Starting off, Dorda is described as “very superstitious, forever spotting negative signals, and engaged in numerous secret rituals, which tended to complicate his life” (pg 2). Honestly this instantly made him feel so real to me? Like we all know someone like that or maybe we are that person a little bit who has habits […]
First of all, I really liked how fast this book was to get through compared to last week’s read. Like genuinely flew through it. Now onto the actual reflection.The title of this novel immediately made me think of secrets, and honestly a trench coat is kind of the perfect symbol for that. Think about […]
This was my first time reading a novel written in this style, and as is with all new experiences, at first it felt jarring and almost uncomfortable, but I gradually grew to like the style as I kept progressing throughout the book. In this novel I (yes, me) keep getting incomplete novels. In some ways, […]
I really enjoyed reading Time of the Doves. It felt very mellow and was quite easy to read. The writing style managed to keep me engaged throughout the story. Overall, the novel was very emotional and the author did a fantastic job portraying the frustrating, helpless and suffocating emotion through her simple yet effective writing. […]
Overall a fun-ish read! I think this novel Deep Rivers was very interesting and I especially like the authors descriptive writing style. Throughout the book there was a strong focus on Indigeneity which was shown in many ways. To me the representation of Indigenous culture through nature and music stood out the most. In Ernesto’s […]
Wow, Nada was an interesting, interesting read. It follows the story of a young girl post Spanish civil war moving to attend university. Our protagonist Andrea moves in with her extended family who seems to have lost almost everything due to the war, given that they were quite well off before the war. I […]
I really enjoyed this weeks reading of the Shrouded Woman. I think it was an easier read compared to the previous books we read and I was also very captivated throughout the book. One of the key themes (for me) in this book is that it is written from the perspective of a woman, […]
Nadja was a very interesting read and builds onto the Proust reading we did last week, especially in terms of me stepping into a form of writing I’m not very familiar with. This book is very disconnected and doesn’t seem to follow a typical storyline comprised of a beginning, middle and end. Nadja is my […]
Well, that was a very interesting read! I particularly enjoyed the descriptiveness used by Proust which I believe succeeded in painting a picture book of the emotions he aimed to convey. This text was kind of difficult to read ngl, because it had very very long sentences (which were basically paragraphs to be honest). Despite […]
Hello, I hope everyone is having an amazing day and start to the new semester. My name is Palak! I am a third year student studying psychology. I am born and raised in beautiful British Columbia. However, I grew up in the Fraser Valley, which is kind of different than Vancouver (the gas is cheaper). […]
