Week 13: Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin
Hi everyone! (Sorry my first try was publishing with a weird format so I uploaded it again here!) I hope you all had a lovely weekend! For this week's book I read Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin. I thought that this book was a perfect way to wrap up the semester. I will say that it was a little difficult to keep track of what was going on in the book, but I am definitely more used to that with all the books weve read this term (Labyrinths… I not only enjoyed reading the book for its mysterious plotline but also for its semantics and writing style. The novel held my attention through a variety of ways, including the somewhat fragmented and reflective storyline, the intense bond and love between Amanda and her daughter, the difference between female characters and male (Amanda’s demeanor vs. Davids) and the environment symbolism. It soon became clear that the setting in which the novel took place served more of a purpose than just descriptive imagery . Schweblin paints t...