Have you ever noticed there's no male equivalent to this trope? There's no Strong Male Character? Of course not, it is always assumed that men are strong.
Author: DK
Fantasy writer and citizen of strange worlds.
Tone and Character: Why I Love ‘Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe’
What struck me the most about this book is the tone. In this post, I wanted to examine how the tone influences the characters and how that enhances the reading experience.
Life Updates and Reading
Life has been chaotic but at least there are books to read.
Keeping it Relatable: My Thoughts on Red, White, and Royal Blue
This is the kind of novel I'll reread on a bad day for many years to come. It's rare to find books that comfort you like that. And yet--and yet, there's something I can't reconcile with: their incredible privilege.
“Fugitive Love”: On Vikram Seth’s ‘An Equal Music’
Ultimately this is a story about the one that got away. The book wonders what could have been. Therein lies its tragedy.