Prior to opening this book, I was very intrigued by its title. Was this going to be a book about actual chameleons? Or were the chameleons going to hold a sort of symbolic significance – like the doves did in The Time of the Doves. First off …
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I feel so confused 😔 I’m not entirely sure what just transpired in the book!! Something about identity I guess.It’s really interesting to think about how much Jose gets wrapped up in this lie. At times it felt like he truly became the identity that was…
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I feel so confused 😔 I’m not entirely sure what just transpired in the book!! Something about identity I guess.It’s really interesting to think about how much Jose gets wrapped up in this lie. At times it felt like he truly became the identity that was…
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An aspect I found really interesting in The Book of Chameleons is the idea that people can buy a new past. Félix Ventura creates fake histories for his clients by giving them new identities with documents, photos, and detailed family stories. At first, this seems almost humorous, but the more I think about it, the […]
Going into The Book of Chameleons, I expected something more literal about chameleons, but the title ends up being more of a trick than a promise. That already sets the tone for the whole novel. Nothing is exactly what it seems, and that includes identity, memory, and even reality itself. What stood out to me […]
I’m gonna be so real. I finished the book enjoying it, yes, however I thought hard about what the connection this gecko had to Felix, what his death might symbolize, and why this is considered a “murder mystery” (even though the actual murder doesn’t begin until the end of the book) but I could not come up with any solid…
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Hi!!! Okay, first of all, I have a strong image of Eulalio in my head ((but this is definitely because I just saw Hoppers last week ദ്ദി˙ᗜ˙ ))The entire dialogue of his, I see this face…Let’s get started with today’s blog topic of ✨metamorphosis✨. I ac…
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Hi!!! Okay, first of all, I have a strong image of Eulalio in my head ((but this is definitely because I just saw Hoppers last week ദ്ദി˙ᗜ˙ ))The entire dialogue of his, I see this face…Let’s get started with today’s blog topic of ✨metamorphosis✨. I ac…
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This book has been quite a good read, in the beginning i thought it would be straightforward story about the Spanish civil war (which is knew nothing of). Not only does the book tell us about what happened during war, but it also shows us how difficult it is to know what happened in the […]
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You know what I really enjoyed this novel! This is such a creative perspective as a chameleon and honestly very cute imagining it too. Also I couldn’t stop thinking about the song ‘Karma Chameleon’, hence the title of this blog – it just fits so well. Anyways, let’s jump into it! Starting with the narrator, […]
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