Defiance Review
From the back
Defiance by C. J. Redwine is rich postapocalyptic YA fantasy perfect for fans of Graceling and Tamora Pierce.
While the other girls in the walled city-state of Baalboden learn to sew and dance, Rachel Adams learns to track and hunt. While they bend like reeds to the will of their male Protectors, she uses hers for sparring practice.
Exhibit A. Rachel is not like other girls. I don't know about you, but why are YA heroines the only tomboys in the whole wide world, and girly girls are always weak, useless and below the heroine.
Exhibit B. So according to Rachel sewing is useless. She finds hunting and killing things far more useful. (I guess she hunts in the nude then, I mean where does she get her cloths? )
Exhibit C. Sparring is a show of strength. The only way for a woman to be strong is to be a killing machine. (It isn't)
Exhibit D. Simmular to A, Rachel is the only girl who his tomboyish in the entire world. She is the only girl who gets tired of being bossed around by men. If I remeber my history the suffrage movement consisted of more then one woman. Shouldn't there be more girls like Rachel?
The heroine that is not like other girls is really irking me, mainly because it almost always says that all other girls are below the heroine. Why can't we celebrate all girls, even the ones who like to, sew and dance.? And seriously Rachel, sewing and cooking is just as important as hunting. Unless you are okay with running around naked and eating raw meat.
In all seriousness Rachel was not the only problem I had with this book, the villain was flat, the romance was unhealthy on both ends as Rachel and Logan spent a good amount of time putting each other down, and there was so most wasted world building opportunity. All and all Defiance really is nothing special and a good deal of wasted potential.
Rating: D
Content advisory: A large amount of graphic violence including people being trampled anf blood spurting from throats. Older teens and up
Note: this review was adapted from my rant review on goodreads.
Defiance by C. J. Redwine is rich postapocalyptic YA fantasy perfect for fans of Graceling and Tamora Pierce.
While the other girls in the walled city-state of Baalboden learn to sew and dance, Rachel Adams learns to track and hunt. While they bend like reeds to the will of their male Protectors, she uses hers for sparring practice.
Exhibit A. Rachel is not like other girls. I don't know about you, but why are YA heroines the only tomboys in the whole wide world, and girly girls are always weak, useless and below the heroine.
Exhibit B. So according to Rachel sewing is useless. She finds hunting and killing things far more useful. (I guess she hunts in the nude then, I mean where does she get her cloths? )
Exhibit C. Sparring is a show of strength. The only way for a woman to be strong is to be a killing machine. (It isn't)
Exhibit D. Simmular to A, Rachel is the only girl who his tomboyish in the entire world. She is the only girl who gets tired of being bossed around by men. If I remeber my history the suffrage movement consisted of more then one woman. Shouldn't there be more girls like Rachel?
The heroine that is not like other girls is really irking me, mainly because it almost always says that all other girls are below the heroine. Why can't we celebrate all girls, even the ones who like to, sew and dance.? And seriously Rachel, sewing and cooking is just as important as hunting. Unless you are okay with running around naked and eating raw meat.
In all seriousness Rachel was not the only problem I had with this book, the villain was flat, the romance was unhealthy on both ends as Rachel and Logan spent a good amount of time putting each other down, and there was so most wasted world building opportunity. All and all Defiance really is nothing special and a good deal of wasted potential.
Rating: D
Content advisory: A large amount of graphic violence including people being trampled anf blood spurting from throats. Older teens and up
Note: this review was adapted from my rant review on goodreads.
"If I remeber my history the suffrage movement consisted of more then one woman. Shouldn't there be more girls like Rachel?"
ReplyDeleteYou would think at least one other woman would be unhappy with the situation. Maybe later in the trilogy more girls join with Rachel to fight for their rights.