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3.74 AVERAGE
3.74 AVERAGE
adventurous
medium-paced
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
adventurous
fast-paced
adventurous
reflective
medium-paced
adventurous
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Not my usual thing, but very well done! There was a bit at the end I found interesting that I wouldn’t have minded there being more of, but I think it was well done how it was :)
Update: After some time has passed I’ve found the story has had a greater impact on me than I originally thought it did. I take it back, I’m glad the ending was done exactly how it was and have raised the rating from 4 to 4.5. There are still parts I found dry and boring to get through, but now I see why it was like that, and I have a respect for what this story accomplishes.
Update: After some time has passed I’ve found the story has had a greater impact on me than I originally thought it did. I take it back, I’m glad the ending was done exactly how it was and have raised the rating from 4 to 4.5. There are still parts I found dry and boring to get through, but now I see why it was like that, and I have a respect for what this story accomplishes.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Blood
Minor: Excrement, Cannibalism
challenging
dark
informative
reflective
medium-paced
It tells the story of a shipwrecked sailor.
Took about 60 quick pages to get into it.
It was about 100 pages short. Je
Took about 60 quick pages to get into it.
It was about 100 pages short. Je
adventurous
challenging
dark
hopeful
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Very well-written and an easy read, even though it's not in my native language. This is the first book I've read by Gabriel García Márquez, so I can't compare it to his other books, but I imagine that it's quite different given that it's a non-fictional account of a castaway rather than the magical realism he's known for.
While I can't think of anything particularly special about the book, it was solid. An enjoyable way to practice Spanish, but reading this won't be life-changing.
While I can't think of anything particularly special about the book, it was solid. An enjoyable way to practice Spanish, but reading this won't be life-changing.
