A review by lawl3sswr3n
Neptune by Ben Bova

Did not finish book.

I hate everything about how Ilona was portrayed. Sci-fi tends to have an incredibly sexist portrayal of women in the genre. I get it.... But this book dips into that trope in a severely degrading way. A woman of power need not to maintain power by sleeping with men. Additionally. A woman of power such as the MC was portrayed to have straight forward intentions of finding her father. She handled herself with poise and grace. Until she didn't. All of that was diminished in the beginning when the author wrote about her seeking out the attention and sexual advances of her two male companions. And was then disappointed when they weren't showing interest. Bad form, Ben. Bad form. We can write women better.

Come. On. We can do better.