This book was far more interesting than a lot of the books that we have read in the past and I’m glad I got through it. I think that it was easier to get into because it was a novel (I was super excited when I found out that this reading was going to be a novel rather than …not a novel or play) and although the first couple pages were a little tougher to get through, once I got into it, I really enjoyed it.<\/p>\n
I do agree that this book did have more historical episodes than a novel would usually have, but that is what I liked about it.\u00a0 I love learning historic things with a little bit of fiction and magic in it, it makes it interesting and makes me want to research it more at home.<\/p>\n
To be honest, before this course, I did not know a thing about the Haitian Revolution and now I am glad to know about it.
\nI am glad that Carpentier wrote this novel partially indifferent to both sides; making me sympathetic and angry at both sides of the war in different sections. The fact that he did that added realism to the book, but I also agree that is also why this book might have been more of a series of historical episodes rather than a novel.<\/p>\n
As weird as this may sound, I really liked Pauline Bonaparte, haha. I don’t know why I just liked her character. Despite all the darkness in this novel, I did enjoy reading it and I can’t wait until next term when we dig into more interesting texts (at least to me)!<\/p>\n
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