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3.4 AVERAGE
3.4 AVERAGE
slow-paced
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
[PT-BR]
A dor no coração de dar 3 estrelas pra um livro do Gabo!
A dor no coração de dar 3 estrelas pra um livro do Gabo!
Solid, but quick read. Disturbing, yet strangely captivating.
A shorter one from Marquez, less engrossing than the others I've read, but he still has an amazing way of telling stories. I love the way he writes.
Another first for me.
This was my very first GGM book & although I did quite enjoy his writing, I didn't enjoy the plot. It may be possible that I felt this way cause I picked it up expecting something else & ended up getting something else?
After a certain point of time in the book, I just wanted to get to the end.
A 2.5 rounded up to 3 stars.
This was my very first GGM book & although I did quite enjoy his writing, I didn't enjoy the plot. It may be possible that I felt this way cause I picked it up expecting something else & ended up getting something else?
After a certain point of time in the book, I just wanted to get to the end.
A 2.5 rounded up to 3 stars.
The publisher marketing of this as a "novel" is silly when it's barely 100 pages. Anyway...
I really like his writing style - in theory, as I read the translated works. I should try the originals - but at least the translation of this, plus how he (in theory) wrote Hundred Years of Solitude per the translated version makes me think this is one of my favorite authors, stylistically.
I really like his writing style - in theory, as I read the translated works. I should try the originals - but at least the translation of this, plus how he (in theory) wrote Hundred Years of Solitude per the translated version makes me think this is one of my favorite authors, stylistically.
A 90 year old man wants to fuck a virgin whore, and ends up falling for her.
But is it?
I read it as a compete metaphor. An old man who never really was no one and, in the last glimpse of life tries to reach an unattainable youth.
But is it?
I read it as a compete metaphor. An old man who never really was no one and, in the last glimpse of life tries to reach an unattainable youth.
Some reviews compared it to the Russian Lolita but the vibe is completely different. It’s short but beautifully written, encapsulating the nuances of an irrationally broken heart in the body of a man who is both discovering romance and approaching the end of life at the same time.
Perhaps a whole lot is lost in translation but I did not enjoy any portion of this story. Had it not been so short I probably would have DNF’d it. The entire premise was a just a bit sad and pathetic, the main character who’s perspective is the one telling the story is perhaps my least favorite type of human being and absolutely nothing he does throughout the tale redeemed him in any way. The whole book left me feeling dirty and a bit defiled from association.