That's a totally understandable concern, and thanks for putting into words something that was actually bothering me about the book but which I didn't seem to be able to really articulate, myself. ("Hen lit"? That's an interesting term; first I've heard of it.) I did mention a little bit about how Kate's domestic life is sort of this "mythical norm" notion of a family, and it was just really generic. I was interested enough to keep reading to the end, but I'm really leaning towards just passing up on the rest of the series.
RE: Ann Aguirre's urban fantasy
Yikes! I'll stay away from that, then. To be honest, Grimspace actually also did have some problematic parts in a similar vein, such as the dead lesbian lover (Dina's girlfriend was a jumper who died on the jump that got March's ship to the place where Jax was being held) and an "exotic Negro" sort of deal who was this superbly attractive bad guy that was the head of this mercenary community that Jax and company visited. I like the world and the other characters well enough that I'm willing to give the other two books a chance, but like I mentioned in my review (...I think), I really do sort of want to know whether a jumper-pilot pair is always opposite sex paired. I'll be disappointed if she skirts the issues or states that it's always opposite sex paired, especially since we already have a somewhat major lesbian character (Dina).
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Date: 2009-10-14 02:12 am (UTC)That's a totally understandable concern, and thanks for putting into words something that was actually bothering me about the book but which I didn't seem to be able to really articulate, myself. ("Hen lit"? That's an interesting term; first I've heard of it.) I did mention a little bit about how Kate's domestic life is sort of this "mythical norm" notion of a family, and it was just really generic. I was interested enough to keep reading to the end, but I'm really leaning towards just passing up on the rest of the series.
RE: Ann Aguirre's urban fantasy
Yikes! I'll stay away from that, then. To be honest, Grimspace actually also did have some problematic parts in a similar vein, such as the dead lesbian lover (Dina's girlfriend was a jumper who died on the jump that got March's ship to the place where Jax was being held) and an "exotic Negro" sort of deal who was this superbly attractive bad guy that was the head of this mercenary community that Jax and company visited. I like the world and the other characters well enough that I'm willing to give the other two books a chance, but like I mentioned in my review (...I think), I really do sort of want to know whether a jumper-pilot pair is always opposite sex paired. I'll be disappointed if she skirts the issues or states that it's always opposite sex paired, especially since we already have a somewhat major lesbian character (Dina).