The Light and Shade of Ellen Swithin is another in the latest slew (geddit?) of books about women truly killing it.
Tag: patriarchy
The Book of Secrets
We are plunged into 17th century Rome, where women strive to survive in a patriarchal world perhaps not so very different from our own.
Weyward
Three women, three time periods, and always the same old shit of male coercion and violence. An absorbing, immersive story.
The Darlings of the Asylum
Gripping and exciting gothic novel. A wayward young woman is locked up in a Victorian asylum. Why? What happened? And how can she get out?
How To Kill Men and Get Away With It
Entertaining novel about a one-woman quest to redress the balance. Too many men are violent against women. They don’t all get away with it.
The Splendid City
The Splendid City is set in a alternative reality. It’s loads of fun but also a serious satire of a world becoming ever more dystopian.