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legolas 's review for:
The Summer Tree
by Guy Gavriel Kay
Would have been three stars without the brutal rape scene at the very end of the book of a female character that doesn’t seem to exist for any purpose but to be raped and to show how bad the Dark Lord Bad Guy Character is.
The writing style was good, and I know it was intentionally riffing on Tolkien and Arthurian legend and so on, but it keeps the bare bones of Tolkien’s worldbuilding without keeping what makes Tolkien worth reading, in my opinion. Which is the sense of hope, of light, of the story as told by those who would rather be at home with the kettle on.
The types of female characters in this include:
-perfect beautiful uwu pure beings of light and justice
-conniving bitchy misandrist witches
-sexually available tavern wenches/court ladies
-that’s it?
Also, the main characters in this were pulled from the modern world but all seemed to be instantly good at swordfighting and horseriding. What gives?
The writing style was good, and I know it was intentionally riffing on Tolkien and Arthurian legend and so on, but it keeps the bare bones of Tolkien’s worldbuilding without keeping what makes Tolkien worth reading, in my opinion. Which is the sense of hope, of light, of the story as told by those who would rather be at home with the kettle on.
The types of female characters in this include:
-perfect beautiful uwu pure beings of light and justice
-conniving bitchy misandrist witches
-sexually available tavern wenches/court ladies
-that’s it?
Also, the main characters in this were pulled from the modern world but all seemed to be instantly good at swordfighting and horseriding. What gives?