/lit/ - Literature

MALAZAN IS THE FUCKIN SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT
i mean it's really good and i like it

>>10883200
Malazan is God tier fantasy. i dare say the ONLY God tier fantasy in existence. because of that, and because of it's length, anyone who says it is NOT god tier fantasy has not even finished the first book e.g. this first poster >>10883332 who claims "there's no payoff to buildups" LOL! Malazan is literally the ultimate buildup/payoff literature. never before has there been such epic builups and payoffs.
People who refuse to get into it (looking at you again, first poster) have too low an attention span to take off the rose tinted glasses and realize that yes, if you invest the time, something CAN surpass the precious sacred Tolkien
I don't even like to get worked up about it anymore because it's really reached meme status to say Malazan is good and then have someone immediately say the same stuff about it (too long, no development, bad characters, etc. etc.)
yes, i will admit, the first book is mediocre, and the second book is kind of overcooked, but once you hit Memories of Ice, the shit BLOWS UP
alright i'm done preaching, i'm not even getting paid to say this shit. go ahead and send me a check if you want, Mr. Erikson (yes i'm aware that's a pseudonym)

>>10770275
read book two and then get right into book three famalam you'll be glad you did

>>10670459
this has become sort of a meme at this point, but it really is unironically the best fantasy series by far
though i will admit that is not saying a whole lot when compared to literary fiction (yes i'm a snob who shits on genrefic)
that being said, it really is good when you desire a fantasy fix, though it starts quite slow and is somewhat difficult
do NOT give up before pic relate (Book 3)
if you still don't like it after Book 3, then give up, but you will like, a lot