author: Steven Erikson
name: Wayne
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2012
rating: 4
read at: 2014/09/19
date added: 2014/09/19
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'The Wurms of Blearmouth' by Steven Erikson is my first foray into the world of Malazan and I found it to be a delightful surprise. It was weird and funny and kept me turning pages and laughing.
It all takes place in and around the village of Spendrugle and it's luckless inhabitants. There's a shipwreck off the coast and the villagers want to loot it, but the people from the ship are a violent and nasty sort. Chief among these is Korbal Broach, Bauchelain and their manservant Emancipor Reese, aka Mancy the Luckless. They find themselves in the wizards castle where Bauchelain just wants a chance to bake cookies. Intrigue and a wizard's duel are sure to follow.
The townsfolks are pathetically hilarious, eking out a living among the dead. I really wasn't quite sure what to expect when I picked this up, but it was a lot of fun. I understand that Steven Erickson wrote these shorter novels while he was writing the larger 10 volume series. I'll be hunting more of these down at some point. While it probably helps to be more familiar with the characters than I was, I didn't find it too difficult to catch on to who the main players in this comedy were.
I was given a review copy of this ebook by Macmillan-Tor/Forge and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to read this darkly funny ebook.
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