The Bonehunters by Steven EriksonMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
What a ride.
Wow.
I don't think anything I will ever read will come close to the magnificence and scope of Malazan books. These books not only tax your brain and your ability to understand, but also strain your brain when it comes to remembering all the plotlines that weave through the narrative like a complex web built by spiders that are high on fucked up drugs.
You can read one Malazan book every year and you won't need to read anything else. I am so happy after reading this book. The action sequences were way beyond anything I've read. The poetry of the words was exhilarating, the history of the Malazan world, the characters, the cities, the cultures, the friendships, the humor (oh the funny bits), the heartbreaks, the badassness of characters like Karsa fucking Orlong and Kamal Mekhar, it all creates such a heady mixture of literary accomplishment and storytelling excellence that nothing can come close.
George RR Martin, sit the fuck down and just give up. Your ASOIAF is nothing compared to even one book of Malazan.
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