A Million Quiet Revolutions | 
After finishing the book and looking back at my highlights, I came across this page from the beginning of the story. Later in the book, Oliver and Aaron become much more comfortable being seen together (as lovers) in public, so reading this page made me think about how far they came as people and as a couple. The way that Gow fleshes this story out is very neat.
This part of the book is so interesting because it highlights parts of history we never learned in school. As I mentioned in my previous post, both of the main characters talk about how they didn‘t hear a lot of queer history in their classes, and how they wish that could change. Here, Oliver is giving some of that history to the reader, like he is changing the narrative for the future. Not only does he present a problem but also a solution.
One of the two main characters in this book, Oliver, is fascinated with the American Revolutionary War. He is particularly interested in queer representation in history. When I read the title, “A Million Quiet Revolutions”, I thought of revolutions as cycles. After reading further into the story, I figured out that the author was talking about actual revolutions, like rising up - but quietly. I thought the title was well done.
This book is about the experience of a transgender boy. It‘s written mostly in second person, and the “you” refers to the person he loves. He is also a transgender boy, and they are figuring this journey out together. So far, I‘m enjoying the poetry-style narrative in this book.
