Do you think the novel would have benefited from a greater female presence?

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I think a stronger female presence would be appropriate. Sarah's skills are amazing and although she has a smaller part in the book, her strength is admirable. Women traditionally played a background role in this environment, but it was often their ability and strength that encouraged and supported the men. Thus a stronger female presence would justified.
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Women always bring great presence to a book. If the author has developed them properly their impact should be just as large as men.
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Not really. I found the book well balanced in terms of character roles.
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I always think a book or story can benefit from having strong female characters with strong storylines. We don’t see enough of it in general and this book in particular has fantastic leading ladies. I would love to see them take center stage above the male characters.
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Since the book is based on historical perspective, women's role were less or overlooked. I think that's why female characters does not play a major role in this book.
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I would also have enjoyed reading about more of such female characters like Jacko's half-sister; she was an inspiration.
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With or without the limited female presence, the book served its purpose to the maximum. For once, I read a book with limited female characters and I enjoyed it. This shows the expertise of the author. Kudos to Greg Kater.
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I don't think that the author left them intentionally. It's just that the time in which this story is based, women were not given the same place as men. So according to that time, this book is absolutely fine.
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I think although Sarah is presented as a great tracker in this book, as a character Greg Kater did not give enough information about her and elaborated her personality more in detail. So, I think she should be presented better as she is such a likable person.
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I did not appreciate the female stereotypes perpetuated by characters like Carna and Monique. However, since Sarah was a strong female, her presence was good enough for me.
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I have not read this book but recently I read a book based entirely on all main characters being female, I have to say it one of the most powerful books I have ever read. It is called "The Reel Sisters."
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Dorcas Serwaa Adu wrote: 03 Oct 2019, 07:42 Strong female appearances in stories are cool and tend to give credit to women. Yet, one must take into consideration the fact that at that time, women were now getting comfortable and getting out of their shells. Because dating way back to the time before civilization and modernization, women were barely given recognition and rarely played huge part in society due to either fear or the implanted notion that certain things are not meant to be done by women. So men being lead characters didn't show sexism or make the book less interesting. In fact, the fact that he gave a woman a key supporting role in the novel showed that whether women are given small roles or big ones, their possessed qualities will glare and play a huge part in serving its purpose. Remember, the best supporter or fan one can get and never beat is a female. Because women are great support systems. :lol:
I do not agree that women did not play important role in society in those day but rather, roles played by women were not mostly immortalised but ignored or credit given to men. There have been many great women in history.
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In opinion, I think the author did a great job with plot, considering the historical setting of the book and no changes were for the characters.
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Post by nfdoughe »

I think that there was more room for the female characters in this book; however, I don't think the author was necessarily the best man for the job, as it were. I found his female characters to be a little flat. I appreciate that Sarah is a strong character but I still wasn't convinced that she was really done justice. I think that it makes sense for the book that the men dominated the action, and I agree that you write what you know.
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Yes, I definitely think the book needed more input from the female characters. I would have liked to read from their points of view for sure!
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