szelkovica

yeah, they gave me the same feeling actually! i did enjoy the goldfinch very much though, but couldn't finish the secret history.

maybe misogyny is too strong of a word... i tried to list authors that are not explicitly misogynistic but their books are so centered on men that when women appear they are kinda just there to prop up others' experiences. they can be interesting characters, i found camilla and pippa very curious, but mostly in terms of their relationships to the men. which is fine for minor characters, and many well-written minor chars are defined by their connections. the problem is that these two are written as super important, yet they're not as full-fledged as you'd expect from a character of their calibre? so some background radiation of misogyny if that makes sense.