from majkia

"Regrets are as nothing. The value lies in how they are answered." Echoed throughout House of Chains, learned by so very many characters, some of whom you think, at the beginning of the book, couldn't possibly grow enough to appreciate the sentiment. A wonderfully adept book at weaving together m...

from finalcut

had been told that he loved to leave little hints about the future, bits of foreshadowing and what not, all over the place but I didn't really appreciate that until this book because this was the first time those connections were actually being made. While Erikson still doesn't do much in terms o...

from trinibaby9

My least favourite of the series. Book three was very strong, I felt this book really failed to continue with the same momentum and excitement. A whole lot going on as far as new characters and reintroduction of some old. Overall though not very much happened in the end. I'm hoping the next one w...

from renbedell

The series gets better with each book. This book takes place right after the Deadhouse Gates and mentions the events occurring in Memories of Ice. Many new characters added, but each more interesting then the last. The story itself is fantastic and more streamlined, like how Memories of Ice is. W...

from Cecrow

HoC opens with something entirely unexpected: more than 200 pages following a single character whose story begins in Genabackis. Karsa Orlong is a Conan-like barbarian with extra streaks of mean - not a likeable guy. At least he's surrounded by the author's hints of lessons to come for this chara...