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Has anyone read the book "Firekeeper's Daughter"? If so, what were everyone's thoughts on Daunis Fontaine, the hero of the book?
So I am reading this book for school. When I went on an MBTI database, I saw a comment for the main character’s profile saying something like, “I haven’t hated a character so much in a long time”. When I looked, I saw a lot of positive reviews on the book and Daunis, as well as NEGATIVE. Many people have criticized the writing, calling Daunis misogynistic, a pick-me, etc. Basically, from my understanding, she kinda wants to be one of the “guys”, is a tomboy, likes hockey, criticizes other girls, specifically the girlfriends of the hockey guys as being “anglerfish” that just leech onto them. She also is 'different" in the way that she does things like recite the scientific names for things and recite the periodic table to help her sleep. One thing I didn’t like, though I do like how she’s a strong woman lead who deeply cares for others, though I do understand why, is her on-and-off behavior towards the love interest, Jamie. She sees Jamie as a liar, which is kind of true, but he does it to protect people, and she switches between being head-over-heels for him and being angry at him. spoiler At one point, I think they were about to have sex, and she said she wanted to do it. She was head-over-heels for him. However, he said he loved her, and she immediately had a mood whiplash and got angry, telling him not to lie to her because “I love you” is a promise and everyone breaks it or something like that.
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@kindnesskills@literature.cafe · Mar 08
I haven’t read the book, but I think there is a big difference between a flawed character and a flawed message. Like: Is it just that the flawed character is saying that other girls are shallow and leeches onto popular boys without having anything to offer, or is the book/story/author agreeing and implying it with how the other female characters act when not observed through that character or by never having that flawed presumption challenged? A character having internalised misogyny and mood swings can be them clearly being torn between their fear of abandonment and their love or attraction because they are a flawed character written very well, or it can be lazy writing with no clear character understanding or reason for their erratic changes, depending on how its done. Some of my favourite pieces of media is with characters I would absolutely hate in real life, or who are deeply flawed but understandable and/or not rewarded for it.
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