But black, deaf, trans, Muslim, white, homeless, and formerly homeless readers will see characters like themselves cracking jokes and caring for one another, with identities that are crucial to success rather than a distraction or side issue. No one is perfect there’s a throwaway fat joke, and Riordan could work on refining the sign language deaf elf Hearthstone uses, which is called American Sign Language but in description is different enough to frustrate. The villain is still Loki, but readers might see similarities to other morally corrupt leaders putting selfish interests ahead of marginalized people and their allies-with a silent, inscrutable wife at his side. Samirah’s Ramadan fast lends her focus and clarity. Genderfluid Alex creates a nonbinary clay warrior, drawing on her indigenous Mexican family history. But here, one quest confronts the evil lurking within wealthy white suburban men (well, elves). The plot almost passes as a typical Riordan adventure: main quest, side quests, happy ending, new disaster looming in the future. Riordan’s third installment of Magnus Chase’s adventures careens through the Nine Worlds in a boat called the Big Banana.
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Since I’ve seen people argue that the book isn’t that bad because the main character doesn’t actually get raped himself, I’d like to point out that forced oral sex is still rape. But apparently sexual violence is only a problem when directed against women, while it’s fine to have graphic scenes that serve no purpose other than to “entertain” the reader, as long as men are the ones getting raped? (Although how someone could find these scenes entertaining is beyond me.) When I define feminism, I think of women being valued as highly as men and being treated with as much respect - not more. There has been a lot of criticism in recent years of gratuitous sexual violence against women in books, movies, and TV shows, as it is both offensive and harmful to the feminist movement. We need positive portrayals of queer characters, yes, but we don't need degrading ones. I fail to see how a book with graphic same sex rape scenes is beneficial to the “We Need Diverse Books” campaign. Personally, I don’t think that’s the kind of “relationship” we should be promoting, regardless of whether it’s queer or not. I love seeing queer relationships in books, but the characters in Captive Prince are either sex slave owners or sex slaves themselves. I’m having trouble understanding how this book can be praised by so many people. There are so many things wrong with Captive Prince, it’s hard to know where to start. Rape isn’t sexy, and it certainly isn’t entertainment. Stecyk, Pleasant Gehman, Arty Nelson and many more. Danielewski, Jonathan Gold, Geoff Nicholson, Jerry Stahl, Sandow Birk, Michelle Huneven, John Albert, John Powers, Judith Lewis, Iris Berry, Steven Kotler, Daniel Hernandez, C.R. Contributors to SLAKE’s debut issue include Luke Davies, Mark Z. Most important are the voices of SLAKE, some of the nation’s finest writers, photographers and artists who live in Southern California and bring to SLAKE their own individual visions of Los Angeles and the world beyond. 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