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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
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.
Incredibly well written obviously, but a lot of the content does not hold up. Had a hard time being invested in certain characters and outcomes because of it.
Marquez is very good at delving deep into his characters and showing us why they are the way that they are. That is what the novel is about than any plot, though the characters all revolve around one long and meandering thread of one man's desire for a woman he met as a youth.