SFF Readalongs led by Kitty G discussion

This is for discussion of Chapter 12 for House of Chains. Please ensure you do NOT post spoilers for any other part of the book! Thank you!

So there's been loads of stuff going on in this story so far, I think there's a lot of different perspectives which I am enjoying at the moment and that's great because I tend to find that there's often only one or two that I like, but in this one I now have a fair amount of characters I've come to enjoy and some who we've seen grow over the series.

I think it's funny just how many character we have who started out with a completely different name and now we have so many who are renamed because of elements in their plot and so on.

I am particularly liking Kalam and Heuboric, Karsa and Onrack. All of them always intrigue me and there's SO much going on in this book with demons and craziness.

I feel like the last few books had more of a 'gods' influence whereas this one focuses a fair amount more on the demonic and ghostly aspects of the world. Pretty cool still, I don't know exactly why but this one I'm just enjoying a fair bit more than some of the others :)

There's a load I've not mentioned of course but I am looking forward to hearing all your thoughts on specifics, I wanted to just give a general overview of my feelings quickly :D

This time around it felt all too disconnected for me and I have no idea why. Not sure if it's because I was also undertaking my re-read of The Way of Kings at the same time. Everytime I read the Stormlight novels, something happens to me.. and when I finish, I feel so empty, like I've just left a part of me in that world and with my favourite characters.

Anyway back to House of Chains. I think this is about the time when I started to really like Pearl.. and I love the increasing appearance of Cotillion. Onrack and Trull Sengar is another unlikely pairing but a great one to read.

TS wrote: "This time around it felt all too disconnected for me and I have no idea why. Not sure if it's because I was also undertaking my re-read of The Way of Kings at the same time. Everytime I read the ..."

I could understand how that comparison might make you feel as though House of Chains was a bit disjointed. For me this one's actually working a bit better for me but I think that's more me getting to grips with who is who and what they are striving for etc :)

I wouldn't say that I feel disjointed - yet. But I will admit that Erikson just left me behind a bit - the jade and Osseric stuff is baffling me. Not the first time Erikson left me in the dust, but I trust that he will kindly escort me to knowledge when he is ready. He is a peach that way.