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3.71 AVERAGE
3.71 AVERAGE
funny
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Fermina Daza is going to live in my head forever I suspect.
challenging
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
slow-paced
No. Just no. This book proves that you can be a good writer but produce literally one of the best books to produce feminine rage. Wtf did I just read?
Beautiful writing but didn’t really care for the story. Falls into the trap of modern romcoms that obsession=love.
dark
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I liked the book, mostly because I like explicit extensive metaphors and the way they encompass how a romance can behave rationally, irrationally, in-between, etc. There are plot issues with it of course -- I don't want to romanticize a story starring a man who waited 53 years for a woman who seemed very uninterested in him, or a man who groomed a child, or a man who did five other rather subtle (unremarkable in the greater literary sense) yet very diabolic things throughout the course of the book. I like Márquez's writing, though, and how you are able to feel everything, which is why I'm rating it a four :-)
I took a very long time to get through the book, so a part of me finds the experience of having read it, the eventful five months of half-reading it, the more gratifying, echt event. I suppose that applies to any book though.
I took a very long time to get through the book, so a part of me finds the experience of having read it, the eventful five months of half-reading it, the more gratifying, echt event. I suppose that applies to any book though.