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A review by _rusalka
The Twilight Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko
3.0
I wasn't going to review this book. Mainly because due to the author's vocal opinions on the Ukraine conflict, he has firmly cemented himself onto my "Halfback Flankers" shelf. However, due to some some occurrences in this book that makes me bristle now just thinking about it, consider this a public service announcement.
1. A man's job is to protect and provide for the woman. A woman's job is to protect and provide for the child. This also means that the man may not be able to have a relationship with the child, as he is providing for them both.
I'm sorry, did I teleport to 1950? Sorry mate, just because you are bored hanging out with your wife and child, doesn't mean you get to justify yourself being an arsehole by falling back on antiquated ideals.
2. A wife should quit her job if she is better at her job than her husband. In fact, she shouldn't be better than him at anything, and if she is, she should hide it and pretend it's not there as it makes him feel bad. And they should never talk about it together in case the man feels inferior. And at the end of the book, you should make the man better than the woman as she has decided to go back to work and that's all topsy turvy and shouldn't be allowed, so we will fix it with magic.
Fuck. Off. You tiny, stupid, insignificant, odious man.
Besides Anton being the dick mentioned above, as well as referring to Ukrainians as farmers all the time (how did I not notice in the first two books?) I enjoyed 90% of the book. Just... yeah...
For more reviews visit http://rusalkii.blogspot.com.au/
1. A man's job is to protect and provide for the woman. A woman's job is to protect and provide for the child. This also means that the man may not be able to have a relationship with the child, as he is providing for them both.
I'm sorry, did I teleport to 1950? Sorry mate, just because you are bored hanging out with your wife and child, doesn't mean you get to justify yourself being an arsehole by falling back on antiquated ideals.
2. A wife should quit her job if she is better at her job than her husband. In fact, she shouldn't be better than him at anything, and if she is, she should hide it and pretend it's not there as it makes him feel bad. And they should never talk about it together in case the man feels inferior. And at the end of the book, you should make the man better than the woman as she has decided to go back to work and that's all topsy turvy and shouldn't be allowed, so we will fix it with magic.
Fuck. Off. You tiny, stupid, insignificant, odious man.
Besides Anton being the dick mentioned above, as well as referring to Ukrainians as farmers all the time (how did I not notice in the first two books?) I enjoyed 90% of the book. Just... yeah...
For more reviews visit http://rusalkii.blogspot.com.au/