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Farilane Audiolibro Por Michael J. Sullivan arte de portada

I smell misogyny

Total
1 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
4 out of 5 stars
Historia
1 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 08-11-24

Why kill off or disempower every strong woman character that you invent?Is it so the male characters can shine as the true heroes? This reader smells misogyny.You should have listened to your alpha readers in this book or were you just too set in your way of thinking? Misogyny is hard to overcome, especially if unchallenged and even supported by females around them. Well this reader won't support it anymore,won't give it a pass or turn a blindeye to it.

i've read every series about Eiland, and, from Persephone to Farilane, you've made your female characters strong and wise at first but make them
helpless and in need of rescue,by men of course.

In the end, the only female who, with help from female elves, was freed and kept her power, was suri. By the way, none of the female elves have much power either. Was there ever a frey empress? Doubt it..

You also kill off powerful frey wizard Asoline, who suri loves.She is later s÷een in pire as a ghost of herself and didn't seem happy, but who knows? you gave her no lines in the afterlife.She was just another powerful female character ended too soon, without plausible reasons.

Other female characters were sidelined and made impotent by men usurping (Persephone Thrace,),or went into self imposed isolation (suri, ruby), or were tortured and driven temporarily insane, or permanently wounded by evil men (Thrace, Princess A, suri ,sephron), or murdered outright (Brin), or aged out and fogotten0 (Rhone Moira),or married off and forgotten (Rhone,Persephone,Princess A,Sephron),or turned them into angry drunks (Moira), or you left them guilt ridden, soulless murderers (Sephron),or they were left abandoned in the forest or destroyed by wizard monks she had been protecting,(Ruby), and,finally, Farilane was sacrificed due to the God who is the biggest screw up of all time,.

in your version of History of the World of Eland, powerful women and even goddesses are remembered as males. it is a truly misogynist world that never changes throughout the 3,000 years of the series storytelling.

Farilane was killed off because of Kyle and yet another one of HIS mistakes? Aren't gods infallible? LOL Of course he didn't think of twins. that's probably because, like you, he doesn't have a uterus. Kyle aka Malcolm aka Umberlin, aka Turin (you know there's a problem with his character by all the name changes), tells her it's because she is too good for the job of empress (Farilane).Yeah, after 5 lousy stupid and cruel male emporers over the span of 2000 years, heaven forbid we have a great one who happens to be female. Wouldn't the fact that twins prevent the horn from blowing be a legitimate excuse to give the elves, since they supposedly didn't learn about previous emperors? that is totally implausible BTW. elves are smart and they have great hearing.

Farilane's death was the lamest of all and the last straw.you don't even give Farilane a chance to be seen as happy in her afterlife in pire. Do you really think this is your best book yet? WTF! this book sucked because of your inate misogyny.You should have listened to your Alpha readers, Alpha man. it's supposed to be a fantasy book not a freaking Greek tragedy. there's enough misogyny and tragedy in this real world. If that's what you want to write about, become a journalist, or start drinking more and become another Hemingway want to be.

In retrospect, I'm disgusted and sorry that I wasted time and money. you will probably never read this but good-bye forever.

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Girl, Escaped Audiolibro Por Blake Pierce arte de portada

severely disappointed

Total
2 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
1 out of 5 stars
Historia
3 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 06-20-23

I must be a glutton for punishment because I've been reading this series, all the while thoroughly not enjoying the poor narration with its mispronunciations and terrible reading of the sentences and terrible narration of various characters. Having a serious whine in their voice, the narrator struggles to emote simple sentences and has multiple mispronunciations of simple words. the story itself is interesting in some ways while completely unbelievable, with the main character getting near mortal injuries every single time and having to be rescued by someone, when they are supposed to be very talented martial artist and the sharpest knives in the drawer. I really wanted to like this series and stupidly will probably finish it to the end, just because that's how I am. it did have some potential and I suggest a new narrator and editor for the author. I really don't think that the author can live up to their potential without those changes.

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Dead Dead Girls Audiolibro Por Nekesa Afia arte de portada

so much potential so much disappointment

Total
1 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
2 out of 5 stars
Historia
1 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 03-04-22

I am an Avid Reader of historical fiction and mysteries, but this book had very little to offer in description of the Harlem Renaissance, never described the art or music or the amazing development of Black culture in Harlem in the 1920s that distinguished the time and place. She did not inform the audience about the struggles of all women during those times, let alone touch on the fact that the world was in the early days of the Great Depression, or even mention the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic. Additionally, the book did not have a strong female protagonist, a good villain, or a good plot. The final reveal flopped around like a fish on a hook. The writer seemed very lacking in her research and the ending was truly tedious. In fact the whole book was tedious but I hung in there to the end only because it was supposed to be a good example of lgbtq literature. What a waste of one of my credits! If you're going to write a book that is set in the Harlem Renaissance, at least write a little bit about the Harlem Renaissance besides the fact that they're drinking moonshine at a speakeasy that is much more like a modern disco then a 1920s nightclub. I was tired of reading heterosexual literature and researched to find a historical mystery that had lgbtq characters and a strong female hero, but the characters as well as the plot was so horrible that I struggled to finish it. I held out hope all the way to the epilogue and never found satisfaction. My spouse suggests that the writer find a good editor and listen to her suggestions. I suggest that she spends more time researching the historical setting, developing characters, and formulating a decent plot for the mystery. I really wish I could give it 5 stars because i want LGBTQ writers to succeed, butIf I could give it no stars, I would.

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Sleeping Dogs Lie Audiolibro Por Samantha Downing arte de portada

mind the dog

Total
5 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
4 out of 5 stars
Historia
4 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 11-29-21

Sweet little "who done it" with a tail twist. Enjoyable to the and it seems like there may be more of this tale to come In future books. Is this a series?

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