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sliemann's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
5.0
toriacatt's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
inspiring
slow-paced
5.0
tipostrambo's review against another edition
2.0
Leaps and lurches from one random (though sometimes beautifully written) episode and half-thought to the next. The impression is of someone who took a very large stack of index cards, wrote down every single start of an idea that passed through his head on those cards, then rubber-banded the whole pile and handed it to his editor, who, trembling in the presence of a bonafide genius, didn’t change a word. I left feeling pummeled, and a little pissed off. I don’t care if this is the guy who wrote the achingly beautiful Love in the Time of Cholera, I don’t care if he’s a national treasure and won a freakin’ Nobel. In this particular case, the literary emperor has no clothes.
hymne's review against another edition
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
It was such a good book. I can understand why it's considered a classic. Really enjoyed the mix or realism and mystical..
Content Warnings
Minor: Incest
ladypalma's review against another edition
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
lillibooks's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
isasct's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
miagermain's review against another edition
3.0
I really wanted to love this book. Perhaps I read it too fast or too young, however. Maybe I will revisit it another day.
pisco's review against another edition
4.0
"O mundo estará fodido de vez no dia em que os homens viajarem em primeira classe e a literatura no vagão de carga."