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I'm currently reading three books at once (one is for a book club), and I was wondering: Do you like reading just one book at a time or you'd rather pick more titles and read them simultaneously?
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Sirene
Emilia Hart
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Ok, this is the first time I write a review in English, so please, be kind! A part from the plot, which I found very intriguing though complicated sometimes, I was struck by the amount of theme developed in this novel. First of all, let's talk about colonialism and imperialism. Not only does the author describe how the Republic military conquered all the nearest nations, submitting their people and forcing them ceding their Will. But he depicts perfectly other aspects of the colonization namely linguistic colonization: this is best embodied by Eidhin and Vis's dialogue where the former can't speak the Common and knows this is why people look down on him. Then, let's also consider how the author forces us to think and rethink about the concepts of victim and oppressor: the Anguis's leader considers everyone to be culprit and involved with the Hierarchy; on the contrary Vis makes a clear statement, so that people were forced to submit and maybe they didn't have the strength nor the opportunity to rebel. Vis harshly criticizes this system, especially if we consider his story and, consequently, we are forced to take sides, to inquire our vision of the world and look at our surroundings with a critical eye. Secondly, the author through Vis's words displays the hypocrisy of the Hierarchy: there's no "stronger together", people who top the hierarch stay there, those who stay at the bottom keep their position, no matter what they do. This same pattern can be noticed in the Academy where students go ahed not only thanks to their skills but mainly due to backing or shortcuts. In this way, the Academy stands up as a micro cosmos of the outside world. Lastly, another theme is how the Republic controls its citizens: its laws prohibit non-heterosexual relationships and people must pay a fine if they don't marry or don't have children by a certain age (this reminded me some historical periods and how some current governments want to control private lives). To conclude, even though there were some parts that made me roll my eyes (Vis super-self-confidence and how everything at the end favored him), but The Will of the Many may be the book of the year for me and its social critique, its style and its final cliffhanger are the icing on the cake which convinced me to go on with the reading this saga.
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Upon starting this I realized there is hell of a lot of new information so I thought maybe some people would like a quick notes section to look at without having to flip through the book! I was going to make one for myself and decided to share it :) enjoy! Catenan Rankings: Rank - Receives Will From 1. Princeps - 40,320 people 2. Dimidius - 20,160 people 3. Tertius - 6,720 people 4. Quartus - 1,680 people 5. Quintus - 336 people 6. Sextus - 56 people 7. Septimus - 8 people 8. Octavus - none
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I was wondering how did you all stumble across this cool website? My friend recommended it to me ^_^
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What got you into a reading? And also, what got you back into reading if you stopped in the middle. When I try to think about myself, I think I always been a reader, if not of books. I always enjoyed reading newspaper articles. My first language is Urdu and second is Arabic so whenever we would get newspapers of each language, I would read them out loud. At that time, I believe I was eight or nine. Then my grandmother began to subscribe to children's magazine so I could read them alongside her. I was also into comics a lot, but I mostly chose them in Arabic as I was enrolled into an Arabic school. Then I watched Twilight, and I was so intrigued by the movie. As any normal fan, I researched everything i can about the book and found out that it is actually based on books and so I went to get the second book. However, I soon discovered Wattpad and it was all I ever read for a while. After a year of no reading at all, I ended up reading The Metamorphic by Franz Kafka in 2021 and cried my eyes out. It made me rediscover my love for reading and I have not stopped since.
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I'm really enjoying this novel! In particular, I'm fascinated by the world building and curious about every character's background. Basically, I WANT TO KNOW EVERYTHING and it's very hard not going on reading it all night long!
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What got you into a reading? And also, what got you back into reading if you stopped in the middle. When I try to think about myself, I think I always been a reader, if not of books. I always enjoyed reading newspaper articles. My first language is Urdu and second is Arabic so whenever we would get newspapers of each language, I would read them out loud. At that time, I believe I was eight or nine. Then my grandmother began to subscribe to children's magazine so I could read them alongside her. I was also into comics a lot, but I mostly chose them in Arabic as I was enrolled into an Arabic school. Then I watched Twilight, and I was so intrigued by the movie. As any normal fan, I researched everything i can about the book and found out that it is actually based on books and so I went to get the second book. However, I soon discovered Wattpad and it was all I ever read for a while. After a year of no reading at all, I ended up reading The Metamorphic by Franz Kafka in 2021 and cried my eyes out. It made me rediscover my love for reading and I have not stopped since.
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I'm really enjoying this novel! In particular, I'm fascinated by the world building and curious about every character's background. Basically, I WANT TO KNOW EVERYTHING and it's very hard not going on reading it all night long!