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3.84 AVERAGE
3.84 AVERAGE
Al inicio fue confuso, pero a medida que se iba desarrollando la historia se hacía más envolvente. Una historia llena de misterio.
mysterious
fast-paced
This book was such an interesting read since it feels like a murder mystery novel in reverse. The title and the blurb already set up the book's whole premise. Instantly we as the readers know who dies and who did it, even how and why they did it, but as the story goes on, more and more characters and their memories of the murder are introduced, making it turn into one big spaghetti of ideas. Safe to say, I am not convinced poor Santiago deserved what was inevitably coming for him.
What makes this story so good is that we see the murder and the events leading up to it from so many people's perspectives that it becomes clear their actions (or mostly their inaction) seem to set Santiago's death in stone. The whole plotline felt like some extreme case of the bystander effect combined with so much miscommunication and the limitations of eyewitnesses' memories, that I was more confused than anything by the end of the story. How did a whole town allow a man to be killed? Without any solid proof at that?
Honestly, great book, and I would definitely recommend it.
~ Also, thank you friends for gifting me this book as a bday gift xoxo
What makes this story so good is that we see the murder and the events leading up to it from so many people's perspectives that it becomes clear their actions (or mostly their inaction) seem to set Santiago's death in stone. The whole plotline felt like some extreme case of the bystander effect combined with so much miscommunication and the limitations of eyewitnesses' memories, that I was more confused than anything by the end of the story. How did a whole town allow a man to be killed? Without any solid proof at that?
Honestly, great book, and I would definitely recommend it.
~ Also, thank you friends for gifting me this book as a bday gift xoxo
Really love Garcia Marquez' writing - this book is great.
Knjiga se brzo čita, ima lijepe opise i interesantnu priču. Jedno od Markesovih vrhunskih djela - pisano 'nelinearnim narativom', tj. priču počinjemo sa kraja. Markes nam servira priznanja i izvještaje sporednih likova dok pokušava da nam objasni detalje smrti njegovog bliskog prijatelja i nevjerojatne okolnosti pod kojima biva ubijen.
emotional
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Es un libro muy cortito pero te crea la intriga y las ganas de seguir leyendo para enterarte de todo. A partes puede ser un poco confuso porque hay muchos nombres de personajes pero se disfruta de principio a fin.