{"id":29,"date":"2023-04-03T22:38:37","date_gmt":"2023-04-04T05:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/span312blog\/?p=29"},"modified":"2023-04-03T22:38:37","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T05:38:37","slug":"week-12-my-tender-matador","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/span312blog\/2023\/04\/03\/week-12-my-tender-matador\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 12 – My Tender Matador"},"content":{"rendered":"

I actually really enjoyed\u00a0My Tender Matador<\/em>. It’s always nice to read a book from a queer perspective as the market is often filled with straight cis men. I thought the inner thoughts and dialogue of the Queen of the Corner were really fun to read and she had a very distinct voice. Even when she had conversations with Carlos, it’s very obvious who was talking and I think that’s a sign of a strong novel. Having characters with distinct personalities and voices really sets them apart from everyone else in the novel and makes them feel more realistic.<\/p>\n

I really liked how the main character was someone who wasn’t really involved in the politics going on around her. It’s interesting to see how someone who’s been scorned by society during political turmoil. It’s an interesting perspective on such a big event like an attempted assassination of PInochet since they were just a bystander and not someone directly involved. I also liked to try to guess what was in all the boxes that Carlos and his associates brought to the Queen’s house.<\/p>\n

The relationship between Carlos and the Queen of the Corner was interesting to see develop. In any other scenario, the Queen would’ve had the power in the relationship. She had a house that Carlos relied on and she was older. But in this instance, it always felt like emotionally, Carlos had the power. And I was sad, yet hopeful, watching the Queen finally having someone to love in her life and trying to woo this young man. But I feel like, throughout the entire book, it was obvious that nothing was going to come from it. It was always going to end in heartbreak. The Queen knew it too. Whether it be because Carlos never actually liked the Queen in the same way she liked him or that he would never choose to be with her, their relationship was doomed to fail.\u00a0 And if Carlos never liked the Queen back, then it was scummy how he led her on and used her for her house. I think the ending did show that Carlos cared at least somewhat about the Queen, but in the end, it was never meant to be.<\/p>\n

Overall, I really enjoyed the story. The characters were strong, in personality and character, and the relationship between the Queen and Carlos was fun to read about. I also can’t be the only one reading Pinochet as gay in this story.<\/p>\n

Question:
\nWhat did you think about the power dynamic between the Queen and Carlos?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I actually really enjoyed\u00a0My Tender Matador. It’s always nice to read a book from a queer perspective as the market is often filled with straight cis men. I thought the inner thoughts and dialogue of the Queen of the Corner were really fun to read and she had a very distinct voice. Even when she […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95271,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[26,27],"class_list":["post-29","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-lemebel","tag-queer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/span312blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/span312blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/span312blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/span312blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/95271"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/span312blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/span312blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/span312blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29\/revisions\/30"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/span312blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/span312blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/span312blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}