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@jshahmiran Yes... especially "clever"

I'm a huge fan of RJ and I've read WoT twice (except ToM). Also love RR Martin - although the HBO series is kind of weak. And... I think Steven Erikson is the bomb. I'll say what no one else will: the Malazan Book of the Fallen is harder to get through for some people because it's just straight-up more advanced. Someone up there said something about the writing style being similar to D&D and that couldn't further from the truth. D&D (and like RA Salvatore's writing for that matter) are basically glorified comic books compared to this stuff. I don't mean that to be at all derogatory; I was never a fan of comics myself, but I definitely see the value in them. The point is that picking up Steven Erikson's epic series isn't your typical bedtime reading. You better be well aware of what you're getting involved in, and if you decide to set aside enough time/effort/resolve to do the damn thing, I garuntee the reward is well worth the toil.

That said, my first time through the series I accidentally skipped the 6th or 7th book and had absolutely no idea until I tried to reference it later and it wasn't on my bookshelf. ha ha. So yeah that plotline is like a bowl of spaghetti. But it's some serious like five-star-type spaghetti bolognese. Mangia, mangia!