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Dreamsnake
by Vonda N. McIntyre
4.5
I absolutely loved the first 80% of this book. Some events in the last fifth were harder to stomach.
However, overall this has to be my favourite fantasy book revolving around a female character. Snake is smart and warm-hearted but still fallible. Through her eyes, intimate relationships, victimhood, the way a young woman who has not made many negative experiences with people early on moves through the world, and power dynamics are cast into a light I find more truthful than most of what I've read so far. Gently, without creating utopia, McIntyre challenges common patterns of thinking.
I absolutely loved the first 80% of this book. Some events in the last fifth were harder to stomach.
However, overall this has to be my favourite fantasy book revolving around a female character. Snake is smart and warm-hearted but still fallible. Through her eyes, intimate relationships, victimhood, the way a young woman who has not made many negative experiences with people early on moves through the world, and power dynamics are cast into a light I find more truthful than most of what I've read so far. Gently, without creating utopia, McIntyre challenges common patterns of thinking.