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Toll The Hounds by Steven Erikson

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

I don't know what to say other than that this is the most "Malazan" book in the series so far. Truly fantastic. Equal parts the most epic fantasy you've ever read and the most introspective philosophizing you've ever heard. The themes of redemption in this book are especially compelling and thought-provoking for me with my Christian background.
I mean, a good portion of the book is focused on a young god literally called the Redeemer.
The Stonny/Harllo story line is one of the best in this whole series so far. It's so human, so mundane, so heartfelt against this extreme sword-and-sorcery backdrop. 
I'll be turning around some of the implications of the narration courtesy of
Kruppe
in my head for a while. I think it likely now that the "Book of the Fallen" is
an epic work in-universe, penned by Fisher Kel Tath, given that the novel is framed as Kruppe telling the story to both K'rul and Fisher
.
I don't have much more to say other than that I'm extremely excited to get to books 9 and 10, which I'm assured are intended as one giant novel. I desperately hope that Erikson can stick the landing on this series. I'm daring to hope.
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