Women Warriors

Just so you know, the next idiot who writes to me to tell me my review is wrong gets reported. You have been warned...

In the Introduction, the writer refers to Joan of Arc, Jeanne Hachette and Lakshmi Bai and then moves on to...Wonder Woman and a thing called ‘‘Black Panther'' which I know nothing about, sorry. To top it off, she includes war veterans in romance novels and thus, the circle of the trash is completed.

I was tempted to abandon the book right there and then. Seriously. But I persevered. For a couple of pages, I tried to overlook the comics and trash being in the same company with actual heroines and warriors. And then came a very condescending footnote full of contempt for people who believe the female characters of today are highly sexualized on purpose. Excuse you, writer. I am one of ‘‘those'' people.

Congratulations, though. A new record. You made me DNF a book before the Introduction ends. This work is probably unsuitable for readers who enjoy quality...