![]() ![]() Erikson is capable of making sure his giant cast of characters to be filled with unique, distinctive voice. Unlike the main series, we don’t have a lot of POV to follow only two, Temper and Kiska. ![]() ![]() Esslemont focused so much more on the never-ending barrage of action sequences rather than the crucially needed characterizations. It’s just that the prose was incapable of keeping me engaged or invested in the characters. No, it’s not because the prose was simplistic I loved a lot of simplistic prose. It came down to how Esslemont’s prose absolutely didn’t work for me. I was honestly shocked by how bad the experience of reading this book was. I won’t lie, I didn’t enjoy reading this small book it left a bad taste in my mouth. But in this special situation, I must say that the comparison is really well deserved because both of them write canon stories in the same universe which they created together. A lot of people mentioned that Esslemont is not Erikson (these four words must’ve haunted Esslemont for years by now) and usually, I’ll say that it’s really not really fair for everyone to endlessly compare these two it’s obvious that every author has a different style. ![]() Night of Knives is the first book in the Malazan Empire series, a spin-off to the main series that’s written by the other creator of the Malazan universe, Ian Esslemont. Just like the main series, I was determined to finish the Malazan Empire this year but I may have to rethink that decision after my experience of reading this book. ![]()
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