I still love all the McKinley I read at the right age, and can barely read the stuff she's written since. She was absolutely right for me at a certain point, but that's how some books are.
In any case, one of the things I got from McKinley -- which I also got from Tamora Pierce, in books that are similarly age-appropriate but don't necessarily hold up -- is the idea of healthy female serial monogamy. Everything else I was reading, for kids or for adults, was very One True Love oriented, and both Tamora Pierce and Robin McKinley said, "hey, you can love both whatshisface and other whatshisface, and you can even bone both of them, and as long as you are honest with both whatshisfaces that's all awesome."
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Date: 2018-08-13 08:06 pm (UTC)In any case, one of the things I got from McKinley -- which I also got from Tamora Pierce, in books that are similarly age-appropriate but don't necessarily hold up -- is the idea of healthy female serial monogamy. Everything else I was reading, for kids or for adults, was very One True Love oriented, and both Tamora Pierce and Robin McKinley said, "hey, you can love both whatshisface and other whatshisface, and you can even bone both of them, and as long as you are honest with both whatshisfaces that's all awesome."