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April 7, 2026

The day the music died…

I DONT WANT THIS CLASS TO END ???? PLEASE TELL ME THERE’S ANOTHER LITERATURE COURSE LIKE THIS ONE? Or, professor will you be teaching another course?! If so please comment!! Not only was I able to experiment with different genres I don’t normally read, but I was genuinely enlightened by a lot of our discussions. It stretched my way of...

Neutral Comments: 5

April 5, 2026

everything is porn !!!

There are a lot of topics in this book that shook me to the core. What does it mean to be a woman? Moreover, a gay woman? Moreoverover a gay woman who’s a mother. Because of this book, I questioned my perception of love, whether I was seeing things through too much of a fantastical lens, whether I got love all...

Debre/Liked Comments: 3

March 29, 2026

A fourth dimensional novel

A horizontal novel, told vertically. A novel that has to be told from the outside in order to be read from within. I thought a lot about what this could have meant. Although I may not have fully deciphered it, I thought this sentence summarised the structure of this novel beautifully. The book made me question a lot of things;...

Liked/Luiselli Comments: 3

March 22, 2026

what was the point of this story?

I’m gonna be so real. I finished the book enjoying it, yes, however I thought hard about what the connection this gecko had to Felix, what his death might symbolize, and why this is considered a “murder mystery” (even though the actual murder doesn’t begin until the end of the book) but I could not come up with any solid...

Meh Comment: 1

March 15, 2026

who and what decides who we are?

You’re searching for something unknown, and so you end up falling into despair. (p. 90) What if we were meant to live a different life than what others made us out to be? I felt this question appear in my head after this quote. This book began like it was written by Dostoyevsky- I mean, it was overwhelmingly difficult to...

Liked/Piglia Comments: 3

March 8, 2026

Will I ever get to enjoy a normal romance in this class?

Ah… Professor, is there one book in here that will begin and end with the same healthy romantic relationship? I’m so horrified by this romantic dynamic and even though I’ve visited this book during my highschool days, it still disgusts me to read some of these pages here (like pages 37-39). There were some questions in my head as I...

Duras/Meh Comments: 4

March 1, 2026

another shitty arrogant man (explosion)

There is much to unpack in this novella. First of all, the narrator is a spectacle; who is he? And how has he come to know the fate of Macabea? He portrays himself as a god in this universe, one that cannot exactly change the fate of his characters, but one that can control how we see it. We see...

Lispector/LOVED Comments: 3

February 23, 2026

Forced Maturity

It is scarily interesting how much Natalia’s nickname Colometa foreshadowed the way her life would turn out to be and how her first husband, Quimet would later treat her. Pigeons, being wild animals that became domesticated for human usage align much with what the protagonist experiences after marrying Quimet. She is formed into the ideal wife and forced to care...

Meh/Rodoreda Comments: 6

February 8, 2026

my computer died mid-way and I thought this hadn’t saved and was about to crash out

It took me longer to get through this novel, but as I slowly warmed up to the setting and the narrative, I became drawn in by Zobal’s world and character building. M’man Tine’s character, in particular, was what struck me the most. Her sacrifices and strict expectations since the time of raising Delia are what allowed the later generations of...

Liked/Zobal Comments: 3

February 1, 2026

Freud has this RMST course in a chokehold

I have no words. In starting this book, I did not expect the book to pan out in the way that it had. There are so many aspects of the book that sent shivers of disgust through my body, yet also evoked a sense of pity and understanding for Agostino’s coming of age. One instance is the mixed role of...

Meh/Moravia Comment: 1

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