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pan86/100 This started as an interesting first contact story, but kind of lost the plot in the middle, before ending with a rushed and unsatisfying conclusion. If it was just that I'd give this a so-so rating, but the MMC was so distasteful that I have to pan this. He's greedy and manipulative (he uses people because he can sense their emotions), and his opinions of women, especially women scientists, that they are too irrational and emotional
RamsFan1963 to be as intelligent as men, is disgustingly sexist. There are women characters, but he only seeks and accepts the advice of his fellow men, dismissing the women as flighty and not understanding the situation. On top of that, he is in a very icky relationship with a 15 year old girl. At first, he treats her like a runaway brat, but as she gets older, he starts looking at her differently, making comments about her figure and doing things 9h
RamsFan1963 like patting her on the butt. Its gross and made me feel dirty reading it. I'm glad it's over. This was published in 1986, but the attitude of MMC was right out of the 1950s. 1.5/5 ⭐ #Read2025 9h
Bookwomble I think 1986 also had a lot of that attitude 🤢 3h
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