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A review by ebonwilde
Strange Beasts by Susan J. Morris
3.0
⋆⋆⋆⅞ — this was super fun! and that's kind of all i have to say about it. i don't imagine this becoming a favorite or anything, but it was a nice experience. i had no idea what was going on half the time, but i loved the historical/paranormal atmosphere.
and i love, love, love the mc's feminism. this was set in the early 1900s, and i love how realistic sam's portrayal was to the era. she caught herself stereotyping other women or focusing on a man's attentions, realized what she was doing, and tried to change the way she thought about things. like so many historical/fantasy books have the fmc be a "feminist" but disparage the women around them for not being similar. there's a lot of mistress (side) characters in this book, and 80% of fantasy fmcs would have despised them, but sam understood where they were coming from, their economic situations, and the fact that there were so few paths available to women for self-determination in the year of 1903. she actually likes women! as people! (and also romantically, but that's not what i'm talking about.)
thank you to netgalley for the advanced copy.
and i love, love, love the mc's feminism. this was set in the early 1900s, and i love how realistic sam's portrayal was to the era. she caught herself stereotyping other women or focusing on a man's attentions, realized what she was doing, and tried to change the way she thought about things. like so many historical/fantasy books have the fmc be a "feminist" but disparage the women around them for not being similar. there's a lot of mistress (side) characters in this book, and 80% of fantasy fmcs would have despised them, but sam understood where they were coming from, their economic situations, and the fact that there were so few paths available to women for self-determination in the year of 1903. she actually likes women! as people! (and also romantically, but that's not what i'm talking about.)
thank you to netgalley for the advanced copy.