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Least Favourite Malazan Novels Revisited

Poll: Least Favourite Malazan Novels (97 member(s) have cast votes)

Least Favourite Novel

  1. Gardens of the Moon (10 votes [10.31%])

    Percentage of vote: 10.31%

  2. Deadhouse Gates (5 votes [5.15%])

    Percentage of vote: 5.15%

  3. Memories of Ice (2 votes [2.06%])

    Percentage of vote: 2.06%

  4. House of Chains (24 votes [24.74%])

    Percentage of vote: 24.74%

  5. Midnight Tides (13 votes [13.40%])

    Percentage of vote: 13.40%

  6. The Bonehunters (3 votes [3.09%])

    Percentage of vote: 3.09%

  7. Reaper's Gale (10 votes [10.31%])

    Percentage of vote: 10.31%

  8. Toll the Hounds (13 votes [13.40%])

    Percentage of vote: 13.40%

  9. Return of the Crimson Guard (7 votes [7.22%])

    Percentage of vote: 7.22%

  10. Dust of Dreams (10 votes [10.31%])

    Percentage of vote: 10.31%

Least Favourite Novella

  1. Blood Follows (14 votes [14.43%])

    Percentage of vote: 14.43%

  2. The Healthy Dead (17 votes [17.53%])

    Percentage of vote: 17.53%

  3. The Lees of Laughter's End (13 votes [13.40%])

    Percentage of vote: 13.40%

  4. Night of Knives (26 votes [26.80%])

    Percentage of vote: 26.80%

  5. Pot Crack'd Trail (27 votes [27.84%])

    Percentage of vote: 27.84%

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#41 User is offline   Kurt Montandon 

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Posted 09 May 2010 - 08:37 PM

I voted for Reaper's Gale primarily based on the whole "sophomoric humor/bathroom/body-function over-descriptiveness" that really peaked during that book - it started in Bonehunters to a degree, and thankfully vanished for TTH.

I just thought that sort of thing really, really dragged down the tone of the entire novel. It would be just fine in any other gritty-style fantasy, but in the MBotF, for all its realism ... the crudeness just irritated me.
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#42 User is offline   megaphage 

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Posted 28 June 2010 - 12:30 PM

Reaper's Gale was the worst for me. Found it a real mission to read, nothing really in there to keep me going except my faith in the author which at this point in series was starting to wane. The story itself just wasn't good enough and it could have been about half as long. More than anything, the ending was poor. It felt like a stepping stone rather than a novel in its own right.

Thankfully TTH was much better, but it took me about a year to decide to read it after having finished RG.
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#43 User is offline   Testluv 

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Posted 05 July 2010 - 01:03 AM

View PostMacros, on 17 April 2010 - 08:09 PM, said:

I'm hugeyl surprised return of the crimson gaurd hasnt copped a load of votes. Gads I actually didn't like it.
Even with my least favourite Erikson novel I still like it.

Agree with Illy on NoK being a novel as well, and I like dit, it suited Cam's writing style so much more than RotCG did


I'm pretty sure NoK WAS, formally, branded as a novel....


....no idea why so many people voted for HOC....WITNESS Karsa's wraith.
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#44 User is offline   ansible 

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Posted 05 July 2010 - 10:35 PM

I voted for RotCG. I really enjoyed Karsa's introduction in HoC, actually. I was sad when it ended. For that reason HoC is one of my favorites.
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#45 User is offline   Throne of War 

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Posted 06 July 2010 - 01:23 AM

View PostMTS, on 17 April 2010 - 12:55 PM, said:

Geez, HoC and NoK have taken commanding leads. Disappointing as I rather liked them both.


I know, right! A bunch of Karsa Toblakai hating biggots!
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#46 User is offline   Blueiron 

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Posted 29 January 2011 - 07:37 AM

View PostThrone of War, on 06 July 2010 - 01:23 AM, said:

View PostMTS, on 17 April 2010 - 12:55 PM, said:

Geez, HoC and NoK have taken commanding leads. Disappointing as I rather liked them both.


I know, right! A bunch of Karsa Toblakai hating biggots!


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This post has been edited by Blueiron: 29 January 2011 - 07:39 AM

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#47 User is offline   Seatiger 

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Posted 08 June 2011 - 09:22 PM

House of chains was my vote primarily because it was 300 pages of nothing but karsa... I absolutly love the guy as a character but 300 pages without a break from the guy makes house of chains my least fav book..
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