An incredibly tragic story - Midnight Tides Review | Malazan Book of the Fallen - SPOILERS

[@taylor-kenny]

Oh when I'm talking about Trull and Onrack protecting the "throne of shadow" I meant to say "first throne".

[@somatraseng]

Love spoiler malazan talks. Good to see you continuing reading the series!

[@taylor-kenny]

Thank you for watching! Glad you like these videos.

[@twistgaming3089]

Whats fun about re-reading midnight tides is all the reveals have SO MUCH foreshadowing. The Mael one, theres so many hints dropped all over the place. The Errant one. "Ah, what an errant, troubled lad..."

[@taylor-kenny]

I can't wait to come back around and re-read all of these! It's going to be such a different experience.

[@raswartz]

Midnight Tides is the perfect mid-series book. New characters, a little bit shorter, but also more self-contained, funny as hell (in places), and sets the stage for the second half the series.

[@taylor-kenny]

100% fills in so many details regarding the lore, while also delivering an incredible story.

[@ZampanosCat]

Hell yeah man. I’m glad that Malazan is clicking with you. The spoiler talks are really enjoyable to watch

[@taylor-kenny]

It definitely is! Glad you liked the video.

[@trlspann]

When Bugg was revealed as Mael I legitimately gave out a “whoa” - big moment. The dialogue and interaction between Tehol and Bugg was probably the best in the series so far. Just incredible.

[@taylor-kenny]

Tehol and Bugg create some of the most fun scenes to read! The Mael reveal was massive.

[@charlesburge2564]

I let out an “oh shit no way!” that made my wife jump lol

[@claytonhomer3096]

Glad you are enjoying the books. Iron Bars is indeed a bad ass. When he cuts through like 6 of Rhulads guards to then punch him in the face so hard it breaks his neck and kills him, epic as hell! The Mael/Bugg reveal. The awakening of Silchas Ruin. The Brys Rhulad fight at the end. So much awesome stuff happens in this book. Can't wait to hear your thoughts on The Bonehunters. It is equally, if not more, epic.

[@SouravUldyssian]

Please always put the word Malazan in your video title of all Malazan videos. It helps a lot in YT algorithm and recommend the video to more people. Loved your analysis and thoughts. Midnight Tides is one of my favorite Malazan books, and its really well written. I think you could have spoken a bit more about Trull, his strength of character, the depth to him, his humbleness and compassion, all just stood out and made him one of my favorite characters in the series. Along with the characters and storylines, you can also talk about some of the best scenes, like the battle of the Letheri against the Edur, the battle of Kuru Quan against the Edur, Trull's fight through the icelands against the Jheck, like that. Waiting for your Bonehunters review now.

[@taylor-kenny]

Totally agree, I have so much more to say about Trull. Thanks for the tip about putting Malazan in the title, I updated it. Bonehunters review coming soon!

[@believer773]

Glad you liked this book. It's amazing how the vibe is so different in each book and Erikson's prose mastery is top tier, glad to see you're back I bet Bonehunters talk will be epic

[@chadia25]

Just watched all your Malazan video's. Great content!!! Pls keep them coming!! 🙏

[@taylor-kenny]

Thanks for watching :) glad you're enjoying it.

[@paulroy3992]

Hey man been looking forward to this video. Keep up the good work. Really high quality videos and love hearing your thoughts on the books

[@taylor-kenny]

Sorry it took so long 😅more videos to come soon! I try to make the videos as high quality as possible given the time I have to edit, so it means a lot that you appreciate that.

[@luciasosa8960]

I was going to re-read, but instead, I´ll hear your review. Bonehunters is my favorite, so I´ll be waiting for it. Thanks Taylor!

[@taylor-kenny]

Thanks for listening! I'm working on the Bonehunters review now :)

[@bretbabineau5483]

Trull Sengar is one of my favorite characters in any fantasy story I've read.

[@huwrobertsmusic]

Great review! Midnight Tides has been one of my favourites so far and I believe it also works quite well as a standalone novel, given the entirely new cast and setting. I’ve heard Erikson say that this novel was him wanting to write a tragedy and, well, yeah… he certainly did! 😂 I think that’s why Tehol and Bugg work so well in this book. Their humour is so contrasting to everything else going on that I was left with a massive sense of relief whenever they had a scene together. I also love that it’s totally Steven Erikson riffing on old British sitcoms like Fawlty Towers, Jeeves and Wooster etc. I recently finished Reaper’s Gale and have just started Toll the Hounds, so hopefully I’m not too far behind you! I’ve slowly become obsessed with Malazan, more or less. It’s just so good! It actually didn’t click for me until House of Chains, believe it or not 🤷🏻‍♂️ The further I get into it the more emotionally impactful everything is becoming as well. Reaper’s Gale definitely had me tearing up a few times 😢 Have subscribed and will for sure watch your future vids! Great work, man. Looking forward to watching more! 😁

[@taylor-kenny]

Tehol and Bugg are some of my favorite characters. I find them hysterical. I just finished Reapers Gale last night so you're probably a little ahead of me at the moment!

[@slidenaway]

Yay! Really glad to see you continuing on your Malazan journey, I really enjoyed your MoI and HoC videos, was hoping you didn't quit lol. Not that you should feel pressured, just saying I'm happy you're still going :) MT really is a tragedy. Erikson has said it's very intentionally Shakespearean, and he nailed that, didn't he? And even though it's a very focused book (especially compared to earlier Malazan books) it's still got plenty of cool and interesting stuff going, and really adds so much to the entire series arc. Which as you know now, MT is the last "setup" book, so to speak, as tBH is where it all starts to come together. And as you know with RG, you get to continue all the Lether stuff there, but again things are coming together. The structure of this series really boggles my mind when I think about it lol Oh one other thing you'll find interesting -- Erikson has said one inspiration for this book was in American history -- what if Sitting Bull, after Battle of the Little Bighorn, had marched to Washington D.C. and conquered it? What would that look like? And so obviously the Edur are the Native Americans in that analogy, and it's pretty cool to think about. As you said the capitalist society of Lether isn't strictly American, but in this analogy it is Anyway great video, looking forward to the next!

[@taylor-kenny]

Thanks Chris! Never gave up haha just got busy with work towards the start of the year. I'm loving this series. MT really is the last setup book. I do feel like the Bonehunters and what I've read of Reapers Gale moves a bit faster now that I have so much more context for the world, gods, magic system etc. The Native American analogy is interesting, I can see that influence throughout a lot of the series. Coltaine and the Wickans are clearly based on Native American tribes. Appreciate you coming back to watch!

[@slidenaway]

@@taylor-kenny yep makes sense, life is more important than KZbin. Definitely 😃 And yeah good call on Wickans, also definitely influenced by Native Americans. Anyway thanks for replying 😄

[@audibleseekz]

Oh my goodness my pronunciation is so different to yours that my brain can't handle this video.

[@taylor-kenny]

ahahaha I apologize, I do my best with the pronunciations.

[@nightowl1337]

Honestly, I use to bash this series as I thought it was terrible. For some reason I picked back up GOTM and it got its hooks in me. The things I like about this series is it sticks with you and there are things to ponder over.

[@taylor-kenny]

Same here, first time I read it, I finished the first book and got halfway through the second. 10 years later I picked it up again and just read non stop. I actually just finished book 10 today. The ending is worth all the effort it takes to get there.

[@charlesburge2564]

Just finished this book and I can’t think about anything else. I want to take a break before the bonehunters to just think about the masterpiece I just read, and to read some other stuff… but it’s tough

[@robinirm650]

Good to see you back with another review! I am currently re-reading the series, going through book 3 atm, and it's interesting hearing your perspective and thoughts on the series at the same time. Keep it up

[@taylor-kenny]

I'm still here ahah glad you're enjoying them more to come!

[@ariakashaylo1810]

The Bonehunters is the great book since Memories of Ice. its convergence.. the siege, the plot, characters & ending is great.. Steven Erikson pull-out great scene on that book..

[@taylor-kenny]

The convergence at the end of the bonehunters is just incredible.

[@Paul_van_Doleweerd]

SPOILER (if it still matters), do you remember in one of the previous books a group of people coming across a body on the shore that was grey skinned and apparently crushed to death? One of the people Mael kills after discovering Tehol's body he kills by throwing him deep into his warren. Same edur.

[@taylor-kenny]

Ahhhhh, that's crazy!

[@demidrek-heyward]

Good stuff! Erikson is a genius

[@taylor-kenny]

That he is!

[@calvinleeryan]

Iron Bars is such a badass, that scene with the Toblakai was absolute bonkers. The Crimson Guard Avowed in general are just so awesome. I had to edit my comment cus i don't want to spoil in case you don't want to know where Iron Bars will next appear in the Malazan books. Also, awesome summary and can't wait for the Bonehunters review.

[@taylor-kenny]

ahahah I appreciate that, Iron Bars was a huge highlight for me. I totally didn't even mention the Azath House narrative in this review which was so interesting. I could probably do another 30 minute video on Kettle, Silchas Ruin, and the Azath House.

[@calvinleeryan]

@@taylor-kenny Kettle is fascinating, and god damn Silchas Ruin is totally compelling too. He doesn’t mince words that’s for sure. Hope you’re enjoying RG, some jaw-dropping amazing moments in that book.. kinda redundant, every malazan book has those. just gave you a follow on Goodreads 🫡

[@BrantMarcksson]

SPOILERS: The tiste edur that bug kills when defending tehol (by dumping him into the warren of ruse at a crushing water depth) is the tiste edur body that Paran and Quick Ben find in book 3, Memories of Ice. They come close to figuring out what killed him. Their best guess was rapid decompression, but they couldn't figure out how that was possible. Bug was so pissed off, he yeeted that edur down and through the warren of ruse and the body popped up on another continent, flopped up and out of a shallow stream on the opposite side of the world.

[@BentleyRobles]

IM AN AZATH HOUSE GIRLIE

[@vinodvagadurgi414]

It's a nice read Although I liked house of chains more

[@taylor-kenny]

Yeah it's very different than the first 4 books but I still enjoyed it a ton.