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Re:Why Do Fantasy Novels Have So Much Food? by kbenson on Monday April 16, 2018 @09:30PM (#16854663)
As a completionist, the WoT series is one of only two that I've ever intentionally decided I did not want to finish. After six or seven books of weird preteen level sexual politics and behavior, and stupid plot threads because of if, I decided I'd had enough.

For reference, the other series was Twilight, and I made it all the way through book three before I gave up in disgust at that waste of time. So maybe that means WoT is roughly twice as good as Twilight in my eyes? I'm not exactly sure that's high praise. Or praise at all...

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Re:Why Do Fantasy Novels Have So Much Food? by vlehto on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @05:57AM (#16856889)
Wheel of Time is my go to example of bad fantasy literature. But there is someone disagreeing in here. Maybe it's just sunk cost bias. But anyhow it goes to show how tastes vary.
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Re:Why Do Fantasy Novels Have So Much Food? by kbenson on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @12:30PM (#16859841)
To each their own. It's often brought up in discussions as people's favorite fantasy series, or an example of a good series. I don't fault anyone for thinking the former, but I think the latter requires a bit of justification if not presented in purely subjective manner.
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