Ascolta’s Reviews > When Women Were Dragons > Status Update

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:

Oh no. this is just feeling sloppier and sloppier.

Oh no. Is this turning into The Time Traveler's Wife?

Oh - evidently - and the misogyny of everyone else.

also curious: decision to hire a boomer to narrate

This is curious as a product of 2022. My frustration with Girl Who Drank The Moon was that it felt a little facile: not as good or clever or insightful as I wanted it to be. And in hindsight, vibes vaguely appropriative. How will this one measure up.