Reviews

The Woman Who Rides Like a Man by Tamora Pierce

morrissa's review

adventurous emotional relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

soupertrouper's review

adventurous

4.0

hjswinford's review

4.0

4.5 stars. Alanna kicks butt. Men who kiss her are nice, but mostly this woman just wants to kick tale at being the best knight. I love that about her. And I love that we get the anti-not-like-other-girls love from her in this book, too, because she started out kind of fitting into that trope, but she's grown beyond that way of thinking. Love it.

victorien's review

3.0

There’s a looooot of orientalism and white savior plot points in this one, oof

kaoden39's review

5.0

*reread 12/19-12/21*

How many times can a person reread their favorite books? I'll let you know. I love these books.







This is my favorite Alanna book. I love her life in the desert and her time that she spends there. This is where Alanna really grows up. And when she finally realizes who the true man for her is.

winkiie's review

2.0

1.5

shema's review

5.0

Ahh! I love this series! Now I'm going right to the last one!

jontel's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

wiltedneck's review

adventurous challenging inspiring mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Alanna's first year adventuring as a knight leads to her adoption into a new culture (the Bazhir) and to her adoption into new family lineages. I don't think I'd recalled that her year in the desert shaped her into one of the realms most powerful sorcerers. In addition, she grapples with love and freedom (what those things mean to her and across cultures) and unrest with the Rouge means we even have a chapter that follows George. 

This book feels the most serial of the quartet, I think, in that it doesn't answer all the big questions it opens, but it leaves me excited to read the next and final book. 

brebee2010's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0