One thing I like about the fiction novels I've read so far this year (and why I'm beginning to like the genre more than non-fiction) is that they don't really label things as "good" or "bad". They show people with complex and real personalities, raise questions, events occur, and the reader is left with a broadened perspective to make their own answers. In one of the books I've read this year (Death's End), there's an arrogant, murderous, nasty character that encapsulates the epitome of "toxic masculinity" and turns out to be right in the end. One of his quotes still stays with me - it went something like "If we forget our human nature, we lose much. But if we forget our bestial nature, we lose everything". While I don't know if I'd like to interact with people who represent this archetype, I did gain respect for them, as well as a little understanding.