Hey everyone! I hope you all had a good and enjoyable week amidst all the chaos. As for myself, over the past few days, I read the book Mad Toy by Roberto Arlt. This book was a refreshing change from last week's Combray book by Marcel Proust. Arlt's writing style was refreshing and straightforward, missing the intricate layers of Proust's writing and instead delivering an easy and concise story to navigate. I liked how Arlt was able to convey the character's struggles without resorting to hidden meanings or messages. I found myself enjoying the narrative of a young man living a hard life, on a journey of self-discovery and trying to make sense of the vast unknown world around him. This novel is presented through a first-person narrative, which is the style I favour. Through the perspective of the main character, a young boy, I was taken through a book filled with skepticism, profound observations of society around him, and his participation in wrongdoings and unfulfil...