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September 2017

September 29, 2017

Voice in the Wind: An Interlude

Enoch surely now knows that Hadassah is a Christian. But it is unlikely that Decimus...

September 22, 2017

Voice in the Wind: Handsy Marcus Is Handsy

What makes Hadassah different? She goes above and beyond, and doesn't just do what she...

September 15, 2017

Voice in the Wind: The Final Straw

The root of the problem, I think, is that Rivers never took Julia seriously. Rivers...

September 08, 2017

Voice in the Wind: The Road to Destruction

In Rivers' hands, this isn't about Caius' abuse. It's about Julia's hedonism. The problem, in...

September 01, 2017

Voice in the Wind: Julia’s Very Modern Abortion

We've talked about characters escaping from their authors. Here, we see a character with flaws...

August 2017

August 25, 2017

A Voice in the Wind: A Joyless Homecoming

Oh FFS. Just this afternoon Julia admitted to Calabah that Caius was abusive. As she...

August 18, 2017

Voice in the Wind: Intro to Domestic Violence

Last week, Marcus returned home from a months-long business trip to find his sister married...

August 11, 2017

Voice in the Wind: Marcus Is a Prick

I'm trying to figure out how I found Marcus so dashing and romantic when I...

August 04, 2017

Voice in the Wind: Hadassah’s Selective Spidey Sense

I'm grinding my teeth here. Seriously, Rivers? Seriously? Caius is malevolent and dangerous ... but...

July 2017

July 28, 2017

Voice in the Wind: Does Julia Even Have Free Will?

Calabah isn't just arranging Julia's next marriage. Calabah is arranging for Julia to marry a...

July 21, 2017

Voice in the Wind: Bitten at Both Ends

Phoebe agrees to suggest that Decimus shorten Julia's mourning time, and Marcus suggests that Phoebe...

July 14, 2017

Voice in the Wind: Into a Feminist Cult

Rivers portrays Julia as selfish and hedonistic, but also as corrupted by others. From this...

July 07, 2017

Voice in the Wind: Fifty Shades of Antisemitism

The message is clear: Christians good; Jews bad. There is no nuance here at all,...

June 2017

June 30, 2017

Voice in the Wind: Julia Goes Rogue

This is not a healthy friendship. In some sense I think Octavia is unhappy to...

June 23, 2017

Voice in the Wind: An Interlude with Decimus and Phoebe

One of the most puzzling things about this book is considering where we are expected...

June 16, 2017

Voice in the Wind: The Death of Good Claudius

I would like to see acknowledgement that Claudius played a role in the breakdown of...

June 09, 2017

Voice in the Wind: The Very Angry Gladiator

Nothing about this introduction to the games strikes me as realistic. Click through to read...

June 02, 2017

Voice in the Wind: Those Horrible, Immoral Romans

Atretes' position as consummate asshole makes it perhaps odd that Rivers is using Atretes as...

May 2017

May 26, 2017

Voice in the Wind: Julia, Hadassah, and the Emotionally Abusive Men

No, realizing that you prefer sex with a willing partner to sex with a crying...

May 19, 2017

Voice in the Wind: A Tale of Two Rapes

I could imagine a novel set in this same period that explores the reactions of...

May 12, 2017

Voice in the Wind: A Tale of Two Girls

The central tension Hadassah faces is not a desire for freedom, or for a life...

May 05, 2017

Voice in the Wind: Julia’s Resistance

Phoebe is very clear---she approves of the match, and of Decimus' behavior. She also uses...

April 2017

April 28, 2017

Voice in the Wind: A Terrifying Encounter

Evangelicals inveighed against Fifty Shades of Gray. They were apoplectic about it. And yet---this book...

April 21, 2017

Voice in the Wind: Pheobe’s Checklist

Marcus upends everything by telling Julia to keep Hadassah. Julia is horrified. "She has some...

April 14, 2017

Voice in the Wind: Most Dysfunctional Siblings Ever

Now sure, this thinking is likely historically accurate. But also, the author of this book...

April 07, 2017

Voice in the Wind: You Tell Yourself That, Marcus

I'm more disgusted with Marcus than I remember being when I first read this book...

March 2017

March 31, 2017

Voice in the Wind: Historically Inaccurate Gladiators

Rivers' understanding of gladiators comes from an earlier era, the age of the Republic. By...

March 24, 2017

Voice in the Wind: Slave Auction

Next, Hadassah is given clothing. As we discussed last week, slave auctions at this time...

March 17, 2017

Voice in the Wind: Yes I’ll Call It Anti-Semitic

Evangelicals insist up and down that they aren't anti-semitic, that they are a friend to...

March 10, 2017

Voice in the Wind: How Not to Break Up

I mean seriously, this has got to be the worst breakup attempt ever. Arria is...