brenticus reviewed Sexiled: My Sexist Party Leader Kicked Me Out, So I Teamed Up With a Mythical Sorceress Vol. 1 by Molly Lee (Sexiled: My Sexist Party Leader Kicked Me Out, So I Teamed Up With a Mythical Sorceress, #1)
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4 stars
Sexiled is a fun read about a woman who gets kicked out of her adventuring party because the other members are sexist pricks. She puts together her own party of girls she stumbles across and seeks to join the national fighting tournament to whoop her former party's ass and make sure they're as disgraced and embarrassed as possible.
It's a lot of fun. Tanya's repeated realizations that she's not just too good for her old party, but also just really awesome in her own right, are well done and feel nice. The other party members are all loveable and distinct and they come with their own issues to work through over time. I also appreciate that bikini armour is a thing in this world, and it's treated with as much vitriol as it deserves.
The sexism is so blatant and overt that it feels ridiculous, but it's all pretty much …
It's a lot of fun. Tanya's repeated realizations that she's not just too good for her old party, but also just really awesome in her own right, are well done and feel nice. The other party members are all loveable and distinct and they come with their own issues to work through over time. I also appreciate that bikini armour is a thing in this world, and it's treated with as much vitriol as it deserves.
The sexism is so blatant and overt that it feels ridiculous, but it's all pretty much in line with what people experience in reality. The author was original inspired by the story of Tokyo Medical University docking points from women taking the entrance exams because they would quit to start families eventually, anyways. It's ridiculous, something that belongs in a comedy, not reality. There are scenes in this book that are comically bad, and you want to roll your eyes, and then you realize that, honestly, the scene isn't even unrealistic.
I'd say this is pretty much what "women, fuck yeah!" stories should be like. Not just women replacing men in a remake, but women excelling at what they want to do and revelling in their womanhood while they're at it. Much better book than I expected.