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awoowrites 's review for:
The Fall
by Guillermo del Toro
While the story is still terrifying and beautifully written, there are several aspects of the writing that bother me. Many of the characters and plot devices are a bit too formulaic for my taste. The brilliant doctor is, of course, a recovering alcoholic who has fallen off the wagon; the older, mentor warrior of the group sacrifices himself for the cause; the woman fails to do her one job.
And that, perhaps, is what bothers me the most. There are no well-written, strong, capable females in this series. None. Kelly kept her husband from their son and allowed her idiot boyfriend to turn her, making her a villain. She is then portrayed as either a warrior mother or an obedient dog. Nora is brilliant and could have become the Buffy of the piece, but instead she was sent away to care for the elderly and young of the group. And then, she doesn't even do that well. AND THERE ARE NO OTHER WOMEN IN THE ENTIRE NOVEL. None.
I will be reading the third book, if only because I can't possibly fathom how the situation is going to get sorted, and I absolutely have to find out. But I will be holding my breath for any of my misgivings being rectified in the concluding novel.
And that, perhaps, is what bothers me the most. There are no well-written, strong, capable females in this series. None. Kelly kept her husband from their son and allowed her idiot boyfriend to turn her, making her a villain. She is then portrayed as either a warrior mother or an obedient dog. Nora is brilliant and could have become the Buffy of the piece, but instead she was sent away to care for the elderly and young of the group. And then, she doesn't even do that well. AND THERE ARE NO OTHER WOMEN IN THE ENTIRE NOVEL. None.
I will be reading the third book, if only because I can't possibly fathom how the situation is going to get sorted, and I absolutely have to find out. But I will be holding my breath for any of my misgivings being rectified in the concluding novel.