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Ascolta Ascolta said: " Top rated complain that this is too obviously political or too derivative (of The Awakening ??) It's not that. The problem with When Women Were Dragons is that it's just not very well edited. Unlike crowd-pleasing genres like romantasy, books that de ...more "

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"some of the top rated low reviews complain that this is too obviously political or too derivative (of The Awakening ??) It's not that. The problem with When Women Were Dragons is that it's just not very well edited. Unlike crowd-pleasing genres like romantacy, books that deal with socially uncomfortable topics like misogyny can't afford to be poorly edited. The story has - in many ways - much to offer:" Jun 28, 2026 10:47AM

 
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"Reading according to the rec from a friend. As a kind of good-faith favor, as it were." May 27, 2026 09:19AM

 
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Elizabeth Gilbert
“I have a history of making decisions very quickly about men. I have always fallen in love fast and without measuring risks. I have a tendency not only to see the best in everyone, but to assume that everyone is emotionally capable of reaching his highest potential. I have fallen in love more times than I care to count with the highest potential of a man, rather than with the man himself, and I have hung on to the relationship for a long time (sometimes far too long) waiting for the man to ascend to his own greatness. Many times in romance I have been a victim of my own optimism.”
Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love

Susanna Clarke
“..The argument he was conducting with his neighbor as to whether the English magician had gone mad because he was a magician, or because he was English.”
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Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

Susanna Clarke
“He understood for the first time that the world is not dumb at all, but merely waiting for someone to speak to it in a language it understands.”
Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

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