Finally read Gardens of The Moon and it wasn’t that complicated

I got scared off starting Malazan for years because people talked of how complex it is and honestly it was easy enough to follow for me. Obviously it shouldn’t be the first fantasy book you read but the way some people talk about how difficult it is thought i would need to take notes or something. Maybe it’s because the plot of the book is very similar to Shadows Linger (2nd Black Company book) that it was easy to follow. I understand that the series introduces way more stuff later on but so far so good.