Thinking of 'did NOT like' - The Malazan Empire. Some folks are enthralled. I did the first two or three books in the series and just couldn't go on. I like the

Thinking of 'did NOT like' - The Malazan Empire. Some folks are enthralled. I did the first two or three books in the series and just couldn't go on. I like the premise of "just throwing the reader in." You are just exposed to the world. No explanations. No descriptions to introduce you. It is just this new world. Magic systems, new vocabulary, taken-for-granted understanding of this new place. The problem? No GOTDAM descriptions to introduce you! I think it was the end of book two where they finally give a partial description of a character you've known since the first book: "oh, he had red hair this whole time?" - They introduce other races, but you don't know if they are human or not. In one case, I think you find out they are lizard like after several hundred pages of interacting with them. Maybe if you read the whole series and then start again things will make sense. I don't want that much investment in a leisure activity that was (at the time) making my commute better.