tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738174603029644797.post5751603711704556584..comments2024-03-22T15:53:38.589-07:00Comments on Kate of Mind: 100 Books #19 - MeiLin Miranda's SON IN SORROWKate Sherrodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08706419613939420574noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738174603029644797.post-23363253433089087222012-02-29T01:23:47.725-08:002012-02-29T01:23:47.725-08:00"Male readers may dislike how her male charac..."Male readers may dislike how her male characters are circumscribed by her females"<br /><br />I'm not sure you're being entirely fair here, both to MeiLin Miranda and to potential male readers of her excellent works. FWIW I recall more comments from lesbians than men about a perceived injustice in the treatment of their respective peer group in Miranda's works, but that's really beside the point.<br /><br />Which is that given her impeccable world building and her great compassion for her characters, I feel unable to fault her for her portrayal of members of just about any human subgroup, simply because within the world she has set up, the behaviour of her characters, despicable and loathsome as it may be in some cases, makes perfect sense. And that, I should hasten to add, is by no means to imply that their behaviour *only* makes sense in the world she has set up. Far from it, I find Miranda's Intimate History a great and very accessible look at what it means to be human, both male and female but with special attention given to the latter.Gudyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15292577199416996786noreply@blogger.com