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A review by macthekat
The Bullet-Catcher's Daughter by Rod Duncan
4.0
Wonderful! And so thoughtful an the role and freedoms of women in a man dominated world. I really like the duality of England.
The protagonist is a young woman who masquerades as her own twin brother to make a living in Victorian London. She does it enough that she sometimes starts to think of her self as that second persona. It delt with the gender issues really well. I don't think I have read anything by a man before that gave the feel of a woman in a bad city so well before. Constantly mentioning all the places where her gender got in her way of her freedom (she is acutely aware because she sometimes have the freedoms) and all the places where men are creeps at her.
The protagonist is a young woman who masquerades as her own twin brother to make a living in Victorian London. She does it enough that she sometimes starts to think of her self as that second persona. It delt with the gender issues really well. I don't think I have read anything by a man before that gave the feel of a woman in a bad city so well before. Constantly mentioning all the places where her gender got in her way of her freedom (she is acutely aware because she sometimes have the freedoms) and all the places where men are creeps at her.