Reviews - Love in the Time of Cholera

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Love in the Time of Cholera

Gabriel García Márquez

3.71 AVERAGE

zynomorph's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Heart-wrenching, epic in scale, breathlessly written, and incredible, yet immensely flawed characters. Some incredibly challenging aspects of characters, especially Florentino's many extremely flawed relationships, but it is undeniably sweet, no other book I have ever read has made me feel so attached to its central romance. Gabriel Garcia Marquez's writing style is so effortless to read, his words flow beautifully through the page, and you find yourself blowing through chapters easily. I can understand the character flaws being too much for many readers, occasionally they were too much for me to look past, but understanding the book as an exaggerated depiction of normal flaws, ones that strengthen relationships, can open you up to enjoying one of the most beautiful depictions of love ever put to the page.

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maisalah27's review against another edition

4.0

One of the best love stories I've ever read.
The actions in this book will stick with me for too long.
He always know how to excite the reader and he always make the actions of the novel stick with me.
He is one of the most brilliant writers.
I understand so much about elder people,he described them and their feelings in an extremely unique way.

silverbirch's review against another edition

3.75

reflective 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

The ending lost a lot of pacing, and I lost interest after they finally got together, but I still think the rest of the novel was well-written. I loved the musings on age, and how centred the narrative was around bodies and how they change over time.

ericbrasiln's review against another edition

4.0

emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

seeminglyrob's review against another edition

3.0

It won the Pulitzer... worth a shot :) Growing up, I was a ridiculous romantic. I've strayed from that- maybe this will help bring back my romanticism.

theslaughter's review against another edition

3.0

I'm somewhere between a 2 and 3 on this book. Without the magical realism I'd expect (given my limited experience of Marquez's work) the book's plot felt flat. But because of the excellent prose (even in translation), interesting character work, and some memorable episodes, I don't feel like I wasted my time with this novel.