/lit/ - Literature

You're posting this on /lit/ and comparing it to Tolkien so you're gonna get a lot of retarded responses but I do agree that the series is great.
comparing it to lotr is a zero sum game though, Erikson is an anthropologist and his autism becomes very apparent Memories of Ice onwards where the reader can start tracking the way the various species/races evolved and developed across the various locations ie the Teblor vs the Toblakai, Tolkien was much more oriented towards mythology.
I'll also say that-while thematically satisfying-the ending using the Forkrul Assail as the final baddies felt a bit out of nowhere/convenient.
Also: while I think Erikson is quite competent in his writing his actual prose skill only really starts to show in the back half of the series and especially in Kharkanas.

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Well it depends on what you mean by "god"