https://readingtheend.com/2017/05/15/review-liminal-people-ayize-jama-everett/ before I read the middle Tue, 16 May 2017 01:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://readingtheend.com/2017/05/15/review-liminal-people-ayize-jama-everett/#comment-31857 Tue, 16 May 2017 01:08:00 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=7974#comment-31857 While some of the stereotypes bother me, this seems like a book I will enjoy. Especially because it’s been a long time since I read books about superheroes/ superpowers. About time now.

]]> https://readingtheend.com/2017/05/15/review-liminal-people-ayize-jama-everett/#comment-31856 Mon, 15 May 2017 12:39:00 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=7974#comment-31856 Is it not a common thing, in comic books, to simplify character in terms of stereotypes?
The older I get, the more I see where stereotypes come from; you’re right that it’s not good to perpetuate ones like the “evil cripple” because then children grow up “just knowing” that the evil is inextricably linked to the crippled part and nobody thinks about where these ideas come from.
Is this a problem with character development, though, or with an attempt to use genre to sketch character?

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