Comments on: Women as Prizes (Daniel Suarez’s Influx)

By: Athira

Athira — Sun, 15 May 2016 20:48:00 +0000

Ugh, that disgusting passage! Made me cringe. Why can’t we have good women characters in scifi books? I know there are some out there but books like these bring it all down.

By: Katie @ Doing Dewey

Katie @ Doing Dewey — Sat, 14 May 2016 15:12:00 +0000

If you like Count of Monte Cristo retellings, I’d recommend both Edward Maret (sci-fi) and Crux (Vietnam era thriller). This one sounds like it had potential, but the ladytropes would definitely ruin it for me!

By: Nishita

Nishita — Fri, 13 May 2016 12:32:00 +0000

In reply to Jenny @ Reading the End. @readingtheend:disqus haha, I didn't comment on that, because when I read it, I realized I have no idea what lapis lazuli looks like >.<

By: Justice

Justice — Wed, 11 May 2016 20:20:00 +0000

OMG LADYTROPES. I just finished a class conducted mostly through WordPress, and my alter ego was a variation of “lady troubles.” Obviously, I now must call shenanigans on ladytropes.

In all seriousness, this was recommended to me by a friend; we normally have very similar taste in genre books, but I could not get into this. I couldn’t even finish the first chapter. It was just a rough, rough read for what little I could bear…

By: Katherine Koba

Katherine Koba — Wed, 11 May 2016 14:18:00 +0000

In reply to Jenny @ Reading the End.

So I only watched the first episode, and it was many years after I read Monte Cristo so I had a tough time connecting it to the novel, but it exists and the visuals are gorgeous and really unique and I’d like to watch the whole thing someday:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gankutsuou:_The_Count_of_Monte_Cristo

By: Jenny @ Reading the End

Jenny @ Reading the End — Wed, 11 May 2016 12:58:00 +0000

In reply to Delia (Postcards from Asia). Aw, thanks! Yeah, I think I was already weary of the thing where male authors write their own fantasy ladies as prizes for their male characters, and then combined with the reproductive moping, it was just too much.

By: Jenny @ Reading the End

Jenny @ Reading the End — Wed, 11 May 2016 12:58:00 +0000

In reply to Nishita. I know, right? And lapis lazuli blue eyes? Ugh.

By: Jenny @ Reading the End

Jenny @ Reading the End — Wed, 11 May 2016 12:58:00 +0000

In reply to olduvai. I KNOW RIGHT? I was heartbroken that it didn't end up as fun as it should have been. :(

By: Jenny @ Reading the End

Jenny @ Reading the End — Wed, 11 May 2016 12:56:00 +0000

In reply to Lynn @ Smoke & Mirrors. Hahaha, well, good, you can save yourself some aggravation. I will watch or read basically any adaptation of Alexandre Dumas's work ever, so I was a captive audience. :p

By: Jenny @ Reading the End

Jenny @ Reading the End — Wed, 11 May 2016 12:56:00 +0000

In reply to Christy. Right? And it was even weirder that he linked it to menstruation, like that's what makes ladies ladies. Blech.