Since today was our last class day of the year I decided to rank my favorite novels from this semester. I’ll break this into two blogs so I don’t have to completely condense my opinions on each one.
#6- Day of the Locust
While it’s my least favorite of the novels we read this semester, I don’t hate it by any means. It is more a victim of unfortunate timing as with school being moved online while we were in the middle of it I got a bit caught up and probably didn’t give it the full attention it deserved. However, because of this I found it hard to engage with and frequently got myself confused with all the comparisons between the characters and the roles they played. I would probably have to reread to solidify my opinion.
#5– A Farewell To Arms
After not reading at all for school during first semester, this was the first book I had read on a set schedule since 11th grade. I wasn’t captivated by Frederic and Catherine’s love story and found it a bit dry until the last part of the novel. I finally started to really enjoy it by the last section where Catherine goes into labor but by then it was already wrapping up.
#4- The Color Purple
While the content, especially at the beginning, is really dark, I thought it was powerful how Celie transformed over the course of the novel. The abuse she describes is definitely hard to stomach but I think that was Walker’s intent. It isn’t my favorite because of this reason but I can’t deny that it was masterfully written.
Great American Novels 2020 