Reading “Love Me Tender” was a very interesting experience. The writing felt a bit similar to “The Book of Chameleons” in that some of the chapters are extremely short and the narration is simple to understand.I like that Constance decided to live her …
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Hi blogggg!!! I can’t believe that this is the last book I’m reading for this class!! I was wondering how I feel about this book. But in the end, I can relate to her surrender. I had a similar experience when my parents split up. It was a bi…
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Hi blogggg!!! I can’t believe that this is the last book I’m reading for this class!! I was wondering how I feel about this book. But in the end, I can relate to her surrender. I had a similar experience when my parents split up. It was a bi…
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There are a lot of topics in this book that shook me to the core. What does it mean to be a woman? Moreover, a gay woman? Moreoverover a gay woman who’s a mother. Because of this book, I questioned my perception of love, whether I was seeing things through too much of a fantastical lens, whether I got love all…
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I wanted to start by saying, I am not one who is particularly interested in literature/ i usually dont enjoy literature courses, but RMST 202 and the teaching team has changed my mind. I loved how i could freely state however I felt about the books I’ve read, without worrying abt it being correct in […]
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I can’t believe its the end of the semester already. Coming to the end of this course, I keep thinking about how every book we’ve read felt so different on the surface, yet somehow kept circling back to the same questions. At the beginning, I thought I would be reading a series of unrelated novels. […]
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I can’t say I’m not relieved that the school year is ending, but I still can’t believe how fast this term felt. I signed up for this class completely on a whim. I remember finding this course on a Reddit post at 2 a.m., and thought, sure, why not? I had no real idea what […]
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A review of Constance Debré, Love Me Tender
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But could that ever be possible if one must “exist without existing” (Amadou Amal, p. 94). Is there even solace in death?
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I really hate endings. They always feel bittersweet and usually end in tears for me (though book endings are usually a different story), but alas, everything must come to an end or something. When I get immersed in books, it’s like I experience the characters’ emotions for myself, so this course’s books gave me a […]
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