shebeogden t1_j29mvbz wrote on December 30, 2022 at 5:27 PM

Reply to comment by Waywoah in Does Don Winslow introduce endless female characters just to write explicitly about their bodies and sex lives? by hammnbubbly

I kept getting told that so I read 15 books of the series. It toned down in the way that felt like it was just to stop the whining. But it was still a bunch of women titting boobily into the room. Every female that entered the scene was evaluated by her sexuality and availability to Dresden. Every woman, even in the later novels, wanted to bone him. Nipples through every shirt. Hips suggesting things, even if the owner actively wanted to kill him. I gave up at the beginning of Peace Talks (#16). I really liked the stories but I just couldn’t anymore.

AENocturne t1_j29vitl wrote on December 30, 2022 at 6:20 PM

Lmao titting boobily

fizzlefist t1_j29wygf wrote on December 30, 2022 at 6:29 PM

So is it a booby trying to pass itself off as a tit? Or is it three tits in a trenchcoat trying to be a booby? >!Bird Humor!<

BrickwallBill t1_j2afzm3 wrote on December 30, 2022 at 8:32 PM

Guess that depends on if they're blue footed or not

Nearby-Definition-40 t1_j2brkxu wrote on December 31, 2022 at 2:03 AM

That makes me want to read a satire of women being written by men

Waywoah t1_j2amldn wrote on December 30, 2022 at 9:15 PM

I get that, I would never fault someone for not reading them due to that stuff as I’m not a fan of it either. I love the books, and I understand that he keeps at least some of it in to maintain the “noir vibe”, but I’m definitely in the camp of thinking they’d be better without them.

ArchmageXin t1_j2amw53 wrote on December 30, 2022 at 9:17 PM

Dresden's character is a healthy adult male, nothing wrong noting the girl he is meeting is hot or whatever.

But he had relationships with 3 women throughout the series, and technically real relationship with only one of them. Compared to a lot of writers Dresden's life is pretty tame.