RMST 202 Blog – Matteya Lee

April 6, 2026

Final Blog Post

I can’t believe I’m writing my final blog post already! It feels like not too long ago when we were just starting up and I was confused about how to start a blog. I want to thank Professor Jon and the TAs for being so enthusiastic and amazing at teaching this course! To answer the question from the lecture video,...

Conclusion Comments: 0

April 5, 2026

Love Me Tender

I think this is my favourite book of the entire term. The flow of the writing and the structure of the chapters and bigger sections made this a very easy read for me. I liked how descriptive Debre was, especially in talking about the characters. I think I said in one of my blogs that maybe I don’t like French...

Debre Comments: 2

March 29, 2026

My Brilliant Friend

I really enjoyed reading My Brilliant Friend, it felt like such an easy book to understand, especially compared some of the books we’ve been reading. I was a little worried when I was reading the character index in the beginning. It just kept going and going. But once I started reading, it all made sense. I liked how Ferrante would...

Ferrante Comment: 1

March 22, 2026

The Book of Chameleons

I think this is the first book that I’ve read where I genuinely I have no idea what happened. It’s like when you’re reading and you zone out and then you’re like ‘what did I just read?’ and you go back to read it again. That was me but with the entire book. Halfway through the book I was like...

Agualusa Comment: 1

March 15, 2026

Be gay do crime indeed

I really enjoyed ‘Money to Burn’ and I was surprised when it said it was based on a true story in the epilogue. I’ve recently been rewatching Brooklyn 99 and this is definitely a story that Jake would’ve been obsessed with. It was a little confusing to read because it felt like there were so many characters and each character...

Piglia Comments: 2

March 8, 2026

The Lover

I just finished reading ‘The Lover’ and I think I’m realizing that I don’t like French books. They are all so wishy washy and dreamy and so hard to follow. I was so confused the whole time reading this book. It felt like the narrator’s stream of consciousness but everything was fragmented and we would go from talking about her...

Duras Comments: 3

March 1, 2026

If On a Winter’s Night a Traveler

I absolutely loved this book. I was captured immediately from the beginning and it was such a fun and enjoyable read. It felt like such a great escape from my life and it was like living in an alternate universe. At first I thought of the character ‘you’ as just that, a character. But the more I read, the more...

Calvino Comments: 2

February 21, 2026

War and Mental Health – Time of the Doves

At first, I was quite unsure about this book and felt that it moved very slowly. But after I got halfway through, the plot began to move much faster and I was captivated by the story. Initially, I was upset that Natalia would leave her fiance, Pere, for some guy who said he wanted to dance with her. And I...

Rodoreda Comment: 1

February 8, 2026

Deep Rivers

I found Deep Rivers to be a bit of a slow read. I liked how the Quechua language was incorporated into the book. The translations and explanations of the words really moved the story forward and although I found myself forgetting a lot of them and having to look back for their translations, I enjoyed learning something new. I was...

Arguedas Comments: 4

February 1, 2026

Agostino I’m Speechless

This book really kept me on my toes. Every time I would go to read it I had no idea what was going to happen next but at the same time I did. This was such a weird read and I can’t possibly imagine how the author came up with this story. Maybe he was on drugs. I think Agostino...

Moravia Comments: 3