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So this brings the year of Sanderson to an end. All of the books have been fairly different but I've enjoyed them all and I'm now looking forward to getting into Sanderson's other series.

So that's it, the tale of the Malazan Book of the Fallen complete. After spending a few years working through the series this is certainly going to leave a bit of a hole.

I'm definitely going to get to the other related series (Tales of Bauchelain & Korbal Broach!), but I don't think I'll rush. The MBotF feels like it needs some settling in time now that I've made it to the end - not a feeling I often have when completing a series, and that speaks of what Steven Erikson has managed to achieve with this.

Bleak, hopeful, often brutally uncaring about favourite characters yet full of moments of human connection and compassion, and flagrantly leaving so many questions unanswered - it's a malazan book through and through.

No thrilling mysteries, no pacey plot, but that's kind of the point.

I enjoyed just spending time in a different world being shown a different worldview, and see the characters own view of that world change. Did a really good job of quickly giving you the feel of a place.

Came from watching the series so there was always the chance of not getting on with the books. Shouldn't have worried though I found this to be a great step up from the series (which I still really like). Lots of extra depth here about what's going on in the story, and I especially appreciated the extra time spent getting to know Miller.

Definitely looking forward to the next one.