— Kevin Pagan “Remembering Babylon” should be considered a “great work.” It was an interesting novel that highlighted a plethora of themes including racism, colonialism, gender, etc. This novel doesn’t really focus on one character, but instead taps into the minds of all the main ones. Character development played a crucial role in making this […]
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This book was really hard to read …
— Anonymous This book was really hard to read, and was not quite as ambitious, is nearly as good, with its depiction of 19th century Australia, up in the undeveloped ‘sticks’ above Brisbane, when that town was little more than a glorified ‘village.’ The author’s nuanced insight into the point of view of each character […]
This story begins with a strange person walking out of the Australian wilderness…
—Ronaldo Neziraj This story begins with a strange person walking out of the Australian wilderness, or bush, into an English settlement in the early 1860’s. The visitor is suspicious in settlers’ eyes. Because he was raised by Aboriginals, he is viewed as untrustworthy. The settler’s idea of bringing civilization is totally wrong, it is what […]
If I’m being honest Remembering Babylon was a difficult book…
—Anonymous If I’m being honest Remembering Babylon was a difficult book to read just because it was hard to concentrate and follow through with the reading. I found myself constantly rereading a sentence or paragraph and still not focusing because my mind was elsewhere. I couldn’t read the book, but I did read online summaries […]
When discussing Remembering Babylon in class…
—Sanjna Puri When discussing Remembering Babylon in class, before we were even assigned to read the book, I remember being a bit scared to read it. It was classified as a difficult read but I never comprehended how difficult until it took me about 20 minutes to get through the first five pages. At first, […]
