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The Raven Tower by Anne Leckie
Sep. 14th, 2021 08:46 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alias_sqbrThis is an enjoyable standalone fantasy novel about a prince coming home to unexpectedly find his uncle on the throne, which is undermined by being an adaptation of Hamlet. The main character (the prince's aide) is a likeable trans man whose transness comes up as relevant but doesn't define him.
While I had some issues with the book for other reasons, and the depiction of transness didn't blow me away with it's insightfulness or anything, I have no serious problems with the representation of transness and it was nice having it just be there as a relatively minor part of his character. I will note that there are a few moments where it looks like he might be about to experience something distressing (entering a 'woman's space', being seen naked by someone unfriendly) but it quickly ends up working out fine.
( The rest of my review is about other aspects of the book )
While I had some issues with the book for other reasons, and the depiction of transness didn't blow me away with it's insightfulness or anything, I have no serious problems with the representation of transness and it was nice having it just be there as a relatively minor part of his character. I will note that there are a few moments where it looks like he might be about to experience something distressing (entering a 'woman's space', being seen naked by someone unfriendly) but it quickly ends up working out fine.
( The rest of my review is about other aspects of the book )
