Hey everyone, I’m back again for my final book post. This week’s book was Faces in the Crowd by Valeria Luiselli. I don’t really have that much to say about this book. I didn’t find it very interesting, and the switching between stories within the story made it kind of difficult to follow. It didn’t […]
This book was a bit of a shock to me. First I want to say I’m actually a fan of Luiselli. I’ve already read “Tell Me How it Ends” and “The Lost Children Archive” and loved them. However, this book was a big miss for me. I didn’t get what was goin…
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This book was a bit of a shock to me. First I want to say I’m actually a fan of Luiselli. I’ve already read “Tell Me How it Ends” and “The Lost Children Archive” and loved them. However, this book was a big miss for me. I didn’t get what was goin…
Posted in Blogs, Luiselli | Tagged with confusing, motherhood
BROKE MY BRAIN. Let me start off by saying that I didn’t dislike like the novel…I was merely confused by it and tended to get lost at times when I was trying to follow along with the storyline. Also, before I begin an “analysis” of this book I have to mention that I didn’t enjoy the […]
Posted in Blogs, Luiselli | Tagged with loneliness, reality, supernatural, uneasiness
Faces in the Crowd by Valeria Luiselli depicts a woman living in Mexico City with her husband and children, writing a novel about a woman living in New York City. It is not clear whether this story is the past life of the writer, or if these memories are just fictitious creations. Just like the […]
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Throughout this course, I’ve only relied on the PDF versions to read. But, for the first time, I decided to buy the physical copy and it honestly helped make my reading experience better as I felt I was able to better connect with the story leaving me with more questions in the end. There was no […]
Damn. Just as I thought I was getting a hang of this reading and understanding thing. What a way to ring in the end of this course with one of the most mind bending and confusing narratives I have ever read. I thoroughly despised every moment of reading this. I in no way feels I grasped […]
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For the last week of readings, I chose Faces in the Crowd by Valeria Luiselli. I’m not gonna lie, after reading blogs about the other novel we could choose for this week, I kind of wish I read the other one to write about instead because I truly don’t …
Posted in Blogs, Luiselli | Tagged with fiction, reminiscing, writing
For the last week of readings, I chose Faces in the Crowd by Valeria Luiselli. I’m not gonna lie, after reading blogs about the other novel we could choose for this week, I kind of wish I read the other one to write about instead because I truly don’t …
Posted in Blogs, Luiselli | Tagged with fiction, reminiscing, writing
Here we are, (technically) my last blog post EVER for RMST 202. I know we still have our conclusion blog posts to write, but this is the last blog post on the last book of the course. Now, THAT is a milestone to celebrate, but it’s very bittersweet. I feel like I say this every […]
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