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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Retros_x" data-source="post: 9801484" data-attributes="member: 7033171">I mean that depends whom you ask. The "dark age" is famously misrepresented in modern media. The peasants did not work more than us today (8-9 hours), but had MUCH more holidays, often for multiple weeks outside of hard-demanding timeframes like harvest. They did a lot of merrymaking, they died their clothes colorful, they did wash themselves. Would I wanted to live back then? Of course not. We achieved so much medical and societal improvements that I don't want to miss. But the picture of "everything was terrible until the capitalist factory owners brought us luck and prosperity" is also not true and a strongly ideologically driven narrative.[USER=6780330]@Parmandur[/USER] I actually started Wheel of Time! I thought I give it a chance, and I do enjoy it. It feels very cozy to me right now in autumn, early winter and it scratches the "epic fantasy" itch that The Way of Kings failed to do for me a few months ago. The prose is not that masterful to me like you claimed, but also not bad as others did. I like the descriptive style that pulls me into the scene. I am still only 200 pages in the first book, but I do enjoy it at the moment!</blockquote>