L + disliked the choices this author made with the theodora mythos available to him + flop author + you will never understand theodora like i do + presumably cishet boomer man + crafted the driest (in terms of reader entertainment and interest) AND most irritating (in terms of theodora historiography) version possible + pushed thru the first one despite my recurring doubts but had to dnf this one

she is one of my historical blorbos i don't have to be reasonable about this