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3.52 AVERAGE
3.52 AVERAGE
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
“So stop doing us the favor of telling us what we should do,” he concluded. “Don’t attempt to teach us how we should be, don’t attempt to make us just like you, don’t try to have us do well in twenty years what you have done so badly in two thousand.” Simon Bolivar
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Simon Bolivar was a leader by Venezuela who led multiple countries and he liberated all of those countries (Venezuela, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Panama from the Spanish Empire. It was the reason why he was called the Liberator. He resigned in 1830 and was going to Europe but he died before going to Cartageno.
The General in His Labyrinth tells the story of his last months, his voyage and his eventual death. Even though The General aka Bolivar is in the focus of the book. The story is told by his butler, Jose Palacios.
The last months of Simon Bolivar is told by Marquez with such eloquence and insight that you may think that Marquez time travelled and was with Bolivar. His detailed research and his talent as a writer truly shine in the pages of The General in His Labyrinth.
This is also the book that you may remember as a reference from the book, Looking for Alaska by John Green.
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Simon Bolivar was a leader by Venezuela who led multiple countries and he liberated all of those countries (Venezuela, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Panama from the Spanish Empire. It was the reason why he was called the Liberator. He resigned in 1830 and was going to Europe but he died before going to Cartageno.
The General in His Labyrinth tells the story of his last months, his voyage and his eventual death. Even though The General aka Bolivar is in the focus of the book. The story is told by his butler, Jose Palacios.
The last months of Simon Bolivar is told by Marquez with such eloquence and insight that you may think that Marquez time travelled and was with Bolivar. His detailed research and his talent as a writer truly shine in the pages of The General in His Labyrinth.
This is also the book that you may remember as a reference from the book, Looking for Alaska by John Green.
A sensitive and captivating imagining of the famed, and doomed, General Simon Bolivar in his last days. Beautiful writing that gracefully dips from present to past and in and out of memory and paints a moving portrait of a strong, complicated man in his weakest, most human moments.
This is a really really good book. At the beginning I thought it’ll be boring because it was a narration of someone’s life , but then i found myself already at the middle of it, and i was like wow, how did that happen!! You just drown in it, the details, the hopes, the friends and the enemies, the wisdom and the foolishness, the victories and the disorder and you recall all the life of the General through the his last journey through the country remembering what gas been and how he is and what’s left and what was done and what wasn’t. And even thought we know from the beginning that the General will eventually meet his inevitable end -that is being his death- we really feel sad and heartbroken at the end when it actually happens even though thats what the whole novel is about. In sum, it’s a really great book full of wisdoms and lessons to be learned and taught to all the generation, the old, the current, and the new. I love it. And if i can possibly give it more than 5 stars then I would’ve. Thank you so much Gabriel, i love you❤️.
informative
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
To make it short, I didn't really like this book. Or rather, this reading experience wasn't the most pleasing one. It might have been because I didn't pick this book from my bookshelf at the right time, but I still doubt anything could have made me love it.
When I was younger, I read One Hundred Years of Solitude and loved it. I still often list it as one of my favorite books, even tough it's years ago I read it an I really should reread it. So that might have set quite a hight expectations for this book. An as this is so very different from the OHYoS, it was, especially in the beginning very shocking. But that's the type of shock you get over very quickly. What bothered me more was that the story was running forward super fast and jumping all over the place. That made it really hard for me to keep track of all the people and the events, especially as I have he habit of reading in small bites while commuting or before going to sleep. It was very frustrating and didn't make the reading enjoyable. That's also why it took me so long to finish the book
To give this book some credit, it was, in many ways an interesting story. As a Finn I've never known that much of the history of Southern America so reading this book was definitely a learning experience. And lets face it Simón Bolívars life was damn interesting, including this last trip. But what can I say, this book just wasn't for me, not at least at this point of time.
When I was younger, I read One Hundred Years of Solitude and loved it. I still often list it as one of my favorite books, even tough it's years ago I read it an I really should reread it. So that might have set quite a hight expectations for this book. An as this is so very different from the OHYoS, it was, especially in the beginning very shocking. But that's the type of shock you get over very quickly. What bothered me more was that the story was running forward super fast and jumping all over the place. That made it really hard for me to keep track of all the people and the events, especially as I have he habit of reading in small bites while commuting or before going to sleep. It was very frustrating and didn't make the reading enjoyable. That's also why it took me so long to finish the book
To give this book some credit, it was, in many ways an interesting story. As a Finn I've never known that much of the history of Southern America so reading this book was definitely a learning experience. And lets face it Simón Bolívars life was damn interesting, including this last trip. But what can I say, this book just wasn't for me, not at least at this point of time.
De dios a plebeyo, de manera magistral, como ususualmente lo puede hacer el Gran Gabo, describe la decrepitud de Bolivar en sus ultimos suspiros terrenales, que será de America sin él.
dark
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Simón Bolívar needs a hug. The title says it all. This book depicts a general in his labyrinth of suffering. The good in his life has been smothered by the bad. The love drowned by the loneliness. There isn’t really a plot. It just is what it is.