Reviews - Love in the Time of Cholera

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Love in the Time of Cholera

Gabriel García Márquez

3.71 AVERAGE

eam541's review against another edition

2.0

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

courtlanddorris's review against another edition

4.0

emotional hopeful reflective 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

morajair's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Disturbing

jaklindberg's review against another edition

3.0

slow-paced

murrrpanda's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Gorgeously written with a clever title that encompasses major themes of the novel. Not usually a romance fan, so my rating might be a bit lower as I needed a bit more in the plot, however, I appreciated how this novel explores the diversity in what love means or mistakenly is thought to mean (with the main ‘love’ story being obsessive), what love might look like in a variety of contexts and ages, and ultimately what love or the idea of love can drive someone to do. Very slow at times, especially the chapter when Fermina and Florentino are living their own lives (although i recognize that this might be the point - still had to juggle all these other characters and story lines). Parts were rather funny in a bit of a messed up way (e.g., Dr. Juvenal Urbino’s love for Fermina being described as a ‘clinical error’, the story where Florentino almost invites a deadly Asylum escapee to the lighthouse). The flow in narration was also very well done, going from character to character without feeling like the story was jumping all over the place.

rachel144's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous emotional funny medium-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

it was alright but so racist 😭

nathaliebythesea's review against another edition

2.0

This had been recommended to me by more than one friend as their favourite book of all time. I was expecting a beautiful love story but was frankly horrified but many aspects of the story. The writing is stunning without a doubt ... but the relationship is not love in my view but rather an extremely disturbed and unhealthy obsession. It made me wonder whether in my more romantic youth I'd have also considered this a love story. I found much of it disturbing, particularly the description of Florentino's grooming and seduction of a little girl when he was an old man. Absolutely nauseating.