Segnbora was not my favorite character from the previous book, which made this one feel rather like a slog. Which, you know, fine. As is true in many novels, people improve upon the application of a dragon. And the pursuit of the plot continues to be interesting.
I forgot how 80s the 80s was. I have now been THOROUGHLY reminded.
There's a lot to unpack here and I almost don't want to because

it's not exactly that Duane handles either sexual assault or the process of healing BADLY. It's more the very 80s ideology that—in a world where wars are fought and the devil walks the earth, the worst fucking thing that can ever happen to a person is rape and that's a woman's story arc. Men are driven by fridged women and women are driven by rape. And, like, UGH. It's not bad for it's time. It's just...out of character, maybe? And, of course, the narrative is about tzelem elokim and ALSO about Christian love and forgiveness and they are very strange bedfellows here

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It was, as they say, fine, but I can understand why getting through it felt like a slog.