A review by cossty
Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey

Did not finish book. Stopped at 13%.
The beginning of the book piqued my interest.
The first few chapters were fantastic.
Everything took a nosedive once Lessa was raped.


You are deluded if you believe that MC was not raped or that they raped each other because they couldn't control themselves.

She had undoubtedly been raped.
Everyone knew what was going to happen, but no one said anything to her.
I wonder why.

Following that, her toxic relationship with F'lar was really frustrating to read, and I put the book down.
Yes, I didn't complete it.
That doesn't prevent me from having an opinion about it.

Dragons are sapient in this narrative.
That implies Mnementh also raped Ramoth.
While she was following another dragon, Mnementh leapt out onto her.

I have no objections to rape being depicted in literature.
What I despise is when it's written in a conciliatory tone.
"Because of this and that, it wasn't truly rape."
Because of the "culture," it wasn't a rape.
Because they aren't humans, it wasn't a rape.
Because he is a male, it was not a rape.
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