How is it?

>>9863791
Good

Bloated and often tedious. It also peaks with the fourth book and Erikson becomes more and more preachy as the series progresses. But the battles are top notch and it certainly feels epic.

>>9863791
Far and away the best epic fantasy ever written. It gets a little more dense as it goes on, so a lot of people like to say the later books are worse, but I honestly thought it got better towards the end. The Crippled God is an almost perfect ending.

>>9863855
How does it compare to Orlando Furioso, The Worm Ouroboros, The Solar Cycle and Lord of the Rings? You're clearly an expert on the topic.

>>9863879
Haven't read the first two, it's only a little better than the Solar Cycle, but that comes down to opinion. I think The Lord of the Rings is overrated be nostalgialords, it's just a YA fantasy that was incredibly inventive on its time.

>>9863791

garbage like all genre fiction

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How is it?

>>9863791
Written by a retard, for retards. >>9863925 is proof.

>>9863791
great. Don't speedread it though or you will join the hordes of brainlets who don't read the poems and then complain about stuff not being explained.

>>9864121
That and use the maps provided.

>>9863818
This, the second third and fourth books stand out then quality drops immensely and in a linear fashion.

>>9863925
my god, malazan readers are constantly reaching new lows of autism

>>9864523
Explain.