AKA, favorite scenes/moments
TUC is filled with so many moments, standing on the shoulders of 6 books worth of
history and revelations, for many of us over a decade of real time waiting. Moments that may appear to the laymen as just another line, but to you, they don't so much astound as
cut to the core - the visceral quick.
What really hit you right in the feels?
Way at the start, there's a simple line that gave me chills:
"You"Esmenet says this to Kelmomas. A moment, her world crashing around her, where she realizes the last safe harbor in her life has been an illusion. So much is packed into those three italicized letters that, frankly, where they layed out with more verbiage might have lost their impact. The reader is forced to feel what Esmi feels, think what she must think, to unpack the word.
So easy to miss moments like this if you read it too fast
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Anyone else?