Status Updates From The Black Lotus (Shadow of ...

This book becomes more and more obvious that it’s written by a man. The male gaze is strong and there’s plenty of lowkey misogyny (maybe not intentional but those little micro aggressions people don’t think of as misogynistic).

Oh boy here we go with the trash depiction of girls in a book written by a man. I hope it gets better, some lesson is learned along the way, or something because right now I'm side-eying the only girl being a "pretty" blonde whose super power is talking to animals (not invisibility, super speed, projection, or strength like the male characters so far).