Reading through The Bonehunters, book six in the Malazan Book of the Fallen series. I just want to gush about the siege of Y'Ghatan (chapter seven). (Spoilers) #Malazan #Books #BookSky 💙📚 - ThreadSky

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kingianm.bsky.social • 102 days ago

Reading through The Bonehunters, book six in the Malazan Book of the Fallen series. I just want to gush about the siege of Y'Ghatan (chapter seven).
(Spoilers)

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kingianm.bsky.social•102 days ago

The structure of the chapter itself, being so long, makes the events feel like a never ending nightmare. From approaching the wall, to the street to street combat, to the conflagration of the entire city, Erickson doesn't give you a break from the the nightmare by switching to another story thread.

kingianm.bsky.social•102 days ago

The imagery to me is so striking.
"She had turned about, now, her back to him. She was staring at the burning city...But she was blind. Blind to what I see. The Adjunct Tavore. And a burning world"
This moment mirrors the forming of The Adjuncts army near the start of House of Chains.

kingianm.bsky.social•102 days ago

Those are just some of my thoughts. Erickson has written some of the best battles and sieges I've read. From this, to the siege of Capustan in Memories of Ice, to the events regarding the Chain of Dogs in Deadhouse Gates, Malazan as a series I've not yet finished, seems unmatched in this realm...

kingianm.bsky.social•102 days ago

giving a clear vision of desperate holdouts and the chaos of battle. On a first read through, the series may be a bit confusing, sifting through names and history and realms, but the islands of kinetic story telling are what is pulling me through this epic. Can't wait to read-on.

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