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For the final blog post in RMST 495, I think my biggest takeaway is how differently a story can be told, even when both books revolve around similar things and themes such as searching for someone. Reading both the Savage detectives and the Shadow of the Wind showed me that there really isn’t just one […] Continue reading →

First Daniel finds out that Julian Carax is alive which I feel like was sort of expected because even though everyone thought he was dead it was kind of a given that he would be alive hidden somewhere. The police guy is shown as the antagonist and he is associated with a lot of the […] Continue reading →

From page 525-535, which is almost ten full pages, the entire section is just a car ride out of Mexico City. What made it feel even longer was that nothing actually happens in terms of action or plot. Instead, it is mainly Garcia Madero asking question after question about literary devices, poetry, and writing techniques. […] Continue reading →

I am at the part where Bea came home late after hanging out with Daniel. During this part, the line that stood out to me was: “You really don’t understand women, Daniel. I bet you my Christmas bonus that the little chick is in her house right now, looking languidly out the window like the […] Continue reading →

Joaquin Font: In this section he comes back home to realize his family has moved on without him and are busy with their own lives. He states, “my wife, it seemed, has remarried” on page 355. On the same page he mentions that his daughter Maria was living elsewhere and she does not meet with […] Continue reading →

In The Shadows of the Wind, the part where Daniel and his father help Fermin and offer him a job and a place to stay honestly felt really slow to me. Up until this point, I was very invested in the book because of the mystery surrounding Carax and the faceless man burning his books. […] Continue reading →

I personally liked the beginning of the novel better than where we currently are for a number of reasons. I had enjoyed Garcia Madero’s journal entry style of writing as it felt like we were almost in his head and it felt intimate and easier to follow along. Even though there were still aspects that […] Continue reading →

Hi Guys!   I enjoyed reading Amulet. Right off the bat what stood out to me was:  “I came to Mexico City in 1967, or maybe it was 1965, or 1962. I’ve got no memory for dates anymore, or exactly where my wanderings took me; all I know is that I came to Mexico and […] Continue reading →

“The summer it rained every day, and although many said it was God’s wrath because the villagers had opened a casino next to the church, I knew that it was my fault, and mine alone, for I had learned to lie and my lips still retained the last words spoken by my mother on her […] Continue reading →

I keep changing my mind on whether I liked the second part of the book better or the first. At first, I did not like the book at all but I feel like I’m getting used to it now. Now that I’ve read more of the book I’m starting to like the first half of […] Continue reading →