Category: Books
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The Shadow Rising (By the Cover): Into the Wastes
I swear to god, these covers just get less accurate every time! I’m only half certain about what’s happening here. We’ve got four characters front and center; Rand in red (I think), Mat in green (I think), Egwene (I think), and… is that Lan in the back? That would make the most sense. Unless it’s…
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The Dragon Reborn (By the Cover): I HAVE THE POWER!!!
Is it just me, or do these covers just keep getting sillier? Like, this one is just a straight-up comedy, dudes! Look at this! Of the Wheel of Time covers we’ve analyzed so far, this is by far the simplest. It depicts the moment near the end of the book, where Rand claims Callandor and…
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The Great Hunt (By the Cover): Look At This Thing I Found!
Okay. This one is more accurate to the story than the cover of Eye of the World. But it just looks so goofy that it makes me laugh every time I look at it. The cover of The Great Hunt depicts the scene where Rand and Loyal manage to steal back the Horn of Valere.…
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The Lies of Locke Lamora: Richer and Cleverer Than All the Rest
I’ve slept on this book for a while. Even though I loved it to pieces, I kept finding reasons to not read it. Maybe I just didn’t want it to end? I dunno, god only knows why I do half the things I do. The Lies of Locke Lamora, book one of the Gentleman Bastards…
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The Lies of Locke Lamora (By the Cover): City of Sharks
You know what stories are really fun? Gentleman thieves! Sure, a heist with lots of guns and car chases and loud alarms can be really fun. But you know what’s cooler? Watching a group of refined thieves convince their mark to give them what they want, then vanish into thin air! That’s why The Lies…
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