Book review

Appallingly good





I'm not used to giving personally opinionated reviews, but in this case I will.



Gardens of the Moon is the first book in Steven Erikson’s saga Malazan Book of the Fallen.



Firstly I wish to note the sheer magnitude of the story. This is just the first book of the series, but after digging in, one easily realizes that this is just the tip of an enormous iceberg.



As a dedicated devourer of fantasy literature, I thought I had experienced it all. Boy, was I wrong.

This is a work of art that shows the infinite and multiple dimensions that a skilled writer can pack into one book.



The pace in which the story hammers you with new characters, histories, races, plot twists and

belief- and magic systems leaves you feeling as if you have just survived a heavy artillery bombardment.



That said, I don't recommend this book for anyone new to fantasy literature, but if you consider yourself a hard-core fan of the genre and you haven’t read this book, you are really missing out on a gem.



There can be no doubt in why this series is widely considered as one of the pillars of fantasy literature. What makes this little disturbing is that, from what I’ve heard, the book is even better on the second or third reading.

