In semi-related news, I totally just dreamt that I was in a bookstore, and Jaida walked in to give the owner an ARC of Dragonsoul. My brain, it is geekspazzing. :D
I'm totally not a fan of these female characters, and I'm less excited about the book now that I know half of it is going to be girl power/my-life-is-so-hard-because-I-am-female whining. I never voluntarily read books about women because this seems to be all it's ever about. If anyone can pull it off, it's jaidani, but I'm really bumming about the whole concept right now.
Also, should someone be posting review like this before book is even out? Isn't that sort of spoiler-ish and rude? *shrugs*
Personally, I see nothing that indicates that either of these characters have problems because they are female. It could be that way certainly, but substitute he for she and it doesn't really change anything. Your life can be hard and you can be female, but that doesn't mean it's because you're female. Also the person who posted is an actual reviewer (fantasy book critic), not a random person. I would guess he was sent an ARC by the publisher with the intent that he review it. It didn't seem very spoiler-ish to me.
Oh, okay, so they wanted him to post about it! I totally thought it was a random person who somehow got a hold of it! Shows what I know LOL
I've decided that it is my mission to count the number of times nasty crap goes down solely because these characters are female. (This coming from the person who counted the number of times Rook said "fuck.") If it doesn't happen, I'll be shocked to the point of drooling on myself. Wait, I do that anyway... well, in any case, it's not very common that you can substitute "he" for "she" and have it work in a story. Hal certainly couldn't have been a woman, nor could Royston or Rook, and if Thom had been, he never would've been sent to the Airman. I think sex is a bigger factor in plots/characterization than most people think.
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And main characters, no less. This already sounds awesome. Why is the release so far away? D=
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In semi-related news, I totally just dreamt that I was in a bookstore, and Jaida walked in to give the owner an ARC of Dragonsoul. My brain, it is geekspazzing. :D
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Also, should someone be posting review like this before book is even out? Isn't that sort of spoiler-ish and rude? *shrugs*
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And even though I'm bitching about it, thanks for posting the review!
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I've decided that it is my mission to count the number of times nasty crap goes down solely because these characters are female. (This coming from the person who counted the number of times Rook said "fuck.") If it doesn't happen, I'll be shocked to the point of drooling on myself. Wait, I do that anyway... well, in any case, it's not very common that you can substitute "he" for "she" and have it work in a story. Hal certainly couldn't have been a woman, nor could Royston or Rook, and if Thom had been, he never would've been sent to the Airman. I think sex is a bigger factor in plots/characterization than most people think.
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