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Faces in the Crowd Reflection (sort of)

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 […]

Posted in Blogs, Luiselli | Tagged with #idk, weird

Sad Momma Gone Wild

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 […]

Posted in Blogs | Tagged with cheating, children, freedom, identity, marriage, weird

Hour of the Star: Story of a sad, mindless character

Hey folks, I’m back yet again to talk a bit about this week’s book The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector. Overall, I quite liked the book and found the story part fairly straightforward to follow. That being said, the narrator confused me quite a bit. The book has a narrator (Rodrigo S.M.) who […]

Posted in Blogs, Lispector | Tagged with class, Frustrating, Mindless, weird

Freud would have a field day with “Agostino”

I thought I was the only one that thought of Freud when reading this short novel but after reading a few other blog posts, I’m glad to know that I’m not the only one. I’ll start off with my initial thoughts of the book. I like to go into some reads without knowing what to expect […]

Posted in Blogs, Moravia | Tagged with Freud, objectification of women, sexuality, weird

Agostino (Week 5) – aka wtf did I just read

Well…this one was interesting. I usually write blog posts a lot earlier because I feel pretty inspired after reading a book…but this week was different. I’ve delayed writing this because quite frankly I’ve been left a bit speechless and don’t know …

Posted in Blogs, Moravia | Tagged with confusing, weird, why

Agostino (Week 5) – aka wtf did I just read

Well…this one was interesting. I usually write blog posts a lot earlier because I feel pretty inspired after reading a book…but this week was different. I’ve delayed writing this because quite frankly I’ve been left a bit speechless and don’t know …

Posted in Blogs, Moravia | Tagged with confusing, weird, why

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