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craftingrama's review
1.0
If I could I'd ask for my money back if the last book keeps going the way this one with unnecessary rape scenes I may end up tossing it without making it to the end. I was kind of liking this series but the sex crap is just pushing all the wrong buttons and annoying the hell out of me and the alluded rapes were just not needed to make the story work and just disgusting and the beginning of child molestation just pushed it way over the edge. Piers Anthony ruined the Xanth series with the same problems with his need to have sex in his books and goes over the line to the point where a person is forced to toss the rest of the series. I had decided to give him another chance now I'm not so sure I want to try his other series that I have.
bookbrig's review
1.0
I haven't read this series in ages, and I forgot a lot of it. It might just be that I was in a cranky mood when I read it this time, but man. For such an engaging story, I really hate the way female characters come across. From an emphasis on their "vanity" that supersedes almost all of their other attributes, to a pretty intense rape scene in a game sequence, it's really not a fun series for the ladies.
I also hate that the women are all lovely and pretty while many of the males are physically unattractive, but they end up together anyway. This wouldn't bug me so much if there were even one plain girl who ended up with a hot guy, but the constant emphasis on how women don't care so much about their mate's appearance while that's all men care about grates on my last nerve.
I hate when a good story or well executed tv show or movie or whatever leans hard into sexist tropes. I don't expect a perfect artistic world of feminist values, but geez it gets old when all I see are annoying stereotypes. Maybe these books are just suffering by getting caught in my current run of media with lousy female portrayals, but I'm pretty sure I won't be re-reading the last book in this series for a while.
I also hate that the women are all lovely and pretty while many of the males are physically unattractive, but they end up together anyway. This wouldn't bug me so much if there were even one plain girl who ended up with a hot guy, but the constant emphasis on how women don't care so much about their mate's appearance while that's all men care about grates on my last nerve.
I hate when a good story or well executed tv show or movie or whatever leans hard into sexist tropes. I don't expect a perfect artistic world of feminist values, but geez it gets old when all I see are annoying stereotypes. Maybe these books are just suffering by getting caught in my current run of media with lousy female portrayals, but I'm pretty sure I won't be re-reading the last book in this series for a while.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual assault
vaderbird's review
3.0
5 star - Perfect
4 star - i would recommend
3 star - good
2 star - struggled to complete
1 star - could not finish
4 star - i would recommend
3 star - good
2 star - struggled to complete
1 star - could not finish
jovvijo's review against another edition
1.0
Good grief was this awful to read!
The story wasn't.
The characters were awful.
And the longer I read the more my interest started to slide into the negative numbers.
Remember kids, Just say NO!
The story wasn't.
The characters were awful.
And the longer I read the more my interest started to slide into the negative numbers.
Remember kids, Just say NO!
katekat's review against another edition
4.0
I enjoy Piers Anthony's writing style and characters. This is not my favorite book or series of his but I do still quite enjoy it and I would recommend it.
revslick's review
1.0
If you are a fan of the series, then for the love of robots and fantasy creatures everywhere, stop after book 3!
katekat's review
4.0
I enjoy Piers Anthony's writing style and characters. This is not my favorite book or series of his but I do still quite enjoy it and I would recommend it.
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