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House of Chains by Steven Erikson

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vivectelvanni's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

I really enjoyed the switch-up from Erikson here. The direct POV of Karsa Orlong for the first 1/4th of the book or so was a total change from the previous entries in the Malazan series. I became attached to Karsa even though he was absolutely diabolical in the first part of the book. Later on, he ascends to become an absolutely terrifying unstoppable force.

Like all other Malazan novels so far the plot is winding and strange. There are surprises and strange appearances of other characters, gods, and crazy deaths. I took longer with this entry because, while I came to really enjoy it, the concentration on Karsa for the first portion of the book was very different from the plot and the highly important events at the end of Memories of Ice. I do like that the characters on the Seven Cities continent are aware or hear about the events happening near simultaneously in Memories of Ice on another continent.

Onward to Midnight Tides!

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cosmicpootz's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned just ask the whirlwind goddess.

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deinol's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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becsti's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

4.75

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tjm1618's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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pagesofash's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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deftly's review against another edition

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adventurous dark reflective sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

While I enjoyed this book, a good portion of the storylines I just didn't really care for. Outside of Cutter/Apsalar, Tavore/Sha'ik, Trull/Onrak the other storylines didn't do much for me.

I'm sure that on a reread this book will probably be better since a good portion of the book introduces details and plots that won't come into play until the later books. Without the knowledge of how those plots play out later, I can't appreciate the setup as much. It's a very similar situation to my first time reading A Feast for Crows, I didn't really enjoy that book initially but after reading ADWD and rereading AFFC my appreciation for the book increased a lot. I'll reread this in the future and see how my opinion changes.

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