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mahmabaer's review
5.0
I am not a big fan of the current iteration of female heroines. I grew up in the 90s, and never felt I had a shortage of brave, beautiful and courageous female role models. Captain Catherine Janeway, Morticia Addams, Lydia Deetz, Harriet Winslow, were all women I looked up to growing up. I see the women celebrated and promoted as heroines for my generation and I gotta say -- I'm not terribly impressed.
And then I got a chance to read Golden Pheonix. It was such a breath of fresh air. A collection of short stories set in ancient China, every story is about a beautiful, delicate and feminine woman who finds herself in a terrible situation and, using her intellect, kindness and gentle disposition, finds a solution to her problem and her true love. Almost every story has the woman solving her problem, or at the very least, willing to make an honourable sacrifice to make things right. There is nothing prideful or boastful, there is nothing brash and aggressive, and there is no time when the women in these stories feel the need to beat someone down to succeed. I am eager to read these stories again, this time with my daughter.
And then I got a chance to read Golden Pheonix. It was such a breath of fresh air. A collection of short stories set in ancient China, every story is about a beautiful, delicate and feminine woman who finds herself in a terrible situation and, using her intellect, kindness and gentle disposition, finds a solution to her problem and her true love. Almost every story has the woman solving her problem, or at the very least, willing to make an honourable sacrifice to make things right. There is nothing prideful or boastful, there is nothing brash and aggressive, and there is no time when the women in these stories feel the need to beat someone down to succeed. I am eager to read these stories again, this time with my daughter.
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