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After rereading the first few pages, I caught on pretty quickly (those first few completely threw me). I loved the no-nonsense writing method and the necessity of reading smartly and piecing things together on my own before things were explained. Very rarely did it feel like info-dumping when things were explained, thanks to a myriad cast who weren't always on the same page. And I loved the names! Croaker, Elmo, Goblin, Silent, One-Eye, and on the list went -- the Black Company were a fantastic
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This book was the influence behind Steven Erikson's epic fantasy, Malazan Book of the Fallen.
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May 12, 2014
Athena Shardbearer
rated it
really liked it
Shelves:
high-fantasy,
war,
cook-cook-cook,
fantasy,
re-read,
buddy-read,
magic,
sci-fi-fantasy,
darkfantasy
Reading the Omnibus version.

Jul 09, 2011
Liz
marked it as to-read

Jan 07, 2015
Delitealex
marked it as to-read

Mar 19, 2015
Shilpa
marked it as to-read

Mar 31, 2016
Amy (Other Amy)
marked it as tbr-fiction-201-to-325
Shelves:
1st-in-series-considering,
sffbc


Sep 13, 2022
Jackie
marked it as to-read

Jun 11, 2025
Srividya Vijapure
marked it as to-read