A review by izzireads
The Elenium: The Diamond Throne / The Ruby Knight / The Sapphire Rose by David Eddings

adventurous reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This trilogy is fraught with racism, sexism, and a whole host of occurrences stemming from toxic masculinity. The adventure is fun, and so is the token woman in the party, but this book has serious issues. I've been reading this book with a couple other women and we spent most of our book club dissecting the worst issues and spinning our own yarn about how the events should have occurred in order to be egalitarian. Perhaps what we are reading is intentional world building, but I see it as the unconscious bias of the author. So, I recommend a reading with a heavy amount of intersectional feminist criticism as a companion.