Beautiful language, especially the dialogue. However, if you haven't read any of his works before, I wouldn't recommend this book as there are a lot of other books of his which are a lot easier, both to read and to grapple.
emotional reflective medium-paced
adventurous challenging informative slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: N/A
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A
endlesslykahiwa's profile picture

endlesslykahiwa's review

3.0
adventurous reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Would recommend: No

Painful. I was so sad that I wouldn't like a book by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, so I pushed to the end in case it redeemed itself.
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
danirc_'s profile picture

danirc_'s review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH

lost interest
dark informative slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
reflective slow-paced
Strong character development: No