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Originally Posted by Dr. Drib
Yeah, I like his male characters, too, although some have accused the author of being misogynistic. I suspect those opinions are fostered mainly by disgruntled female critics or frustrated female writers who don't like the way the author "treats" his female characters.
If his characters remain "in type" and true to Irving's vision, whether they are misogynistic or not does not mean the author necessarily shares those same beliefs.
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Yes. And I hope that's what others took it to mean when I said "honest". Perhaps "believable" would have been a better choice.
It's true too, it's always a risk to accuse an author of their characters' attributes (I mean, no-one seriously thinks Dan Brown himself is a depthless, poorly-drawn, vacuous cardboard-cutout, do they?
), though I admit that being in the same group as the subject of some fictional prejudice "honestly" presented in a novel's protagonist can be a somewhat disturbing, and separation can be difficult.
Cheers,
Marc