Let's start with the only good thing about this fanfic is that it help inspired the better and well received Y.S. fanfic, A Young Woman's Political Record which I highly recommend.
And now for why I don't like this fanfic. Unlike A Young Woman's Political Record where it was about Tanya becoming the leader of Germania where she genuinely wants to help her country rebuild and finally get a cushy job and retirement while accidentally making people think she's becoming Hitler, The Leader is a jaded Tanya who wants to take revenge against Being X and the whole world for ruining her life by purposely becoming Hitler and using whatever dirty means to achieve that goal. And that's where the problem starts.
The Tanya in The Leader is nothing like the Tanya in the source materials or in the Political Record fanfic as this Tanya is a horrible person who schemes, lies, backstabs, has people tortured and uses others as her tools or scapegoats, as part of her revenge plan to build a Fascist Military Empire. Furthermore, this Tanya is a hypocrite who opposes homosexuality in public yet is in a secret lesbian relationship with Visha but even then, there's nothing romantic about it as Tanya is shown to be an abusive girlfriend who treats Visha like crap, where she hits or insults her whenever Visha angers her.
Furthermore, almost every historical figures in this fanfic has been be given a Historical Villain Upgrade and do things that don't make sense that any History Buff will just get a headache reading it (eg. President Franklin Roosevelt ordering all African-Americans to be imprisoned in concertraion camps in response to deadly Communist-backed race riots in the South).
The Leader is such a mixed bag of Darkness-Induced Audience Apathy where almost everyone including the protagonist are unlikeable, everyone does things that are either stupid or don't make sense and is very wrong for fans of historical fanfictions. I could say more, but that would be too long.
So it's best to avoid this fanfic and go read other better Y.S. fanfics like A Young Woman's Political Record and A Young Girl's Delinquency Record.
FanficRecs An absolute mess that's best to avoid
Let's start with the only good thing about this fanfic is that it help inspired the better and well received Y.S. fanfic, A Young Woman's Political Record which I highly recommend.
And now for why I don't like this fanfic. Unlike A Young Woman's Political Record where it was about Tanya becoming the leader of Germania where she genuinely wants to help her country rebuild and finally get a cushy job and retirement while accidentally making people think she's becoming Hitler, The Leader is a jaded Tanya who wants to take revenge against Being X and the whole world for ruining her life by purposely becoming Hitler and using whatever dirty means to achieve that goal. And that's where the problem starts.
The Tanya in The Leader is nothing like the Tanya in the source materials or in the Political Record fanfic as this Tanya is a horrible person who schemes, lies, backstabs, has people tortured and uses others as her tools or scapegoats, as part of her revenge plan to build a Fascist Military Empire. Furthermore, this Tanya is a hypocrite who opposes homosexuality in public yet is in a secret lesbian relationship with Visha but even then, there's nothing romantic about it as Tanya is shown to be an abusive girlfriend who treats Visha like crap, where she hits or insults her whenever Visha angers her.
Furthermore, almost every historical figures in this fanfic has been be given a Historical Villain Upgrade and do things that don't make sense that any History Buff will just get a headache reading it (eg. President Franklin Roosevelt ordering all African-Americans to be imprisoned in concertraion camps in response to deadly Communist-backed race riots in the South).
The Leader is such a mixed bag of Darkness-Induced Audience Apathy where almost everyone including the protagonist are unlikeable, everyone does things that are either stupid or don't make sense and is very wrong for fans of historical fanfictions. I could say more, but that would be too long.
So it's best to avoid this fanfic and go read other better Y.S. fanfics like A Young Woman's Political Record and A Young Girl's Delinquency Record.