Deerskin by Robin McKinley6/29/2023 ![]() ![]() She succeeded amazingly well-but the lingering strands of those expectations and stereotypes still show. To write this book with this heroine and this plot, McKinley had to fight her way out of confining cultural expectations and stereotypes. Noticing those disturbing threads adds richness and complexity that, if anything, reinforces simple enjoyment of the story. ![]() Time has brought some disturbing threads and nuances to the surface of the story, as a whole body of other works grew up following in this one's footsteps, and as capable, self-aware heroines became normal instead of oddities. Thirty-one years later, listening to Diane Warren's excellent performance, I realized that all those things are still true-but there's more to it. ![]() It broke new ground mixing magic and alternate history, it had a capable, self-aware heroine, and it built an exotically evocative, engaging, and appealing world. In 1982, when this book was published, I loved it without reservations. Groundbreaking, interestingly dated, & odd ![]()
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