![]() Yes, the narrator and sort-of protagonist is a woman, but that doesn't excuse the rest of the representation. One is an antagonist who plays one specific role and then is never seen again. There are a few women, fewer still who wield any sort of power and aren't there to be mad, servants, or dead. Men who are soldiers, men who are nobles, men as senior political figures, men as religious leaders, men who are fathers or sons (no living mothers here), men as villains and assassins. I don't like fantasy books with "man" as the default gender, and The Justice of Kings is very.For me, however, there are several fundamentals of a good fantasy novel that are missing from this one, and I need to talk about them before I start talking about anything else: ![]() A lot of people are going to find in this the exact sort of thing they read fantasy for, with all the character archetypes and plot twists and cool moments and fantasy worldbuilding they want to see in their stories. A lot of people are going to really dig this book. ![]()
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