I am really glad that when I first read the Xanth books at 13 years old I didn’t internalize the messages of womanhood presented by Anthony. This timeI am really glad that when I first read the Xanth books at 13 years old I didn’t internalize the messages of womanhood presented by Anthony. This time I couldn’t help myself but write down all the memorable quotes from the book:
Pg. 85- “it required a smart man to outsmart and catch a difficult woman, or a smart woman to pick out the best man and get him committed to the burden of a family.�- thoughts of Imbri
Pg. 95- “She merely manifests the properties of all women, with less ambiguity. They all begin lovely and innocent, and end ugly and smart.�- Ichabod about Chameleon
Pg. 101-“How did the Mongols look from this side, Mare?�- Ichabod “In the bad dreams I had to deliver, they were savage, flat-faced people� Imbri projected
Pg. 178-“What was in that box? Imbri experienced an intense female curiosity, but decided not to inquire.�
Pg. 253- � Women don’t really want all the things they long for. All they really want is to long and to be longed for� King Iris to Imbri
“After it is over, I shall be womanishly weak, my foolish hunger for power having been expiated, but I can’t afford that at the moment.� King Iris to Imbri
Pg. 263- “But on certain rare occasions, intelligence is more valuable to women than beauty.� Chameleon to Imbri...more
I finally figured it out. These books were great when I was 12 because they feel like they are written by a 12 year old boy for a 12 year old boy. TheI finally figured it out. These books were great when I was 12 because they feel like they are written by a 12 year old boy for a 12 year old boy. The generalization of women and the very surface view of the women and their body parts are a good view of how deep a 12 year old looks at the world. It fit this book perfectly because Dor is that age but, really, Anthony is writing for horney teenage boys in the 70s in all his books and that is why it is such cringe reading today....more
Thank you to Xanth series for starting me on my long road of loving fantasy as a young adult. Rereading it as an adult. . . Was not great. Christ, PieThank you to Xanth series for starting me on my long road of loving fantasy as a young adult. Rereading it as an adult. . . Was not great. Christ, Piers, there were so many shitty misogynistic moments throughout the book that the cringe factor was high. It was a basic fantasy book where everything gets tied up with a bow and in really fun literal world. I am glad it was there when my young brain could glaze over how the female characters were treated but today, I wouldn’t recommend it to anybody I liked....more
For the love of god, how does the title and cover art connect to this “book�? I didn’t expect the one time it was mentioned that the main character smFor the love of god, how does the title and cover art connect to this “book�? I didn’t expect the one time it was mentioned that the main character smoked would be the titular event. I never read a book where the main character was so unlikeable when it wasn’t intended....more
Overall this was a really good short story book. Some real gems in here that make so happy I picked this book up randomly. Joe Hill closed it with an Overall this was a really good short story book. Some real gems in here that make so happy I picked this book up randomly. Joe Hill closed it with an amazing story and paragraph style. The biggest let down was the titular story � Stories� by Moorcock because it seemed like it was a story just written for the other contributors in the book/genre and left me feeling like a bored niece waiting for my uncle to finally stop droning on about his coin collection at a relatively lively family gathering. ...more
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