DNFed at pg 69.

Why? Why, universe, do you present me with such fabulous ideas wrapped in such an odious package?

The premise of this book sounded awesome. And the execution of that premise started out awesome and equally hilarious. And then...

And then...

Then the sexism walked in the door and slapped me in the face. I shook it off and kept going. Surely it would be the only overt instance of sexism in the book?

5 pages later, the sexism came back. But they were just talking about the sexism that happened earlier. Surely now that it's done with, we can move on and the book will be better.

10 pages later, oh yay, more sexism.

Next page, oh look, there it is again.

In the middle of the next paragraph with the main character trying to cop a feel on a woman he's already instantly decided is awesome, based on nothing more than her "sashaying hips" and the fact that she laughed at his joke, who (by the way) has only had 3 lines in the book up til this point! (Is this really all that you men want from us women? Us to be hot, silent, and think you're funny? And anything else is unwelcome?) Well, at that point, I put the book down, looked at it sadly, and officially gave up.

Why do I even bother to read male scifi/fantasy authors written before the 2000s anymore? It seems like they're all full of this crap.

I'm just gonna stick with Tanya Huff...