Reviews - Memoria de mis putas tristes

Memoria de mis putas tristes by Gabriel García Márquez

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I'm more confused than anything else by this story. It's not particularly transgressive, not particularly erotic, not particularly ironic, not particularly beautifully written. To be fair, I also found Lolita a very dull read, so maybe I just need snappier plots and more chase sequences in my paedophilic tales. Genuinely nonplussed. It's a lot more boring than the blurb suggests, but it's a short read, so don't let my lack of positive feedback stop you from being similarly unimpressed.

lucee02's review against another edition

2.25

fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

bianco_c's review against another edition

3.5

dark sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

oshrouder's review against another edition

2.0

2.5**

Probably not the strongest GMM book to start with, given the average rating, and I didn’t really get anything out of the book. Given that the concept is basically begging for 100 pages meditating on love and mortality, too many of them meandered around the journalist’s daily life and somehow made a tiny novella seem really arduous