405 reviews for:

Relato de un náufrago

Gabriel García Márquez

3.74 AVERAGE

white_tea_beluga's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous challenging hopeful inspiring medium-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: No

niralice's review against another edition

1.5

slow-paced

lyla_reads's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging emotional informative reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

nstew16's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

adelaaabm's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

cappog's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional informative reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

stephen_coulon's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous informative tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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It's a literary account of the true story of Luis Alejandro Velasco, a Colombian sailor who fell overboard and survived for ten days in a meager life raft floating on the Caribbean Sea. The narrative here is straightforward and harrowing, a first person account of survival from a psyche devolving toward the simplicity of animal instinct as thirst and starvation abrade its personality and humanity. What stands out is the difference in García Márquez’s spare style when he writes in reporter-journalist mode as in this piece versus his dreamily rich flow in other works like One Hundred Years of Solitude. The ability to match manner to modality further marks his talent as worthy of its fame.  

sofoffo's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional fast-paced

_rebecaa07_'s review against another edition

2.0

adventurous slow-paced

praptip20's review against another edition

3.0

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Expected something different - something more akin to Jon Krakeur's narrative style in "Into the Wild". Good, short read however, but written in a constricted journalistic style. The premise started off promising, but I could feel that something was missing. The narration felt flat, somehow. Don't think I'll pick this up again.