/lit/ - Literature

>>16222240
The Wheel of Tugs.

>>11602847
>>11602852
>exists only because she knew it would be a good thing

>>11593644
But Rand doesn't fuck Lanfaer

>>5098425
>(is EVERY location furnished with 'gilded stand lamps'?). He rarely seems to take any joy in the prose, he has no capacity to make decisions about what to describe or what to leave out, so he just describes EVERYTHING and is lauded by his "fanbase hivemind" as having this fantastic attention to detail, but who cares if it's the same twelve details cycled endlessly?

Jesus, this. I'm fine with the constant tugging of braids, crossing of arms beneath breasts, and threathened boxing of ears, but if you're going to describe the cut and bodices of a gorillion dresses, the least you can do is describe them well instead of using a variation of the same three or four phrases for each and every one.

The same with all the "richly furnished chambers."

Anyway I thought CoT was pretty cool with everyone reacting to the cleansing of the Taint and all. I feel like it jump-started a lot of the plot lines that had been meandering for a good while, and led into all the things that would make Knife of Dreams my favorite book of the series.