When I read The Lover I felt like the opening immediately created a reflective and slightly unsettling tone. at the start the narrator starts by describing her older self and her “ravaged” face before returning to the memory of being fifteen and a half. Beginning the story like this makes the reader aware that everything […]
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The Trenchcoat by Norman Manea is probably my favourite reading of the course so far. One reason I liked it was that I was finally able to read a story in one sitting. Lately a lot of the readings have felt extra long so it was nice to sit down and finish a story from […]
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To be honest this book left me very confused and even after finishing it I still feel lost. Maybe it’s one of those books you have to read for the second time to fully grasp what happened. Although it was very interesting for me at the start it slowly became overwhelming because it felt like […]
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I think my first thought after finishing this story was how strange the situation felt, but also how familiar it seemed in a different way. Nowadays, people gather, have dinner, talk about random things, and often avoid discussing politics, even when the political situation around the world feels chaotic or upside down. The difference is […]
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Honestly… I’m still not entirely sure of what I just read. I’m so lost. The story felt chaotic and overwhelming, but also fascinating. The narration seems to jump around between various voices, descriptions, and conversations so quickly, making it a little hard to follow. But! Like lots of other stories I’ve read in this course, […]
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IM ALWAYS CONFUSED. Extremely lost once again… but it also seems like everyone in this story is also confused and stressed and repeating themselves so maybe it’s fine.. First of all.. The narration style really threw me off at first. There is SO much repetition. Characters say the same thing over and over but in … Continue reading im not sure..
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Another book, another terrible love interest. Can we talk about how everyone in this narrator’s life is simply awful? To begin with, she’s fifteen and a half when she meets and begins a sexual relationship with a twenty-seven-year-old man. When her mother discovers that she’s been skipping school so he can pick her up in […]
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Howdy partner, Soooo, this book was a little humbling, definitely unlike anything I’ve read before. The best word i have to explain how this book made me feel is almost as if it was gaslighting me. In some way it made me think and read as the protagonist, taking me on this endless search for […]
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mar 1, 2026 The hour of the star was way different from the other books I have read in this course, particularly how the book was narrated as well as the plot. There were many parts where I was confused and had to reread, and also I was initially very disappointed in the ending when […]
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