A review by arrr
Brotherhood of the Wolf, by David Farland

2.0

This is one of those fantasy books that's super frustrating. The story is interesting and I like the universe. The type of magic is new and is a unique take on classism and environmentalism. I like the use of runes and earth air fire water magic. There are a bunch of great female characters... But then they're also sexually threatened harassed and attacked, and one of the women is naked all the time and is a sort of newborn blank slate (which would be fine, is great even when she's in the company of a little girl character, if there weren't so many asshole leering dudes describing her body) . Most of the characters are men and it would barely pass the Bechdel test. Characters promote problematic wartime ideas about masculinity. And of course, the enemy is a brown dude from a place meant to sound like India. There are just too many gross boring tropes. I don't plan to continue with this series.