Senne

The character work in this book is absolutely amazing! I loved every second of it.
Emotions are beautifully written.

I love Murderbot!

This was a step up from Leviathan Wakes. I loved that the writers added more POV's with very different personalities. The characters are well written and I felt more emotionally involved with them than in LW.
I definitely liked the fast pace and all of the action in this book.

There were things that I absolutely loved about this book and it had the potential to be an easy 5 star read.
However, I really disliked the completely unnecessary age gap and repetitive writing. I'm also still scarred from sjm's mating bonds and this was unfortunately also used in this book.

I really thought this was going to be a 4 or 5 star review, but in the end I couldn't give it that.
I loved what Erikson did with the world building. It's obvious that he constructed an amazing and elaborate world. Erikson created a great atmosphere in this book and I'm impressed how fast-paced this was. There is something happening at every single page.

However, I got really frustrated with the needless complexity as the story progressed. So the world building is both a pro and con for me. There were way too many pov's, races, gods, ... I don't immediately dislike complex books, but I feel like the confusion that was created didn't add to the story at all.

What a beautiful, unique, emotional and powerful story!

Wow, what a book! For me, this was a huge step up from GoTM and I finally start to see why people love Malazan. It's still a complex book, but I was more able to understand the story and to not get lost in the density. I didn't have a big need for a companion guide for example.

The best part of Malazan so far is that it completely sinks into my mind. After GoTM I couldn't stop thinking about it and this was also the case while reading DG. During the day I wandered off to think about certain aspects of the story or the characters. I wasn't expecting this to be such an emotional book and it also raises important questions about loneliness, friendship, resilience, racism, humanity, hope, ...

This was a quick and easy read, but I felt a bit let down. I do think that was mostly because my own high expectations, which were never achieved.