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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]T Kingfisher is fun but such girl books! Try Terry Pratchett, Lies of Locke Lamora, Island in a Sea of Time. [/quote] Wtf is wrong with you and this horrifically ignorant take? Do you think T. Kingfisher is writing “girl books” because there is almost always two main characters, one male and one female? And they always both have special skills that help on the mission/quest? How is that “girl” coded? The first two books have three men and one woman on a quest. The Saint of Steel books are about a group of paladins (4 books so far, 4 male paladins). The third Saint of Steel book has all male main characters. SO girly!!! [/quote] I love Saint of Steel, but they are all romances (and honestly kind of the same romancé repeated). It’s reductive to describe them as girl fantasy. But I also haven’t ever met a man who reads romance, though I’m sure they exist. [/quote] It’s reductive to call them romances. You might as well call them mysteries. And you’ve never met a man who reads a book with a romance plot? I find that hard to believe. [/quote] They’re not just books with a romance plot, they are written to fall within the romance genre! And it’s always the same romance: average looking middle aged person gets over deep insecurity to accept that a hot paladin could really be attracted to them. It’s not reductive to call them romances, unless you think there’s something inferior about romance as a genre. [/quote] T. Kingfisher writes horror and fantasy. Casts having men and women who all participate without the women being accessories there to facilitate the men's character development is a GOOD thing for young people to see. This is too much shit fantasy with "woman in the fridge" tactics. [/quote]
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