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Just finished the first book in this series, and here is my review: Feeeeeminism

That's pretty much it. Hey, did you guys ever hear of this thing called toxic masculinity? Well get ready for 832 pages of it. Or if you're listening to the audiobook: 35 hours 20 minutes and 21 seconds of it. That damn patriarchy! Taking away the rights of women! Making them feel small!

So basically it goes like this:
Kyle Haven = Misogyny, Toxic masculinity and oppressive patriarchy.
Althea = Brave gender defying sexually liberated career woman.
Vivacia = Literally objectified woman, with no will of her own.
Malta = Internalized misogyny.
Keffria = Sort of like her daughter Malta, except she recovers as soon as the big bad oppressor Kyle leaves the scene, and she's free to assume the role of matriarch.
Ronica = The actaly matriarch, who is capable of denying Kyle to his face.
Ronica, Keffria, and Malta show how quickly toxic masculinity affects women over generations. How much can change from mother to daughter to granddaughter.
Wintrow = The opposite of Kyle. Defies conventional masculinity.(He's pretty fucking cool though)
Brasshen = A pro-feminist ally.
Kennit = I don't know if there is a feminist term for this. But he's kind of like a machismo kind of guy. But he's incredibly insecure and OCD, and struggles to empathize with others like some kind of sociopath.

The book is still ok. Not as good as The Farseer Trilogy. I actually don't mind all the overt feminist stuff. But what really bothers me, is that the story doesn't feel like it arcs. It feels like everyone's on a steady declining path. Their situation just gets worse and worse and worse, and then the last couple chapters are spent setting up the playing board for the next book.
And the Paragon's story didn't go anywhere. I wanted Althea, Brashen and Amber to sail the Paragon, and then somehow be at odds with Kyle, Wintrow, and Vivacia. But instead, I got the slow and steady decline of the Vestrit family. Which again, it's bad, but not as good as it could have been.

Kennit's chapters were funny, because he barely understands people, and yet somehow manages to manipulate him to his will. It reads like a comedy.

>>15819418
This book is far worse. "Muh ship, muh ship!" Skip 100 pages. "Muh ship, muh ship!"