The girls in this story do not have those issues. They also tend to follow the recent trope of the strong female who can kick butt, yet isn't emotionally as multidimensional.
They end up just *telling* us in a loud voice how strong a female character is, rather than *showing* it by letting the character be themselves. Most contemporary female-led books tend to be on-the-nose with their feminism. It has two strong female leads who do their thing boldly and bravely without making a big stink about it. This book does something that a lot of modern books fail to do. I would have liked more time to ruminate and understand those bombs earlier on. The only reason I dock half a star is because the ending felt a bit rushed, especially in light of some HUGE bombs that were dropped in terms of character and story. There were so many poetic and beautiful lines of description that lent to the magic. Though this book is undoubtedly unique and stands on its own, it is like a fun mix of Outlander and the Legend of Zelda with a dash of Tolkien delivered in a YA way. Published in 1986, this book actually predates Outlander, but definitely bears some similarity with the idea of a young woman going back in time in a Celtic land. It took my imagination back to that of a child or preteen, when I lived fondly in my own head. I won't go into spoilery details, but I loved that this book was written in the "older style" YA that I grew up with. Still, I think it came to me at just the right time, when I'm needing to believe in creative magic the most. I wish I had read this book when I was younger, because it's something that most definitely would have made my childhood list. It wasn't until I was in the airport that I noticed it had been signed by the author. It was there I picked this book- kind of at random- because I thought it sounded interesting and I needed a new book for the plane home. I was in London for 10 days this past month, and I visited a little used book shop in a gorgeous park.
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