Gardens of the Moon | Steven Erikson | Ch. 20 - Ch. 24 | Group Discussion

Join Varsha, Dan, Steve, Shannon and Carl for the final discussion of Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson, first book of the Malazan Book of the Fallen. We read approximately 100 pages every week. Offline discussions happen on the pagechewing forum.
The discussion for next week will go to the end of Gardens of the Moon.
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[@joshramirez7]

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[@SouravUldyssian]

Finally. Waiting for this from a long time. Will listen today. 😊

[@ReadingByTheRainyMountain]

Haha sorry about that! The holidays and some travel after did a number on our schedule, but we're back :)

[@SouravUldyssian]

Here are a few clarifications from what I understood.
Lorn was beaten and heavily injured by the Crimson Guard swordsman Blues (remember the name for the Esslemont series), and that's why those 2 barmaids killed her so easily.
An Azath doesn't necessarily spawn from an acorn (Finnest). It usually spawns to capture beings of unchecked power that may tip the scalea of balance. Its kind of nature's immune system. The Finnest had Raest's power stored in it, and Raest was never able to reclaim it, otherwise he would have been unstoppable. When Raest came near it via Mammot, the Finnest started growing in power, and thats why the Azath spawned to capture it. Inside the Azath, the Finnest took on a crude form of Raest, and the Azath was fighting it and loosing, as it was young. Thats why Tool and Paran fought the Finnest Raest, to give the Azath time to capture it. Raest inside Mammot’s body was weakened by Quick Ben's 6 warrens and then blown up by Hedge's cusser.
The Paran Tattersail romance thing does feel forced here, but there is a conversation in Memories of Ice, which will make it cleaner and make sense.
I forgot what other questions you all weren't sure about, but you can ask if you want.
For some reason I am not able to comment in the page chewing forum. I am logged in, can see all the posts, but not getting any option to comment.

[@ReadingByTheRainyMountain]

Thanks for the explanations! I'll check with Steve about the permissions to comment on the forum.

[@EricMcLuen]

Do you envision every time Rake enters a scene it goes to slo mo and a wind of indeterminate origin comes up and tousels his air? Perhaps with a Jon Williams theme as well.
Deadhouse rereads a lot different. Since you k ow how ut ends you pick up on a lot of details.

[@ReadingByTheRainyMountain]

@@EricMcLuen oof! I don’t, but now I’m going to have to!!
I am very excited for the Deadhouse reread 😊