#i could overlook it somewhat during the initial magician trilogy because it was feist's first releases and he wrote it in the early 80s

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Now that I'm reading books by Pratchett's male contemporaries in the 80s and 90s, I'm realising just how ridiculiously ahead of the curve Terry was in terms of writing complex female characters.

I'm reading through the Riftwar Cycle by Raymond E Feist at the moment and (aside from the sub-series that he co-wrote with Janny Wurts) his writing of female characters is incredibly limited (at least thus far; I'm on 'Shadow Of a Dark Queen' at the moment). Virtually every female character is allocated the singular role of either mother, love interest to a male hero, seductive villianess or sex worker.

This book came out in 1994 but it may as well be 1974 given how one-note the female characters are. And that's not even getting into the constant fridging.

Hoping that Feist's writing for women gets better as the series progresses because jeez...

#booklr #terry pratchett #raymond e feist critical #i think i may read some of janny wurts books #because i'm starting to think it was her side of the writing in 'the empire trilogy' that i enjoyed #i could overlook it somewhat during the initial magician trilogy because it was feist's first releases and he wrote it in the early 80s #but this? raymond get it together already you wrote three books with someone who knew how to do this