Its been almost 10 years since my last full reread so I decided to start it off by doing the ICE Books first. And you know what, reading the Path to Ascendency books first and then going into NOK and then going into GoTM is really nice. If I knew any new readers it might be something I would really recommend.
Im finding the ICE books are a very nice way to start that doesnt overwhelm the reader. They explain warrens and the world but lay it out in a gradual fashion. There is only one continent to worry about at the start as well and the number of major players is limited. Most importantly their is less of the massive infodump of stuff that the reader has to figure out is what in GoTM.
I know people have their complaints about ICE's writing (and I'm not looking forward to the reread of RoTCG as I think that one is bad) but I have to say, I'm imagining an intro to a new reader for the Malazan world and now I would probably not recommend GOTM and say to just try out the ICE ones first. Then if they dont like that, to jump to GOTM then.
This post has been edited by blackzoid: 09 October 2020 - 05:24 PM