Midnight Tides
Sep. 4th, 2014 11:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alobearMidnight Tides by Steven Erikson is the fifth Malazan Book of the Fallen book, and definitely the best so far. It's almost stand-alone, since I think it includes only a couple of characters who have been in the series before, and it combines tremendous power, occasional horror, ridiculous humour and really memorable characters.
There's a quote on the back that sums it up far better than I ever could:
"Marvellously gripping... a riveting read, punctuated as ever with pockets of humour and fantastically individual characters."
That is absolutely spot on and why I love this series so much - its scope is huge, but so is its heart, and the tiniest detail is just as significant and compelling as its most far-reaching global consequences.
I've been told that the next in the series doesn't quite live up to this last one, so I'm going to have a good long break before continuing, so as not to ruin it with unrealistic expectations.
There's a quote on the back that sums it up far better than I ever could:
"Marvellously gripping... a riveting read, punctuated as ever with pockets of humour and fantastically individual characters."
That is absolutely spot on and why I love this series so much - its scope is huge, but so is its heart, and the tiniest detail is just as significant and compelling as its most far-reaching global consequences.
I've been told that the next in the series doesn't quite live up to this last one, so I'm going to have a good long break before continuing, so as not to ruin it with unrealistic expectations.
