉邪谢懈 芯泻芯谢芯 屑芯谐懈谢邪, 胁写懈谐薪邪褌邪 写邪 锌芯斜械褉械 锌邪写薪邪谢懈褌械 袠屑邪褋褋.
袦褗谢褔邪褏邪, 泻邪泻褌芯 锌芯写芯斜邪胁邪 蟹邪 褌邪泻褗胁 屑懈谐 鈥� 屑懈谐 懈蟹锌褗谢薪械薪 褋 锌芯褔懈褌 懈 褋 写褗谢斜芯泻邪 褋泻褉褗斜 蟹邪 写褉褍谐邪褉懈, 锌邪写薪邪谢懈 胁 芯斜褖邪 斜懈褌泻邪, 蟹邪 胁褉械屑械, 懈蟹卸懈胁褟薪芯 薪邪锌褗谢薪芯 鈥� 薪芯 锌褉懈 胁褋械 褌芯胁邪 斜械褕械 屑褗谢褔邪薪懈械, 薪邪褌械卸邪谢芯 芯褌 懈褉芯薪懈褟.鈥�
鈥炩€� 袧懈泻芯谐邪 薪械 屑懈 械 褏邪褉械褋胁邪谢邪 褌邪蟹懈 懈褋褌芯褉懈褟.
鈥� 袣芯褟? 鈥� 锌芯锌懈褌邪 褌褟.
鈥� 袟邪 谢褞斜懈屑邪褌邪鈥� 懈蟹谐褍斜械薪邪 锌芯写 谢褍薪邪褌邪, 谐谢械写邪 谐褉邪写懈薪邪褌邪 褋懈 褋邪屑邪.
鈥� 袧械 械 褋褗胁褋械屑 褌邪泻邪. 袠褋褌芯褉懈褟褌邪 懈屑邪屑 锌褉械写胁懈写.鈥�
September 13, 2019
I can't give anything but a 5 rating for the whole series!!!
"... 鈥淣ostalgia was like a disease, one that crept in and stole the colour from the world and the time you lived in. Made for bitter people. Dangerous people, when they wanted back what never was.鈥�...
However, this was one of the most difficult on my psyche read I have ever embarked on... And I recommend it to every adult out there... !
"... 鈥淎gainst a broken heart, even absurdity falters.
Because words fall away.
A dialogue of silence.
That deafens.鈥�...
I finished... I feel like I have been run over by a bulldozer!!! I am emotionally exhausted and completely spent... I have no coherent thoughts at the moment... I need a drink! And some chocolate ice cream... Review? Eventually, when I can actually give the thinking to my brain, not to my soul...
"... 鈥淎nd now the page before us blurs.
An age is done. The book must close.
We are abandoned to history.
Raise high one more time the tattered standard
Of the Fallen. See through the drifting smoke
To the dark stains upon the fabric.
This is the blood of our lives, this is the
Payment of our deeds, all soon to be
Forgotten.
We were never what people could be.
We were only what we were.
Remember us.鈥�
鈥� Steven Erikson, The Crippled God...
"... 鈥淣ostalgia was like a disease, one that crept in and stole the colour from the world and the time you lived in. Made for bitter people. Dangerous people, when they wanted back what never was.鈥�...
However, this was one of the most difficult on my psyche read I have ever embarked on... And I recommend it to every adult out there... !
"... 鈥淎gainst a broken heart, even absurdity falters.
Because words fall away.
A dialogue of silence.
That deafens.鈥�...
I finished... I feel like I have been run over by a bulldozer!!! I am emotionally exhausted and completely spent... I have no coherent thoughts at the moment... I need a drink! And some chocolate ice cream... Review? Eventually, when I can actually give the thinking to my brain, not to my soul...
"... 鈥淎nd now the page before us blurs.
An age is done. The book must close.
We are abandoned to history.
Raise high one more time the tattered standard
Of the Fallen. See through the drifting smoke
To the dark stains upon the fabric.
This is the blood of our lives, this is the
Payment of our deeds, all soon to be
Forgotten.
We were never what people could be.
We were only what we were.
Remember us.鈥�
鈥� Steven Erikson, The Crippled God...
March 4, 2024
Speechless.
Let the Malazan hangover commence in 3, 2, 1鈥�
Let the Malazan hangover commence in 3, 2, 1鈥�
May 1, 2021
4.5
Ha sido un largo viaje a lo largo de much铆simas p谩ginas durante estos dos a帽os en los que he estado leyendo la saga. No ha sido un viaje f谩cil. Ha tenido altibajos, y como sab茅is, momentos muy cerca del final que me hicieron pensar que terminar铆a esta saga con mal pie, a pesar de que hasta el s茅ptimo libro pr谩cticamente todos los libros se iban llevando la puntuaci贸n m谩xima.
"Polvo de sue帽os" no me gust贸, y pensaba que este, al ser realmente su segunda mitad, ir铆a por el mismo camino. No ha sido as铆. A煤n no s茅 si es cosa m铆a que lo he cogido con m谩s gana, si realmente es mejor libro, o si es el hecho de que Erikson se suele lucir en los finales... El caso es que "El dios tullido" me ha transportado a la experiencia leyendo libros anteriores de la saga y me ha recordado por qu茅 me gusta tanto, a pesar de que a veces pueda hacerse un poquito cuesta arriba.
No tiene la puntuaci贸n m谩xima porque no voy a mentir, tampoco es mi libro favorito de los diez, creo que hay otros mejores. Tambi茅n he echado en falta la presencia de algunos personajes en este final, y sentido que algunos no ten铆an mayor relevancia a pesar de que durante el resto de los libros parec铆a que iban a tener un papel fundamental. Sin embargo... Erikson me lo ha compensado con otros personajes muy queridos que s铆 hacen por fin acto de presencia, con momentos tiernos, emotivos y 茅picos entre ellos, y con un final para mi perfectamente cerrado y a la altura de la saga. Me ha hecho llorar en varios momentos y estar pegada a las p谩ginas. Los dos 煤ltimos cap铆tulos (largos como un d铆a sin pan) son absolutamente incre铆bles.
Empec茅 el libro con poca fe, pero sobre el 30% ya fue un no parar y supe que la experiencia ser铆a totalmente diferente a la de "Polvo de sue帽os". Cosa que no sab茅is cuando me alegra y alivia, porque no quer铆a cerrar este libro con mal sabor de boca despu茅s de lo mucho que he recomendado esta saga y de lo mucho que me ha llegado a transmitir.
驴Qu茅 m谩s puedo decir? Insistir en lo que siempre digo: dadle una oportunidad a Malaz y no os dej茅is llevar por el aura de complejidad que tiene la saga (muchas veces un poco inflada por los propios lectores). Que no os intimide. Si prob谩is y no es para vosotros, est谩 bien. Hay mil sagas de fantas铆a que os pueden gustar. Pero no os la perd谩is por "miedo". Tiene muchos personajes, es algo confusa en muchas ocasiones, y hay que leerla con atenci贸n y paciencia. Pero todo lo que os da, es muy superior a lo que os exige. Personajes profundos, bien construidos y variados, siendo un gran porcentaje de ellos femeninos (cosa que valoro enormemente). Reflexiones sobre la vida, la muerte, la guerra, la compasi贸n... Que muchas veces te pondr谩n los pelos de punta. Momentos 茅picos que te van a dejar con la boca abierta. Personajes que te har谩n soltar carcajadas en esos momentos en los que parec铆a que todo era gris. Y tanto escenas que te van a romper el coraz贸n, como otras que te lo dejar谩n calentito.
Malaz lo tiene todo. Y estoy segura de que, si le dais una oportunidad, muchos ya no vais a poder volver atr谩s, y seguir茅is a los ca铆dos hasta el final.
Un铆os a este largo viaje. Estoy segura de que no lo terminar茅is igual que lo empezasteis.
Ha sido un largo viaje a lo largo de much铆simas p谩ginas durante estos dos a帽os en los que he estado leyendo la saga. No ha sido un viaje f谩cil. Ha tenido altibajos, y como sab茅is, momentos muy cerca del final que me hicieron pensar que terminar铆a esta saga con mal pie, a pesar de que hasta el s茅ptimo libro pr谩cticamente todos los libros se iban llevando la puntuaci贸n m谩xima.
"Polvo de sue帽os" no me gust贸, y pensaba que este, al ser realmente su segunda mitad, ir铆a por el mismo camino. No ha sido as铆. A煤n no s茅 si es cosa m铆a que lo he cogido con m谩s gana, si realmente es mejor libro, o si es el hecho de que Erikson se suele lucir en los finales... El caso es que "El dios tullido" me ha transportado a la experiencia leyendo libros anteriores de la saga y me ha recordado por qu茅 me gusta tanto, a pesar de que a veces pueda hacerse un poquito cuesta arriba.
No tiene la puntuaci贸n m谩xima porque no voy a mentir, tampoco es mi libro favorito de los diez, creo que hay otros mejores. Tambi茅n he echado en falta la presencia de algunos personajes en este final, y sentido que algunos no ten铆an mayor relevancia a pesar de que durante el resto de los libros parec铆a que iban a tener un papel fundamental. Sin embargo... Erikson me lo ha compensado con otros personajes muy queridos que s铆 hacen por fin acto de presencia, con momentos tiernos, emotivos y 茅picos entre ellos, y con un final para mi perfectamente cerrado y a la altura de la saga. Me ha hecho llorar en varios momentos y estar pegada a las p谩ginas. Los dos 煤ltimos cap铆tulos (largos como un d铆a sin pan) son absolutamente incre铆bles.
Empec茅 el libro con poca fe, pero sobre el 30% ya fue un no parar y supe que la experiencia ser铆a totalmente diferente a la de "Polvo de sue帽os". Cosa que no sab茅is cuando me alegra y alivia, porque no quer铆a cerrar este libro con mal sabor de boca despu茅s de lo mucho que he recomendado esta saga y de lo mucho que me ha llegado a transmitir.
驴Qu茅 m谩s puedo decir? Insistir en lo que siempre digo: dadle una oportunidad a Malaz y no os dej茅is llevar por el aura de complejidad que tiene la saga (muchas veces un poco inflada por los propios lectores). Que no os intimide. Si prob谩is y no es para vosotros, est谩 bien. Hay mil sagas de fantas铆a que os pueden gustar. Pero no os la perd谩is por "miedo". Tiene muchos personajes, es algo confusa en muchas ocasiones, y hay que leerla con atenci贸n y paciencia. Pero todo lo que os da, es muy superior a lo que os exige. Personajes profundos, bien construidos y variados, siendo un gran porcentaje de ellos femeninos (cosa que valoro enormemente). Reflexiones sobre la vida, la muerte, la guerra, la compasi贸n... Que muchas veces te pondr谩n los pelos de punta. Momentos 茅picos que te van a dejar con la boca abierta. Personajes que te har谩n soltar carcajadas en esos momentos en los que parec铆a que todo era gris. Y tanto escenas que te van a romper el coraz贸n, como otras que te lo dejar谩n calentito.
Malaz lo tiene todo. Y estoy segura de que, si le dais una oportunidad, muchos ya no vais a poder volver atr谩s, y seguir茅is a los ca铆dos hasta el final.
Un铆os a este largo viaje. Estoy segura de que no lo terminar茅is igual que lo empezasteis.
May 28, 2020
Na kraju knjige imam dubok i uznemiruju膰i ose膰aj gubitka. Kao da sam izgubila ne拧to fenomenalno. Sa druge strane, jako mi je drago 拧to sam se upustila u avanturu zvanu The Malazan Book of the Fallen pre svega zahvaljuju膰i ljudima na 欧宝娱乐-u koji mi svakodnevno omogu膰avaju da otkrijem toliko dobrih knjiga koje ovako nikada ne bih pro膷itala.
Ova poslednja knjiga ima mana. Ima, i te kako.
-Postoji dosta pitanja na koja nisam dobila odgovore.
-Ima dosta sporednih pri膷a koje se nisu razjasnile.
-Ima dosta va啪nih likova koji su zapostavljeni u ovoj knjizi a zaslu啪uju mnogo vi拧e pa啪nje.
-Generalno, ima dosta likova koji su jednostavno nestali iz ovog serijala, mislila sam da 膰e se pojaviti ovde, ali nisu. A mo啪da sam i zaboravila 拧ta se sa njima desilo. Zbog toga postoji reread, zar ne? :)
Ipak, u ovaj roman sam u拧la sa nekom posebnom emocijom i ne mogu da ne budem velikodu拧na pri ocenjivanju. Ako ni拧ta drugo, neka to bude ocena za ukupni serijal.
I pored mana zavr拧etak romana ipak nije nezadovoljavaju膰i. Onaj glavni deo radnje je u potpunosti razre拧en i razja拧njen. Po膷etak je kao i u svim knjigama ovog serijala spor. Autor nas polako priprema za urnebes na poslednjih 300 strana. :) Toliko ima tu啪nih scena. Pravi emotivni rolerkoster.
Ova knjiga obiluje po啪rtvovanjem, herojstvom i saose膰anjem kako me膽u ljudima, tako i me膽u bogovima.
Neke pri膷e koje su mi bile nejasne i pitala sam se kako se one uop拧te uklapaju u glavni deo pri膷e
( npr. The Shake storyline ili The Snake storyline) ovde dobijaju smisao i prosto me teraju da se zastidim 拧to sam u nekoliko navrata pomislila da su dosadne.
艩to se 膷itavog serijala ti膷e mogu da ka啪em slede膰e:
Iako sam dosta toga zaboravila do sada scene poput: Chain of Dogs, The Siege of Coral, Y'Ghatan ili The Spire su mi toliko duboko urezane u se膰anje da mislim da ih nikada ne膰u zaboraviti.
Ono 拧to 膷ini ovaj serijal magi膷nim jesu likovi. Eriksonov uvid u ljudsku prirodu je fantasti膷an. Nema dobrih i lo拧ih momaka, svi imaju mane i to mi se svi膽a. Moj omiljeni lik ( sa svim manama i vrlinama) je Cotillion. Slede: Quick Ben, Brys Beddict, Fiddler, Tavore, Kalam, Tehol, Toc, Ganoes, Trull, Coltaine, Hellian, Rake.... Lik koji sam najvi拧e mrzela je Mallick Rel ( bez konkurencije je).
Dijalozi me膽u likovima su neverovatni. Samo na jednoj stranici knjige mo啪ete do膰i u situaciju da se raspla膷ete a ubrzo i nasmejete.
Ovo je zaista bilo nezaboravno putovanje.
I za kraj:
The Malazan Book of the Fallen book ratings ( from best to worst)
1. Midnight Tides
2. Memories of Ice
3. Deadhouse Gates
4. The Bonehunters
5. Dust of Dreams
6. The Crippled God
7. Reaper's Gale
8. Gardens of the Moon/ House of Chains
9. Toll the Hounds
Ova poslednja knjiga ima mana. Ima, i te kako.
-Postoji dosta pitanja na koja nisam dobila odgovore.
-Ima dosta sporednih pri膷a koje se nisu razjasnile.
-Ima dosta va啪nih likova koji su zapostavljeni u ovoj knjizi a zaslu啪uju mnogo vi拧e pa啪nje.
-Generalno, ima dosta likova koji su jednostavno nestali iz ovog serijala, mislila sam da 膰e se pojaviti ovde, ali nisu. A mo啪da sam i zaboravila 拧ta se sa njima desilo. Zbog toga postoji reread, zar ne? :)
Ipak, u ovaj roman sam u拧la sa nekom posebnom emocijom i ne mogu da ne budem velikodu拧na pri ocenjivanju. Ako ni拧ta drugo, neka to bude ocena za ukupni serijal.
I pored mana zavr拧etak romana ipak nije nezadovoljavaju膰i. Onaj glavni deo radnje je u potpunosti razre拧en i razja拧njen. Po膷etak je kao i u svim knjigama ovog serijala spor. Autor nas polako priprema za urnebes na poslednjih 300 strana. :) Toliko ima tu啪nih scena. Pravi emotivni rolerkoster.
Ova knjiga obiluje po啪rtvovanjem, herojstvom i saose膰anjem kako me膽u ljudima, tako i me膽u bogovima.
Neke pri膷e koje su mi bile nejasne i pitala sam se kako se one uop拧te uklapaju u glavni deo pri膷e
( npr. The Shake storyline ili The Snake storyline) ovde dobijaju smisao i prosto me teraju da se zastidim 拧to sam u nekoliko navrata pomislila da su dosadne.
艩to se 膷itavog serijala ti膷e mogu da ka啪em slede膰e:
Iako sam dosta toga zaboravila do sada scene poput: Chain of Dogs, The Siege of Coral, Y'Ghatan ili The Spire su mi toliko duboko urezane u se膰anje da mislim da ih nikada ne膰u zaboraviti.
Ono 拧to 膷ini ovaj serijal magi膷nim jesu likovi. Eriksonov uvid u ljudsku prirodu je fantasti膷an. Nema dobrih i lo拧ih momaka, svi imaju mane i to mi se svi膽a. Moj omiljeni lik ( sa svim manama i vrlinama) je Cotillion. Slede: Quick Ben, Brys Beddict, Fiddler, Tavore, Kalam, Tehol, Toc, Ganoes, Trull, Coltaine, Hellian, Rake.... Lik koji sam najvi拧e mrzela je Mallick Rel ( bez konkurencije je).
Dijalozi me膽u likovima su neverovatni. Samo na jednoj stranici knjige mo啪ete do膰i u situaciju da se raspla膷ete a ubrzo i nasmejete.
Ovo je zaista bilo nezaboravno putovanje.
I za kraj:
The Malazan Book of the Fallen book ratings ( from best to worst)
1. Midnight Tides
2. Memories of Ice
3. Deadhouse Gates
4. The Bonehunters
5. Dust of Dreams
6. The Crippled God
7. Reaper's Gale
8. Gardens of the Moon/ House of Chains
9. Toll the Hounds
July 25, 2017
Wow. Just wow. It took me a long time to get to this point, but it was so worth it. I can't say much about the book itself because I would just have to mark the whole review as a spoiler, but what I will say is Erikson has truly created a masterpiece.
Having so many characters and plot-lines makes it really difficult to tie together, and sometimes authors flop at the end or just never finish. Erikson is not one of those authors. He has one of the largest worlds, if not the largest, in fantasy fiction and yet he perfectly finishes this amazingly epic series.
If you're reading this review and you haven't yet started Malazan, now is the time to jump into Erikson's vast and beautiful world. Starting Gardens of the Moon is a daunting task: a huge book that is super confusing with 9 more super huge books to follow. I'm here to tell you that it is all worth it. This book, and this series, now proudly sits at the top of my favourites list and will likely not move from its position.
Having so many characters and plot-lines makes it really difficult to tie together, and sometimes authors flop at the end or just never finish. Erikson is not one of those authors. He has one of the largest worlds, if not the largest, in fantasy fiction and yet he perfectly finishes this amazingly epic series.
If you're reading this review and you haven't yet started Malazan, now is the time to jump into Erikson's vast and beautiful world. Starting Gardens of the Moon is a daunting task: a huge book that is super confusing with 9 more super huge books to follow. I'm here to tell you that it is all worth it. This book, and this series, now proudly sits at the top of my favourites list and will likely not move from its position.
May 2, 2014
Reread Review
Some six months after reading this book the first time I, along with some other hardcore Malazan veterans, with a lot of virgin Malazan readers in tow undertook the epic task of rereading the entire Malazan Book of the Fallen series. Sixteen months later here we are, finished again. Well done.
I'm not going to change my initial review of the book itself because I feel what I have already written(below) is sufficient for that purpose. What I really want to comment on is the experience of rereading the entire series. Having a look at my initial comments here I see that reading this series the first time around was at once very rewarding, but also quite frustrating at times. I am happy to report that the reread was a far superior experience to the extent that I would say the reward for reading this series is in being able to read it again.
A lot of my frustrations in not being able to connect the dots initially to a lot of the plot arcs turned into the satisfaction of discovering nuggets of missing links that had eluded me, and possibly would always have eluded me except I had undertaken to search for them retrospectively. On top of this was the added enjoyment that could only come from the discussion and sharing of ideas with new and old Malazan readers alike at The Malazan Fallen Book Club. I think this series, more than a lot of epic fantasy out there lends itself well to in depth group analysis and conversation. I think that the result of both the density of content in the books as well as Erikson's use of the unreliable narrator. I think there is only one or maybe two times in the whole series where we get an impartial omniscient view of the lay of the land. Most of the narration otherwise comes from POV characters who are imperfect and have an incomplete and often flawed perspective of what is actually true in the story. As such, you can have a single event described in different and often contradictory ways depending on who is telling a story. As such, even right at the end, there is no consensus of interpretations among members of the book club - which I like even if everyone else is wrong.
I think Erikson has succeeded in simulating somewhat the experience of archaeologists and anthropologists(of whom he is one) who must try to put together pieces of the past from fragments of scrolls, and ancient ruins, and bits of bone. Like all stories of the past we attempt to reconstruct, the evidence does not necessarily speak for itself (contrary to what Grissom on CSI says) - all evidence, particularly of the past, is interpreted through the filters of our individual biases and opinions and experience. And so we have had a book club that looks at the same book, the same evidence, and yet at times comes up with a variety of interpretations that has made for some very satisfying interaction.
I would also like to think that we have left behind a useful resource for other readers of the series who come after us - I'm not sure of anywhere else online where there is a separate non-spoilery thread for each and every chapter for each and every book of the whole Malazan Book of the Fallen series, so that regardless of where someone is in the series they can safely look for answers that may have eluded them.
To those Malazan fans who were there from the beginning, to those who joined us on the way, to those who contributed for a portion of the way - I salute you all. Thank you for marching with me through the oases as well the wastelands of this series and making the journey all that more enjoyable.
Initial review
Here ends my epic read of an epic series. I consider the completion of these 10 books as a personal achievement. To say I have enjoyed the series would be over simplistic. Certainly there have been some very memorable moments and some very memorable characters throughout the series. But there have also been a plethora of generic and non interesting characters. There have been story lines/arcs that have been fast paced - but also a lot of story arcs that appear painfully slow, pointless and uninteresting. The writing style also is difficult at times with Erikson having the annoying habit of assuming the reader should know or remember small tidbits or clues to puzzles so that when the final piece is delivered there is no need for him to describe the final picture. And often he doesn't. While this can be very rewarding at those times when I figure stuff out on my own, there are a lot of times when I'm not sure if I got everything or if I missed something on the way.
Having said all this, I have yet to read a book in the series where I felt I wasted my time. The battle and action sequences are intense. The world building and magic system is generally consistent and interesting. And the interesting characters are really interesting. I will hold on to a lot of memorable moments like Quick Ben outwitting Korbal Broach and Bauchelain, Anomander Rake and his sky keep, Kruppe moving deftly through the streets of Darujhistan using his immense powers to steal and consume cakes from venders, Ganoes Paran who became "Master of the Deck," Fiddler and his explosives, Kalam the Assassin, Whiskey Jack, Icarium Lifestealer, Tehol and Bugg, and there are more.
Reflecting on the series now I remember nearly giving up on the first book thinking that there were very few characters I cared about - but by this last book I have found myself attached to many of The Fallen and so take a moment to shed a tear for comrades lost either to battles within the pages or to those I have had to leave behind to fates I will never learn . . .sniff.
Spoilers for anyone who hasn't got this far yet
But enough of that. In this last book of the series we rejoin Tavore and the Bonehunters on a gruelling march across a glassy waste to cheat the gods and to right an ancient injustice. By the end of the previous book we have an almost complete picture now of the plan for the Crippled God - a plan hatched by Shadowthrone and Cotillion along with Rake, Hood and later on Ganoes Paran. The plan was simple - just release the Crippled God from his chains so he can go back to where he came from. What's so hard about that? Forkrul Assail for one. An elder race who intend to feed off the Crippled gods power to bring an end to the universe. And maybe we throw in some Elder god has-beens who intend to release the Otateral Dragon and bring an end to the world.
So did Shadow have a brilliant plan for countering all this magic and universe ending power? Well that's what the mere mortals are for. With blood and steel and a special one finger salute for anything with the word "elder" or/and "god" in front of it.
4 stars from me.
November 4, 2017
There were three different times in the last forty pages where I was emarrassingly sobbing. Thank god I was home alone and avoided having to explain myself to people that don't read. Explaining the impact of this stunning conclusion to those that need their entertainment spoon fed to them is beyond my capacity. That may sound judgemental but I try to expalin books to friends and they look at me like I'm crazy, they just don't get it. But you guys get it, and for that I'm grateful.
As others have stated sharing any favorite parts would be spoilers for earlier books so I wont go there but the bringing together of all that came before is ten to fifteen minute standing ovation worthy and maybe the satisfying in terms of how everything concluded. Ive only re-read maybe six or seven books my whole life but the complexity and flat out funness of this story demands a second go around to which I am very much looking forard to.
All ten books took roughly seven months to read and every book is a step above everything else in any category IMHO.
As others have stated sharing any favorite parts would be spoilers for earlier books so I wont go there but the bringing together of all that came before is ten to fifteen minute standing ovation worthy and maybe the satisfying in terms of how everything concluded. Ive only re-read maybe six or seven books my whole life but the complexity and flat out funness of this story demands a second go around to which I am very much looking forard to.
All ten books took roughly seven months to read and every book is a step above everything else in any category IMHO.
September 18, 2024
鈥淓n los momentos de muerte, el mundo r铆e鈥�.
Puntuaci贸n de este libro: 3.5-4
Puntuaci贸n total de la saga: 5
Ustedes no saben el peso que me acabo de quitar de encima. La termin茅. Pienso que es broma, pero est谩 acabada. Cinco a帽os de lecturas y relecturas han finalizado. Menos mal. Mi guerra con esta saga ha acabado.
No voy a hacer una rese帽a extensa. 驴Mereci贸 la pena? S铆, pero a qu茅 precio. 驴Me gust贸? S铆, pero no me encant贸. No creo que la considere la mejor saga que he le铆do en mi vida, ni me ha cambiado la vida ni nada por el estilo. Como dijo mi amiga: he pasado m谩s veces cabreada con la saga que contenta. No lo niego.
Ahora mismo no quiero saber nada de ellos. Ha sido una buena aventura, pero me toca pasar p谩gina. Mi cerebro me lo va a agradecer.
鈥淐ontempla la oscuridad. Oye mis gritos鈥�.
Puntuaci贸n de este libro: 3.5-4
Puntuaci贸n total de la saga: 5
Ustedes no saben el peso que me acabo de quitar de encima. La termin茅. Pienso que es broma, pero est谩 acabada. Cinco a帽os de lecturas y relecturas han finalizado. Menos mal. Mi guerra con esta saga ha acabado.
No voy a hacer una rese帽a extensa. 驴Mereci贸 la pena? S铆, pero a qu茅 precio. 驴Me gust贸? S铆, pero no me encant贸. No creo que la considere la mejor saga que he le铆do en mi vida, ni me ha cambiado la vida ni nada por el estilo. Como dijo mi amiga: he pasado m谩s veces cabreada con la saga que contenta. No lo niego.
Ahora mismo no quiero saber nada de ellos. Ha sido una buena aventura, pero me toca pasar p谩gina. Mi cerebro me lo va a agradecer.
鈥淐ontempla la oscuridad. Oye mis gritos鈥�.
November 3, 2020
"E ora la pagina davanti a noi appare sfocata.
脠 finita un'epoca. Il libro deve chiudersi.
Siamo abbandonati alla storia.
Si leva alto, per l'ultima volta, il logoro stendardo dei Caduti. Osservando attraverso la coltre di fumo si vedono le macchie scure sul tessuto. 脠 il sangue delle nostre vite, 猫 il tributo versato per le nostre azioni, che presto saranno dimenticate.
Non siamo mai stati ci貌 che la gente potrebbe essere.
Siamo stati solo ci貌 che siamo stati.
Ricordatevi di noi."
脠 finita un'epoca. Il libro deve chiudersi.
Siamo abbandonati alla storia.
Si leva alto, per l'ultima volta, il logoro stendardo dei Caduti. Osservando attraverso la coltre di fumo si vedono le macchie scure sul tessuto. 脠 il sangue delle nostre vite, 猫 il tributo versato per le nostre azioni, che presto saranno dimenticate.
Non siamo mai stati ci貌 che la gente potrebbe essere.
Siamo stati solo ci貌 che siamo stati.
Ricordatevi di noi."
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