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Title: The Crippled God
Series: Malazan Book of the Fallen #10
Author: Steven Erikson
Rating: 1 of 5 Stars
Genre: Fantasy
Pages: 934
Format: Digital Edition
Series: Malazan Book of the Fallen #10
Author: Steven Erikson
Rating: 1 of 5 Stars
Genre: Fantasy
Pages: 934
Format: Digital Edition
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Synopsis:
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Adjunct Tavore and
the Bonehunters separate from their erstwhile allies as they make a 3
pronged attack on the heart of the recently arisen Forkrul Assail
empire, which holds the Crippled God's heart. Along with gods,
various elder races and even the dead, all conspire to set the
Crippled God free to return him to his own world and thus begin the
healing of their own world. The Perish Grey Helms turn traitor and
massive amounts of people die.
At the same time an
Ototaral Dragon is resurrected and set free. She is the opposite to
all the other Eleint, dragons, who are at heart forces of chaos while
she is a force of utter negation. The embodiment of Chaos, known as
Tiam begins to manifest but the Ototarol Dragon is chained thus
setting the Eleint free from their own frenzy, which dissolves Tiam's
hold over them and dissipates her own Manifesting.
Lots of other
things happen.
Tavore and the
Malazans and their allies are able to free the Crippled God and he
returns to his own world. Shadowthrone and Cotillion hint at each
other that everything has been part of an even bigger plan but
mention zero details or anything concrete.
As good an ending
as one can hope for with the author's known penchant for deliberate
obfuscation and outright misdirection.
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My
Thoughts:
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I read over my review from 2011. Eight years later, not one single
thing has changed in my mind about this book. It is remains a piece
of trash where the author masterbates to his own supposed cleverness
with words and is nothing but a dungheap of rubbish
pseudo-philosophy.
I finished this and all I could think was “Why did Erikson even
bother writing this?” The battle scenes were incredible and show
that the skill in writing the first book was no fluke. Which makes my
question even more pertinent, as it means he wrote such pointless
reams of words on purpose. FOR NO PURPOSE.
What a killjoy way to end a series that started out so promising 2
years ago. And this re-read did not change my mind about the series
overall, as I was hoping it would. Well, it does reinforce that I'll
not read another book by Erikson, no matter what. He wrote this book
and ended the series this way, he doesn't deserve any more of my
money, time or attention. I almost feel like I'm doing a disservice
to book bloggers everywhere by even bringing attention to his name
now. Bleh.
★☆☆☆☆
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