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Title: Needs some polish to be lackluster
Review: Let me start as so many other reviewers have: by saying that the ideas behind this book were intriguing, but the actual book fell fall short of its promise. And now for my responses to the standard topics.Length: Could have been cut nearly in half. Writing style: Rich and descriptive, but often too much (see above). Historical inaccuracy: Didn't much bother me. It's a fairy tale; it doesn't have to be perfect. Religious inaccuracy: See above, and add enough ignorance on my part that I didn't really notice it. Anti-Christian bias: I found a lot of the pagan opinions on Christianity to be interesting and thought-provoking, and the fact that they were as petty as the Christians more or less erased the bias in my mind. Characters: Loved 'em when they weren't scheming or being tragically obsessive (about a quarter of the book). The idea that this book spawns life-changing bursts of feminism in its readers scares me.
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