The Will of the Many (Volume 1)

The books are well made and well designed, very easy to read also. The stories are amazing

loved the book itself but the copy is too large for me

😍😍😍

I haven’t read anything by James Islington so far, even though I have only heard good things about his books. That will change now, because I really enjoyed The Will of the Many. I am a huge fan of the academy-trope and setting in fantasy books, so I was pretty sure I was going to like it, but I didn’t expect to love it so much. Especially because in retrospect the main character would usually be too much: Vis Telimus seems to excel in almost everything he does, no matter what it is: studying widely different topics, learning martial arts, …it doesn’t matter what it is, but once he applies himself to it, Vis will become very adept at it in a rather short amount of time. While also being an outsider with a tragic backstory that tries his best to be true to himself and generally seems to be good people all around. He reminds me of the early Superman. Usually, I am not a fan of this type of character, but he and the story in general are just so very well written, it didn’t bother me at all while reading and I actually only realized him being a male Mary Sue (I think I read ‘Gary Stu’ for that?) looking back at the story. With that out of the way, let’s get into it: The Will of the Many is a first-person POV-narrative, told by main character Vis Telimus. The world-building is very obviously Roman-inspired and is done thoroughly and convincingly. The characters are interesting, obviously focused on Vis, but with a few interesting side-characters as well. Only some of Vis’ antagonists fall a little flat, to be honest. But the strength of this book in my opinion is the actual story and the way it is told. It is very fast paced, very engaging and with lots of twists. We learn more about Vis, about the people around him, about the society he lives in, there is intrigue galore,… All this combined made it really difficult to put The Will of the Many down, I can’t remember a section I would have liked to skip ahead, I was truly entertained. I finished the book about the time the second part came out, and I doubt I will wait very long to continue Vis’ journey.

Arrived well packaged. Book itself was great. Looking forward to the next one.

The Will of the Many pulls you into its riptide from the first chapter and sweeps you away into a stunning and expansive roman esque world that teeters on a razor's edge. There are so many things to gush about in this book. Masterful world building, fantastic characters, clean prose, unique magic system, and a brilliant plot. If you enjoyed Red Rising, you will love this book.

Compré el libro en pasta dura para un regalo de navidad. Se ve de buena calidad y muy interesante.