Just finished House of Chains. What did I think?

Honestly, I thought this was really good. As usual with Malazan there is a lot of fluff within it but the endings so far are 4/4 for execution. The ending with Tavore and Felsin really hit me. I was expecting a massive clash, a cleganebowl for the series but instead what I got was better and hit me harder. Felsin was a miserable cow in Deadhouse Gates but to see her story go the way it did was heartbreaking. She was abused and used and then at the end, just abandoned and it was made more tragic by her being killed by her sister, and her sister not even realising it was her.

Karsa's ending as well as brilliant. His journey from glory hunting rapist marauding bounty hunter to a man who has grown into the opposite and realises that mercy is the greatest thing he can give and vows to be the leader his people deserve. Such a great arc for him and honestly every bit of Karsa's story was enjoyable.


I say I'll take a break after every Malazan book because they're so big and time consuming, but I think I will just keep going on.

4/5 stars, good shit.