@Nightwhisper666 Oh, that’s true. Sorry, that particular tidbit slipped my mind, it’s been awhile since I’ve read these. But again, this was written in a time when simply being a woman was a bad handicap, never mind having different a shade of skin tone or being someone who was viewed as going against the normal order of humanity. After all, we’ve only started making real progress toward accepting same sex relationships in recent years. So I don’t hold it against the books, because I expect it from old works, and the fact that things were different then and now needs to be acknowledged and accepted because we can’t change the past. I’ve heard that later on, the representation gets better, but since I haven’t actually read that far, I did a quick google search to clear up some stuff.
•For context, in the time surrounding the 1960s, homosexuality was very taboo
•early on in the stories, representation was not good, and in an attempt to not risk any specific spoilers, or go beyond the limits of my knowledge, I’ll leave it at this: It was not consentual and was forced.
•later on, it seems the air was cleared a bit, more so in books written and co-written by her son (though im not entirely sure on that last bit because I haven’t read those yet.) and homosexuality was acknowledged, admitted, and made a little more consentual and much less of a violation.
•you will understand why consent will always be a bit lacking in certain instances in these books as you read them. (Other times, it’s just a holdover of sexism.)
As for bland characters, yeah, I suppose they do fit into their grooves? I dunno, bland characters are usually a turn of for me, so if they are lacking in dimension it’s because I get swept in by the world building so much that I just don’t notice. Just give it a read and see what you think.
•For context, in the time surrounding the 1960s, homosexuality was very taboo
•early on in the stories, representation was not good, and in an attempt to not risk any specific spoilers, or go beyond the limits of my knowledge, I’ll leave it at this: It was not consentual and was forced.
•later on, it seems the air was cleared a bit, more so in books written and co-written by her son (though im not entirely sure on that last bit because I haven’t read those yet.) and homosexuality was acknowledged, admitted, and made a little more consentual and much less of a violation.
•you will understand why consent will always be a bit lacking in certain instances in these books as you read them. (Other times, it’s just a holdover of sexism.)
As for bland characters, yeah, I suppose they do fit into their grooves? I dunno, bland characters are usually a turn of for me, so if they are lacking in dimension it’s because I get swept in by the world building so much that I just don’t notice. Just give it a read and see what you think.
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