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A review by lizziea229
Freya by Anthony Quinn
2.0
A 'strong independent woman' story written by a man. What did I expect?
I'll give Quinn credit for drawing me into the story, into SOME of the characters (the male ones only), and into BITS of political drama.
But I noticed very early on that the reason this book was giving me fanfiction vibes was that the dialogue from the female characters (selfish shit-friend Freya and wet wipe Nancy) was so.... SHIT! The male characters, the three dimensional, interesting, well-written men such as Nat, Jimmy, Robert, Stephan.... they got all the best lines, the most thought-out monologues, beautiful little musings... the women all sounded as though they were written by a 12 year old. I'm not sure Anthony Quinn has ever met a woman he's actually liked.
I'll give Quinn credit for drawing me into the story, into SOME of the characters (the male ones only), and into BITS of political drama.
But I noticed very early on that the reason this book was giving me fanfiction vibes was that the dialogue from the female characters (selfish shit-friend Freya and wet wipe Nancy) was so.... SHIT! The male characters, the three dimensional, interesting, well-written men such as Nat, Jimmy, Robert, Stephan.... they got all the best lines, the most thought-out monologues, beautiful little musings... the women all sounded as though they were written by a 12 year old. I'm not sure Anthony Quinn has ever met a woman he's actually liked.