revc@noscvax.UUCP (08/12/83)
"JAVAL - Amazon Warrior"
Author: Sharon Green
Tiles: The Crystals of Mida - Book I
An Oath to Mida - Book II
I have one bit of advice in regards to these two books,
DON'T BOTHER!!
On the back of the first book, it says, "If you like John
Norman, you will like Sharon Green."
Well, John Norman, "GOR", makes me sick, and these books bring about
the same reaction. The amazon warrior, Javal, war leader of the
Hosta, is able to "best any male", but only when she has a weapon in
her hand. The minute she falls, weaponless, into the hands of a
male, she becomes helpless. The two books are a continuing sequence
of the rape of for their own good. Javal goes from "shame" to "hate"
to "shame".
The philosophy is the same as in the GOR cycle, and the real
pity of it is that under it all, there is the lost promise of
a good story. The books are thick, 352 & 397 pages, but most
of it is the redundant cycle of capture/rape escape/revenge
recapture/rape. How many times must you read; "Easily might it
be seen that most males are superior in strength to females. I,
myself, had been shown that, stripped of my sword, I was as
helpless before a male as any slave-women..", before the most
brutal rape scene becomes tedious and boring.
Again, I repeat, don't waste your money on this series.
Bob Van Cleef
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