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Trying to start Malazan.
It's pretty rough. I know he wants to build up the world naturally, and it's supposed to feel like a story you stepped into halfway through but... Come on, man.
I hear they don't explain the magic until book nine... I'm not sure I'd even want to know at the point. I think at that point I'd be like "Haha, there goes the wizards, doing wizard stuff! I think."
I really liked them, I agree its a very slow build up, but suits for certain moods and timing
Yeah, everyone seems to agree the payoff is worth it.
My problem is I can't listen to the audiobooks at work because I'll miss half the details and never figure out what's going on, but I've got too many other things I want to do in my free time to really sit down and get some pages turned.