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A review by bijou3owl
Arcadia by Iain Pears
Did not finish book. Stopped at 4%.
DNF @ 43min (audiobook)
Hate all the characters so far:
- pastoral child boy
- the professor dude who is walking male nerd entitlement ("I'm special because I have encyclopedic knowledge of these sci-fi books, and I'm going to do fantasy *better* than Tolkien et al, and I'm going to pat myself in the back for "recognizing" a local teen girl as smart, meanwhile I can't be bothered with domestic tasks like picking up packages or feeding my cat)
- "not like other girls" teenager who feeds the above's cat and dotes on him for who knows why
The latest in my recent string of run-ins with male authors attempting to write "strong female character" and instead generating a flat, trope-laden stereotype
Hate all the characters so far:
- pastoral child boy
- the professor dude who is walking male nerd entitlement ("I'm special because I have encyclopedic knowledge of these sci-fi books, and I'm going to do fantasy *better* than Tolkien et al, and I'm going to pat myself in the back for "recognizing" a local teen girl as smart, meanwhile I can't be bothered with domestic tasks like picking up packages or feeding my cat)
- "not like other girls" teenager who feeds the above's cat and dotes on him for who knows why
The latest in my recent string of run-ins with male authors attempting to write "strong female character" and instead generating a flat, trope-laden stereotype