As you guys know, I hated this book the first time around.
But as you guys also know, I was sick as hell with a respiratory infection and also had a blown out knee when I read it, so I was sick and in a lot of pain, and I have always thought that might have had a lot to do with my hatred of the book.
Well, I am rereading it now for my chronological reread of the series.
I do not hate it so far, though I still dislike parts of it (though this might change, as I am only about 200 pages in).
Parts I truly dislike:
* the constant preaching against unregulated capitalism and British old school style colonialism/genocide - yeah, I know you think they are bad Mr. Erikson - stop hitting my head with a board about them!
* the whole subplot with the three women who sexually harrass their male employee makes me feel literally sick to my stomach - I am unsure if this is grossness is what the author intended, or if he thought it would be cute and/or funny and/or sexy to reverse the usual sex roles in this subplot, but it is sleazy and digusting no matter what his intention was
Parts I like:
* the Edur parts are not as dreadfully boring as what I remember from the first read (though that might change as the book goes on) - he does a pretty decent job making up a culture of humanoids who are not human
* he puts in a lot of foreshadowing for the fall of Lethar and the rise of the Edur, and I am having fun finding them
Do you guys think that the Crippled God actually intended the sword to go to one of the Sengar brothers, or did he actually mean for it to be a gift for the Warlock King, as the Warlock King saw in his vision? Did Rhulad actually mess up the Crippled God's intentions here somewhat?
