The Wheel of Time is an Ambitious Fantasy Epic that Struggles to Balance its Characters and Plot Threads in its First Season
The Wheel of Time is a preeminent series of books written by the late Robert Jordan and, later, Brandon Sanderson. It stretches over fourteen books, most of them the size of doorstoppers. The sheer volume of source material suggests that…
I Care A Lot is about Terrible People Doing Terrible Things to Each Other
Make no mistake, Rosamund Pike is vile in I Care a Lot. Not only is her character, Marla Grayson, a ruthless hustler who preys on the elderly and swindles them for all their worth under the pretense of caring for…
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