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A review by poegostick
Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao
2.0
Okay so, why two stars when I didn't finish this book?
There was a lot of good things about this book and it presented itself with great potential.
We have some gundam style fighting spirit things, a main FMC hellbent on revenge, and two very different MMCs.
The FMC hates the traditional society she lives in. Women are seen as objects and she presents herself as a feminist against these ideas. However, the big problem lies in the fact that you cannot claim to be writing a feminist story and then make every single other female in the story your enemy.
Every woman the FMC comes across is either too demure or instantly jealous over a man. The FMC constantly wonders why other women aren't strong and independent like her. She claims they're all foolish.
I'm sorry, but it's 2023. Haven't we learned that feminism is not putting down other women?
The feminism became so preachy I was simply rolling my eyes at the FMC's internal dialogue. It became repetitive, as if the author didn't trust the reader to understand the moral of her story.
This was a book I was really looking forward to, and I was drawn in early on. It's building to be a poly, "Why choose" romance, which are my favorites. However, I think the author needs to step out of the way of her own characters.
There was a lot of good things about this book and it presented itself with great potential.
We have some gundam style fighting spirit things, a main FMC hellbent on revenge, and two very different MMCs.
The FMC hates the traditional society she lives in. Women are seen as objects and she presents herself as a feminist against these ideas. However, the big problem lies in the fact that you cannot claim to be writing a feminist story and then make every single other female in the story your enemy.
Every woman the FMC comes across is either too demure or instantly jealous over a man. The FMC constantly wonders why other women aren't strong and independent like her. She claims they're all foolish.
I'm sorry, but it's 2023. Haven't we learned that feminism is not putting down other women?
The feminism became so preachy I was simply rolling my eyes at the FMC's internal dialogue. It became repetitive, as if the author didn't trust the reader to understand the moral of her story.
This was a book I was really looking forward to, and I was drawn in early on. It's building to be a poly, "Why choose" romance, which are my favorites. However, I think the author needs to step out of the way of her own characters.