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The Bonehunters (Malazan #6) by Steven Erikson Book Review & Reaction | SPOILER TALK Part 1

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Mike talks spoilers for the first half of The Bonehunters. This includes the prologue, Book 1 - The Thousand-Fingered God, and Book 2 - Beneath This Name.
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@TOM-os9rk 2 года назад

“Oh Mama, I skinned my knees. I’m sorry. I’m so sorry. I skinned my knees...” - Epic tear jerker moment that.

@TOM-os9rk 2 года назад

@@BooksRebound A master of his craft

@Anomanderrake_ Год назад

I legit sobbed for this character I’d known for a day…

@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy 2 года назад

Yes, Spite and Envy are indeed sisters. What were their parents thinking? 😁 I feel like the rest of your questions are more rhetorical, so I’ll refrain from answering. I love Apsalar’s arc in this book, and well said about her relationship with Cotillion. Totally cool that you enjoyed Curdle and Telorast! The Karsa/Samar Dev dynamic is something I really enjoy too. Yes, Corabb really develops nicely here - fantastic what happens with him and Fiddler. Did I hear you say Malazan MIGHT not be grimdark?! 😁 I’m glad your home experiment in your kitchen didn’t turn out like Y’Ghatan!

@mikesbookreviews 2 года назад

I had a fire extinguisher on hand since I didn’t have a warlock on my roster.

@kah-thurak 2 года назад

Names should not be curses ;-)

@eshaanagarwal6081 2 года назад

@@kah-thurak I understood that reference ;)

@ACriticalDragon 2 года назад

Fantastic to hear that you are enjoying this one. I hope that you have a speedy recovery.

@mikesbookreviews 2 года назад

Gracias, my friend.

@grnberet9401 2 года назад

That opening pun was fire!!! This book is killing it so far. The familiar faces, the battle in Y'Ghatan, Karsa slaying beasts with his bare hands... Loving it all.

@mikesbookreviews 2 года назад

Yeah, this was definitely the book I was waiting for.

@jmr1415 2 года назад

Oh dear, Mike is one of us now. He held out really well, sigh, but Erikson has him now and nothing will ever be the same.

@theskyisteal8346 2 года назад

The seige of Y'Ghatan is probably my favourite chapter so far. The first time I read it, I had no idea how long it was and I stayed up until 4am on a school night just to finish that one more chapter. Cotillion and Apsalar are a fascinating pair to me too. I don't think they're supposed to be romantically connected. It's more just the deepest possible feeling of empathy; they have literally been each other. Cotillion feels bad for taking her life from her and Apsalar knows all the pain that Cotillion holds inside.

@Johanna_reads 2 года назад

Wow, couldn’t agree more with what you said about tertiary characters suddenly coming to the forefront and becoming favorites. That whole exchange between Fiddler and Corabb pulled my heart strings so much. This might be an unpopular opinion-and maybe you’ll agree-but I love Apsalar and Crokus apart more than together. I do love the exchanges between Apsalar and Cotillion. Loved hearing your thoughts and can’t wait to hear what you think about the second half of the book!

@mikesbookreviews 2 года назад

Yeah, I’m for Apsalar & Ganoes, tbh.

@Jabberwhorl_Cronstadt 2 года назад

I was totally caught off guard by my super strong, visceral reaction to Taralack Veed replacing Mappo. I was just so incredibly angry and disgusted lol. Also, in a series where I'm not always super onboard with character's motivations (or just having a hard time tracking them) Corabb's turn to a "good guy" was super powerful for me. It was all laid out there as to why he would turn on Leoman and embrace the "enemies" before him and it made perfect sense. Really great stuff.

@jeroenadmiraal8714 2 года назад

This is the book where I quit the first time around. I was just soo confused and lost with the series. And now I am so glad that I gave it another shot because this time around it might be my favourite book of the series so far.

@odiums_taint 2 года назад

just finishing up ‘book 1’... i’ll be back in a couple days! thanks for the spoiler talks Mike!

@mikesbookreviews 2 года назад

Thanks for watching!

@odiums_taint 2 года назад

@@mikesbookreviews thanks again for these Spoiler Talks; they're always spot on to how im feeling. cant wait to see what the rest of the book has in store... hopefully a lot more Karsa!

@zackheight11 2 года назад

Yessss! Telorast and Curdle are fantastic. Glad someone shares my enjoyment of those two.

@R1glet 2 года назад

You gonna love the ending

@mikesbookreviews 2 года назад

I hope so!

@CG-ro8wo 2 года назад

So glad to hear some love for Fiddler, honestly my favorite character that everyone seems to pass over for folks like Rake and Whiskeyjack

@feirceraven1249 2 года назад

Y'Ghatan is my favorite part of this series that I've read.

@mikesbookreviews 2 года назад

It's my favorite thus far, for sure

@aysseralwan 2 года назад

14:30 nah I liked Corabb already when he somehow survived the most unlikely sceanrios. The lucky madman. He's like a cartoon character getting blown off by an explosion and just dusting the ashes off and keep going 😂😂😂 but yeah he had great development but i liked him from the start

@gerdforster883 2 года назад

The whole releasing things that have been bound for a reason might be Erikson's comment on humanity's tendency to stick their fingers into the universe's socket and have a merry wiggle around just for shits and giggles.

@jeremydanchuk1897 2 года назад

well said...I just had an image pop into my head of a scientist doing that with a hadron collider

@TheHamstergeddon911 2 года назад

This was your most entertaining review by far, Mike. I love how much you are digging book 6. The siege of Y'Ghtan (sp?) was the most riveting piece of action I have ever read. I personally loved the dialogue with Karsa and Samar Dev. It's essentially a clash of tradition vs. progress, which I found very interesting. Your content is great Mike. Keep it up!

@EricMcLuen 2 года назад

The band is finally getting back together. It is also amazing that SE puts scenes like that in the beginning of books that would be the ending climax in many others. And Shadowthrone thinks everyone else is an idiot.

@filiplazov5895 2 года назад

Hey Mike, I am just at this point of the book and really enjoy it as well. I would say the tunnels crawling part is probably one of the best for me so far in the series. I literally held my breath at some point.

@tyyoung2129 2 года назад

Darn not quite half way through yet you’re fast. I’m also loving this book so far though so gonna have to mark this video and watch this weekend!

@mikesbookreviews 2 года назад

I couldn't put it down

@nevaidos 2 года назад

This book feels so much like Gardens of the Moon and I am here for it! Ganoes Paran has now dethroned Quick Ben as my favourite character because I love how he functions within the story and the lore that is explained when he is around. Bottle and Cottilion have also become new favourites during this book. I was also wondering during the Y'Gathan battle if olive oil was flammable, thanks for clearing that up! Can't wait to see what comes next!

@farhad_s 2 года назад

You spotted a couple of things I missed (now there's a long list) linking the prologue with the attack on Heboric and co. Great video. Still team Kruppe though. Though Pust really levelled up in this one

@mikesbookreviews 2 года назад

I just put that together on the fly ha ha

@Rogue_VI 2 года назад

I love Kruppe as well, but Pust does grow on you during this novel.

@jdracing551 2 года назад

This has been my 8th read of Bonehunters, Y'Ghatan is one reason but the best reason is yet to come.

@Nemo37K 2 года назад

Ah yes, Y'ghatan lit up the night sky. One of my favorite moments in the series

@sethulakovic3722 2 года назад

I'm glad that you have uncovered the universal truth that Pust is indeed greater than Kruppe. 👍

@mikesbookreviews 2 года назад

Zero doubts.

@Rogue_VI 2 года назад

Booooo!!!!!!

@sethulakovic3722 2 года назад

@@Rogue_VI I enjoy Kruppe also, but Pust is my guy.

@Rogue_VI 2 года назад

@@sethulakovic3722 I like 'em both as well. I just like Kruppe better. :)

@sethulakovic3722 2 года назад

@@Rogue_VI 👍

@liviathemalazanpotatonoob5014 2 года назад

This was such a joy to watch! I felt the same way as you did while reading the book and let me tell you, you're in for a ride! Btw, I am sure it has been mentioned already in the comments, but Erikson actually said tBH is more like 2 books in one, actually, so you were totally on point with that. Looking forward to the next Malazan video!

@Cieges 2 года назад

LOL Glad to know you enjoyed it man. The rest of the book is even better so enjoy it. It’s good to see Ganoes again been so long😭

@drawyrral 2 года назад

Someday you should re-read this series. I've read it 3 times and I am glad I did.

@TOM-os9rk 2 года назад

Irish fan here. Love the t-shirt!

@mikesbookreviews 2 года назад

Cheers!

@annarien4333 2 года назад

So glad to see that this book lives up to the expectations and that you are enjoying it so much, I guess you can see why so many people think it is the best entry in the series (even though I too put Deadhouse Gates before it, for sentimental reasons). Y'Ghatan is possibly the best battle/action/suspense chapter in the series as well, but you'll see that Bonehunters packs at least two more tremendous punches.

@ravenbellebooks5665 2 года назад

I like Tehol and Bugg, okay... but I agree that I find Curdle and Telorast much funnier! I just got to this point last night - I'm going to try to blaze through the last half of this book by the end of November!

@Ulmo90 2 года назад

Finally here, I really loved this book so far, so much happens! I love Strings, Bottle, Apsalar and the ghosts, Uncle Cotillion and Iskaral Pust

@theriddler2277 2 года назад

the monster lizard Karsa fights is indeed a short tail, however it is possessed.

@raswartz 2 года назад

How do we know it's possessed?

@meris8486 2 года назад

Possessed by what?

@gerdforster883 2 года назад

It doesn't have to be possessed. The short tails aren't exactly the nicest guys out there anyway. This one, having been imprisoned for a considerable time, might also just have been insane.

@mikesbookreviews 2 года назад

Hmmmm....

@theriddler2277 2 года назад

@@gerdforster883 none of that changes the fact that this one was possessed.

@ryanoneal8480 2 года назад

7 is my favorite book. I think it's fair to say most veterans favorite book is in the 2nd half of the series.

@mikesbookreviews 2 года назад

I can see why.

@TOM-os9rk 2 года назад

Yep 5-10 all fantastic

@iCocaColaZombieGod 2 года назад

Yes! The bones hunters rocks! In my top 3 of the series, along with reapers gale and toll the hounds. The back half kicks so much ass!

@Rogue_VI 2 года назад

Yeah, I would say those three are tops for me as well.

@dawnkey2811 2 года назад

there are 3 sisters. envy, spite and malice. they badasses

@johnbeardshall2898 2 года назад

Sergeant Hellian who who conquers by going from one tavern to another and getting the peoples support along the way is one of the funniest badass of all time

@SouravUldyssian 2 года назад

Can we please have a discussion video comparing the similarities and differences of Malazan and ASOIAF? Not a versus battle or which is better. An actual detailed analysis of themes, plot structure and world between the two series.

@debthompson5454 2 года назад

I loved The Bonehunters!

@TysonPJ 2 года назад

I could be wrong but I think SE has said this is actually two books that were put together.

@JohanHerrenberg 2 года назад

Correct. 'Bonehunters' wraps up the story of the Bridgeburners and begins the story of the Bonehunters. It's one big transition to the final stretch of the series.

@mikesbookreviews 2 года назад

Makes sense

@KingOfAllDragoons 2 года назад

Damn gotta love the consistency of this man , another great review sir 👍

@theritwickkumar 2 года назад

First Read-through and I'm all caught up. Starting the second half now!

@judewakefield7213 2 года назад

Just made it. Damn, that last chapter of Book 2.

@fantasticphilosophy181 2 года назад

Telorast & Curdle 🖤🖤🖤🖤!

@Ashencrowe 2 года назад

Ahh, Hellian. Bless her poor, marinated heart. She proves to be one of the most wonderful characters ever written. And Curdle & Telorast are incredibly good as comedic relief in the series. Morally, they're trash, but comedic gold. Remind me of the two Very Polite Chipmunks from the old Merry Melodies cartoons... only Chaotic Neutral.

@TheCrazyCanuck420 2 года назад

lol I wondered the same thing during the siege. "Does olive oil burn"? That chapter was amazing, I ended up spreading it out over three days since my kindle estimated it would take me 5.5 hours to read 😀

@Rogue_VI 2 года назад

Olive oil does indeed burn. It was what the Hebrews used to light the lamps in the tabernacle.

@whispersofthewind8401 2 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it. Yghatan was for me too one of the strongest parts in the entire series. But Bonehunters is far far from done with the amazing scenes and twists. Very excited to hear your thoughts and eagerly waitiing for part 2 and the review. On another note, while House of Chains was an experience pretty similar to yours the first time around, after the Bonehunters and the rest of the series I am far more excited to reread it and see again where this new elite Malazan group started to form knowing what awaits them.

@MultiWar22 10 месяцев назад

Taralack Veed got me SO pissed, holy fucking shit. He managed to be the biggest takeaway of this first half of the book, for me, even bigger than Y'Gathan. What a despisable guy, goddamnit. I'm so mad at all of this shit. Y'Gathan was insane, though, loved all of that. And I was not expecting Truth to die there. And great catch that we didn't see Felisin Younger dying, I had not noticed that

@actung74 2 года назад

'Love the shirt' ... says the guy from Dublin Ireland :-)

@mikesbookreviews 2 года назад

🍺

@demidrek-heyward Год назад

thanks Mike

@akellerhouse83 2 года назад

I am loving this book so far, and I finished the first half this morning right before watching your video. This book is freaking awesome. But I don't like how people keep saying it's the best of the series. We still have 4 more books to go and I don't want to think that it's all downhill from here...

@Bunny_Aoife 2 года назад

to be fair, at least 6 of the 10 books have a substantial number of people claiming them their favourite of the series, so no need to worry about anything going downhill from here :)

@eshaanagarwal6081 2 года назад

@@Bunny_Aoife Exactly. For me, it's Reaper's Gale.

@akellerhouse83 2 года назад

@@Bunny_Aoife well that's a relief! Lol

@Mr13chapters 2 года назад

@@eshaanagarwal6081 erikson take on the 101st Airborne missions on D-Day

@rickhammer7204 2 года назад

I have 7, 8, 9 and 10 ahead of bone hunters in my book so don't worry

@mraduldubey9614 2 года назад

Second half climax is awesome. Personally prefer it over Ch 7. Different vibe.

@icarusfluffybottom899 Год назад

Man, I don't see ANYBODY mentioning it, so maybe I'm just completely out of my mind, but it REALLY felt like Mappo and Icarium stumbled in to a god damn spaceship. Am I wrong? The technology being described sounds like a sci-fi-ass spaceship, and you reminding me that the short-tail Karsa killed had MACHINERY in it just further supports this. And yet, it was not mentioned in the video, and there's no mention of it in the comments. I feel like I'm a crazy person. Maybe they aren't from space or whatever, but it sure seems like they're from SOMEWHERE. That is NOT the kind of technology I was ever expecting to read about in this series...

@ZetaStriker0000 2 года назад

I really loved Leoman in House of Cards too. >_>

@tiananesbitt7156 2 года назад

Hi Bone! Watching Twin Peaks right now! My new copy from Target Eye of the World' to be read in a few minutes!

@alexisrivera202 Год назад

Seems like Corabb is Oponn in the flesh. He's hella lucky. What's up with Bottle? Who is he REALLY?

@officernasty6634 2 года назад

That opening pun lmao

@mikesbookreviews 2 года назад

How could I not?

@aleifur 2 года назад

Funnier than Tehol and Bugg??? How dare you sir!?!

@mikesbookreviews 2 года назад

I’m a monster.

@Rendref 2 года назад

Agree, Iskaral Pust is the best. Kruppe can go eat some pastries and stop bothering me.

@mikesbookreviews 2 года назад

high five

@Rogue_VI 2 года назад

Kruppe! Kruppe! Kruppe!

@denise-ew9to 2 года назад

I absolutely agree, Telorast & Curdle are way funnier than Tehol & Bugg.

@NAFUSO1 2 года назад

I have no problem listening to spoilers considering I'm probably 2-3 years out from reading the series.

@johnbeardshall2898 2 года назад

They are dragons punished for trying to steal the shadow thrown

@masaheimoi 2 года назад

I do find it funny if there are people really being angry that your opinions differ from common opinion. Did those people not read this book and all the time it talks about how bad is the human demand for conformity, or is there some selective amnesia going on?

@mikesbookreviews 2 года назад

To be fair those are very few. Most have either enjoyed the popcorn or have appreciated the things I’m picking up or missing on a first read. It has been a much more positive experience than a lot of other fandoms that can’t take constructive criticism at all.

@jdracing551 2 года назад

Even on rereads the Ghosthand parts are still rough.

@Ashencrowe 2 года назад

The Unbound are the same Unbound. I remember the moment they popped up and started the killing of the group. It made me turn the page back to see if I missed something.... WTF just happened? I even double-checked the pagination to make sure I wasn't missing pages! Fuuuuu.....

@andrea_2022 2 года назад

Hey Mike! I watched your videos from a long time and I enjoy what is goin' on here. In future I want to make my own RU-vid channel . I could talk about the books I had read. What do you say? Can you give me some advice? I am from Romania,sorry for my silly English 😅

@shawnturpin197 2 года назад

Sorry, but you're wrong Mike. Tehol and Bugg are much funnier.

@channingdeadnight 2 года назад

KARSA ORLONG! just wair.

@pferd9479 2 года назад

dude, book 2 was fucking amazing

@mikesbookreviews 2 года назад

Indeed

@victorgonzalez9605 2 года назад

Granted, im a slow reader but spoiler talk for eleven chapters Just 7 days into the readalong seems a bit early...

@mikesbookreviews 2 года назад

Good thing it'll always be there for when folks finish? Not sure what you want me to say.

@victorgonzalez9605 2 года назад

@@mikesbookreviews sorry really appreciate your reviews and bonehunters is really a faster read, but with a 2 month Window for the readalong i thought these would be more spaced apart. But its true, we can always came back when we reach this point.

@tomsativa Год назад

Plz finish Malazan

@mizuescueladenatacion5368 2 года назад

i hate you Mike. I started it a week ago and was thinking, "finally i'll finish one before you" And there you are.... already with half the book read

@charlesburge2564 11 месяцев назад

This book was great but it was so long

@raswartz 2 года назад

TOO SOON

@cabrademora1 2 года назад

@meris8486 2 года назад

Telerast and Curdle for me are the most annoying of all Eriksons comic relief characters. Pust and his spider wife are hilarious though

@mikesbookreviews 2 года назад

The humorous duos certainly seem to be divisive.

@meris8486 2 года назад

@@mikesbookreviews Yeah I think it's cause humour is so subjective. The way Michael Page read them didn't click with me the same way it did with Tehol and Bugg.

@ryanng754 2 года назад

Maybe vaccination already a thing in the past.

@seanhalpin87 Год назад

I know a ton happened but im shocked you didnt bring up what happened with paran, the traders guild and the hounds. That was so wild So far this is shaping up to be the best in the series for me, the seige is on par with helms deep for me. I read it in one sitting, two hours and change of perfection