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The whitewashing of female characters is starting to annoy me. I think I was too dense to notice before or maybe it’s just happening more but it’s so frustrating to come across it in otherwise extremely enjoyable stories. it doesn’t even ruin the characters for me but it makes me stumble so hard and I just keep thinking that it could be done more subtly. I’m literally on my knees for feminist media, the feminist angle is not the problem. just feels like writers get too caught up in restricting narratives cause they’re trying to say something and be nice about it. I don’t want nor do I need nice.
Fan art of the Fairy King from "A study in drowning" by Ava Reid.
this book was amazing, I read it in 2 days and couldn't lift my eyes from the pages.
"Your love cannot make me less of a monster."
Sevas lets out a breath. "I wouldn't presume my love could do such a thing. I would have you as you are, nothing less."
-Ava Reid, Juniper & Thorn (2022)
"So you are no mortal man. I have seen what mortal men can do. I prefer a monster that shows itself openly."
-Ava Reid, Lady Macbeth (2024)
lady macbeth was… something. (spoilers ish)!!!
i am a HUGE fan of ava reid. i have read all her previous books and LOVED THEM!! however, this is very much a lapvona by ottessa moshfegh situation. it is a well (?) written story, but i don’t think that this type of story makes the author shine.
i think that it’s great when authors branch and write in new genres, however lady macbeth feels like taking one genre and trying to fit it into the style of reid’s previous styles.
i read this book in two days, and i did enjoy it. i believe that the whole lysander/dragon thing was very predictable, but still an interesting plot point.
on the aspect of it being a shakespeare retelling…. this is where i start to tune out. i really didn’t feel like this was that, but at the same time that is all it was??
also, i hated the treatment of the scottish and scotland!!! very stereotyping and making scotland seem dull and bleak and grey when it is so beautiful!!!
i really don’t have any super cohesive thoughts on this. probably my least favorite ava reid book, but not the worst thing in the world.
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