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Cindy McBride asked this question about Too Like the Lightning (Terra Ignota, #1):
Ummm, so does this book imply approval or disapproval of divergent gender identities and the validity (or lack thereof) of religion? Answers will determine whether or not I'll be interested in reading. Thanks!
Joy After reading the book--I'm still not sure. Gender appears to be very socially constructed in this world (in a way I personally would see as sexist, b…moreAfter reading the book--I'm still not sure. Gender appears to be very socially constructed in this world (in a way I personally would see as sexist, but that's the world and not, I think, authorial approval or disapproval), and yet the narrator sees both aspects. The book doesn't seem so much caught up in whether religion is valid, but explores the impact of the miraculous on a society that sees religion as being intensely and exclusively personal and socially taboo (after what appears to be nearly apocalyptic religious wars). I might say that the book isn't really looking to validate anything so much as question and explore.(less)
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Too Like the Lightning
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