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Bauchelain And Korbal Broach (2009)

by Steven Erikson(Favorite Author)

3.95 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0765324229 (ISBN13: 9780765324221)

languge

English

genre

Horror

publisher

Tor Books

review 1: A poor substitute for the main Malazan series, but a worthy diversion. I never found Bauchelain and Korbal to be interesting, which is why this book sat on my shelf for several years. But Erikson plays these books well - extremely dark and humorous - edging toward but not quite touching the absurd. Not surprisingly, Erikson's efficient writing style that allowed the Malazan series to grow far beyond other works of epic fantasy translates to fast and gripping novellas. He tells a small story as well as a large.
review 2: My take on the three novellas in this collection.Blood FollowsThis is the first novella in the ‘A Tale of Bauchelain and Korbal Broach’ series. This is a secondary series to the ‘Malazan Book of the Fallen’, whereas The Malazan books are... more huge and epic, this book is a little murder mystery that shares the same world as The Malazan books. Currently two of the books are available, but it's been three years since the second book. I hope Steven continues this series as it's a nice departure from his epic warmongering novels, and we just get a little story, but we get all the atmosphere of the world setting. Bauchelain and Korbal Broach actually show up in Memories of Ice.All in all it wasn't a great novel, but it was enjoyable. It was a dark story, as usual, and because of the small scope in comparison to his usual novels, I really like the idea, and await reading further adventures from this series.The Lee's of Laughter's EndBauchelain and Korbal Broach have taken passage with a ship and within the mystic waters of The Lees of Laughter's End, they try to raise a lich. Well, that's not all that got raised, a god also decides to make an appearance. And the hapless crew pretty much all get slaughtered, except the one poor fool who has an ear chopped off, then the second ear, then his nose, and finally his toes. It was funny to see what body part he was going to lose next. Black comedy for sure, but Erikson weaves a fun little black story with our two favorite necromancers, Bauchelain and Korbal Broach. A fun read.The Healthy DeadThis actually is a re-read. I picked it up and noticed that I've read it before, but hey it’s a short book and I wanted to read it again, so I did. The reason why these novellas set in the Malazan Empire are fun and this story is no exception. It tells another dark comedy adventure of the two necromancers Bauchelain and Korbal Broach. This time they've been hired to oust a King of the city of Quaint. The reason being is the King has outlawed alcohol, whoring, and any other vice possible and everybody must be clean, even to the point of the fact if they get caught coughing they will get killed because the person is labeled "unwell". So obviously throw in a couple of necromancers into this hilarious premise and we get a fun dark fantasy story. I liked it, enough to read it twice, so I can easily recommend this story.The third installment of Erikson's ‘A Tale of Bauchelain and Korbal Broach’, but it falls chronologically as the second book. In a new omnibus of the first three books this is the second story, so I read it after the first novella. This was a funnier story than the first, and it seems to be what Erikson is trying to do. Whereas his novel series within Malazan it is serious, and in this novella series of Malazan he is able to let loose and have some fun. Which is what I, as the reader was put through, a fun story. less

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