DNF'd at 55%

I gave Deadhouse Gates and the Malazan series an honest try, making it 55% through the second book in the series before calling it quits. While I'm no stranger to lengthy series, having delved into both Wheel of Time and Sanderson's Cosmere, Malazan proved to be a different beast altogether. Its dense narrative and sprawling complexity made it a challenge to keep up with, especially as life gets busier. With the arrival of nicer weather, I find myself gravitating towards standalone stories rather than committing to such an intricate series. It's not that the book lacks merit; it's simply not the right fit for me at this moment. Who knows, maybe I'll revisit it down the road.

Deadhouse Gates is way much better than Gardens of the Moon; a very exciting plot (especially the Chain of the Dogs part), much more developed new and old characters, superbly laid "non-genre" philosophical notions and questions, a very nice flavour of humor, and great prose for the most part of the book, made this second book of the series a unique reading experience. The only thing that still troubles me is Erikson's habit to give too many hints about things that haven't -yet- appeared in the main plot.
If it weren't for the size of the series, I would keep reading them, but now I think I will take a break from the Books of the Fallen...