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Valeria Luisell’s novel, “Faces in the Crowd,” was intricately written from the perspective of two different narrators originating from different cities and periods. The author didn’t introduce nor warn the readers of the back-and-fourth narration occurring throughout the story, so I was very confused about the events transpiring until more than halfway through the book. […] read full post >>

It’s my pleasure to end this class with this great book!!! “We grew up with a duty to make it difficult for others before they made it difficult for us” (37). In such a place, there is no genuine friendship between adults; they share only a common interest. The relationships between families appear relatively indifferent, […] read full post >>

I can’t believe this was the last book of the class! Honestly, I didn’t enjoy reading it that much. I felt confused and disoriented. It wasn’t until the day after I finished it and watched the lecture video and read other people’s blog posts that I realized I actually did like it. This book is […] read full post >>

I remember being very happy when I first saw the book on the list of readings for this class. For one, this is one of my favorite books as far as I could remember. I had read this entire series at an earlier time, when I was looking into book recommendations so I could learn […] read full post >>

Finally, it’s the last book! Luckily, I personally liked this book 🙂 Well, this book is full of the dilemma and helplessness of women in a patriarchal society, but also showing the awakening of women’s power. Lila and Elena form a complementary and mutually redeeming feeling to me, and they find in each other the […] read full post >>

Faces In the Crowd by Valeria Luiselli is a unique novel that has stories intertwined in three time zones and seems to jump around in its thinking.  From the beginning of the story,  the story was from the perspective of a writer, who is the mother of two kids.  “I have a baby and a […] read full post >>

I am happy to say that I have read all the 11 books for this course. But the bad news is that after reading this week’s book, I AM SO CONFUSED.  I’ve managed to get through 100 pages of the novel over the course of 3 hours. Now, I’m starting a blog to delve into … Continue reading Faces in the Crowd: This Was the Hardest Book I’ve Read So Far but at Least I’ve Got an A+ (Mar 30) read full post >>

From the start of the book of “Faces in the Crowd,” I thought I was going to emphasize with the narrator who is a mom to two children and has a husband. It seemed to be that she was struggling raising her kid, her depression during and after pregnancy, while being in a marriage that […] read full post >>

This week’s book made me feel like dropping to my knees and praising the sun in the sky. I actually ENJOYED the novel; who could have thought!! However, let’s not get it twisted, I was sometimes still confused throughout the story. You’d think our main character would be a chameleon, right? Wrong, he is a […] read full post >>

This book is definitely my favourite read so far in the semester, as this type of read and genre is right up my alley. I loved how basically almost instantly we were raised with questions about the nature of human existence and our relationship as humans with morality. Basically, the “removal of death” in the […] read full post >>