My father once told me that men become their choices, not their intentions. I wonder what he would say to me now. This is quite an ambitious sequel. I'll avoid spoilers in this review, but if you haven't read the first book, I'd read that first before continuing reading. It's kind of impossible to talk about this installment without spoiling the first one. Following the trajectory of most fantasy series, the scope of the story in The Strength of the Few greatly expands. Diver

Been off my review game lately but I'm baaaackkkkkk. Admittedly, I am retroactively reviewing this after having finished the sequel. I've never done that before, but maybe it will unlock a fabulous new perspective. I'd seen the whole world raving about The Will of the Many for around a year before picking it up. I saw it in a B&N and felt compelled to read it immediately despite not knowing a thing about the actual plot (my preferred method of approaching a book). And boy was

(Sorry I took so long to write this, I've been working 24/7 😍) Since it's been several weeks since I finished this book, I'm not the best equipped to write a comprehensive review. Instead, I'd like to focus on one aspect I found particularly resonant. As many of you can tell from my reading history and my scribblings, I'm quite interested in feminism. I fell into this interest due to my experiences in the modern world, and naturally that led me to explore its history. Women'

10 The Winner's Trilogy - Marie Rutkoski 9 Sunrise on the Reaping - Suzanne Collins 8 Mr Salary - Sally Rooney 7 Convenience Store Woman - Sayaka Murata 6 Lord of the Flies - William Golding 5 The State of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity - Esther Perel 4 Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead - Emily Austin 3 The Boys in the Boat - Daniel James Brown 2 Simple Passion - Annie Ernaux 1 I Who Have Never Known Men - Jacqueline Harpman

Carmen Maria Machado is a talented writer, but her favored structures and motifs do not mesh with mine. At the prose level, I appreciated this collection of short stories. And I was interested in several of its themes, but dismayed by others. I'll lay out my thoughts story by story and then provide my general thoughts in more depth at the end. The Husband Stitch- ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆ I'm not hiding it. It just isn't yours. While I think this could have been expanded upon more cleverly,