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CW: The Way of Shadows spoilers, homophobia, sexual abuse, csa
I just finished reading The Way of Shadows, and one of the things that stuck out to me about the book was that the ultimate horror in this fantasy world is sodomy.
We find this in the early chapters in the child rapes, which are perpetrated by Rat, a man. He dresses Jarl up as a girl, and debases him in this way. It is pure horror, but a horror that explicitly defies gender expectations. Indeed, part of the horror is the fact that it does not conform to normal heterosexual, patriarchal relations.
In later chapters, we see Jarl again. He's not a shell of a human, but he is clearly discontent with his position. He is whoring himself out to a man; something he considers rather disgraceful, it seems. Partially because his "boyfriend"/sugar daddy is married to a woman, and he is just the plaything on the side. Nowhere do we see him consider the possibility of a loving relationship. We don't even know if he is into men at all. It is telling, though, that the horror of whoring oneself out is, again, homosexual. It could have been heterosexual, but no, for ultimate effect, the author chose to have it be homosexual.
Lastly, and most clearly, we see it in the scene where Roth borderline tortures Logan. Roth orders that Logan's cock and balls be cut off, and that he then be thrown to the sodomites.Time and time again, sexual abuse appears as the horror, with the homosexual aspect of it pushing the horror even further. There is little sexual abuse in this book that does not involve the horror of homosexuality in some way.
We can't really see this as independent from the sexism. Indeed, in the first chapters, the debasement came from Jarl not only being raped, but raped as a girl. Jarl later whores himself out, but he is the sole man to do so - he is someone who has a woman's job. And, again, the last and most clearly: the sign and proof of manhood, the cock and balls, are cut off, in an attempt to turn Logan into a mere woman. -
I need to start posting my feelings about the book I'm reading, which is The Way of Shadows by Brent Weeks. So I'll do it in one handy thread (this one), and I'll use content warnings due to spoilers.
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I need to start posting my feelings about the book I'm reading, which is The Way of Shadows by Brent Weeks. So I'll do it in one handy thread (this one), and I'll use content warnings due to spoilers.
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Night Angel Nemesis (The Kylar Chronicles Book) "After the war that cost him so much, Kylar Stern is broken and alone. He's determined not to kill again" Sale: $22.99 to $2.99 by Brent Weeks Rating: 4.4/5 (2709 Reviews) #fantasy #books #BrentWeeks #sale #Recommendation #Sale #reading #BookSky
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Night Angel Nemesis (The Kylar Chronicles Book) "After the war that cost him so much, Kylar Stern is broken and alone. He's determined not to kill again" Sale: $22.99 to $2.99 by Brent Weeks Rating: 4.4/5 (2709 Reviews) #fantasy #books #BrentWeeks #sale #Recommendation #Sale #reading #BookSky
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Night Angel Nemesis (The Kylar Chronicles Book) "After the war that cost him so much, Kylar Stern is broken and alone. He's determined not to kill again" Sale: $22.99 to $2.99 by Brent Weeks Rating: 4.4/5 (2709 Reviews) #fantasy #books #BrentWeeks #sale #Recommendation #Sale #reading #BookSky
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Night Angel Nemesis (The Kylar Chronicles Book) "After the war that cost him so much, Kylar Stern is broken and alone. He's determined not to kill again" Sale: $22.99 to $2.99 by Brent Weeks Rating: 4.4/5 (2709 Reviews) #fantasy #books #BrentWeeks #sale #Recommendation #Sale #reading #BookSky
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Where are my Fans of #DarkFantasy ⁉️ 👀
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Where are my Fans of #DarkFantasy ⁉️ 👀
Check out this #SpookySeason #Contest 👻 🎃
Discover #IndieAuthors and Enter to win macabre #swag and a stack of #freebooks from big names in the genre! 💀 ✨ 🗡️
https://clcannon.net/giveaways/darkfantasy/@horror @fantasy @specfic @bookstodon @bookstadon @paranormal @lgbtqbookstodon @sffbookclub @sffbipoc @ttrpg
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Just finished #reading Night Angel Nemesis by #BrentWeeks. Nice to return to Midcyru after a long absence.
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Just finished #reading Night Angel Nemesis by #BrentWeeks. Nice to return to Midcyru after a long absence.
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Just finished #reading Night Angel Nemesis by #BrentWeeks. Nice to return to Midcyru after a long absence.
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Just finished #reading Night Angel Nemesis by #BrentWeeks. Nice to return to Midcyru after a long absence.
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@GusHarrisReid
In no particular order and because my favorite number is 8:💚 All the Farseer books (there’s 3 main trilogies and 2 side ones) - Yes, ALL of them! - #robinhobb
💚 Old Man’s War - #JohnScalzi
💚 The Windup Girl - #paolobacigalupi
💚 The Ten Thousand - #PaulKearney
💚 The Poppy War - #rfkuang
💚 Red Rising - #piercebrown
💚 The Poisonwood Bible - #barbarakingsolver
💚 The Night Angel trilogy - #BrentWeeks
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@GusHarrisReid
In no particular order and because my favorite number is 8:💚 All the Farseer books (there’s 3 main trilogies and 2 side ones) - Yes, ALL of them! - #robinhobb
💚 Old Man’s War - #JohnScalzi
💚 The Windup Girl - #paolobacigalupi
💚 The Ten Thousand - #PaulKearney
💚 The Poppy War - #rfkuang
💚 Red Rising - #piercebrown
💚 The Poisonwood Bible - #barbarakingsolver
💚 The Night Angel trilogy - #BrentWeeks
