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حتى الان لم استطع ان افهم لماذا أنهيت هذه الرواية بعدة أسابيع وليست بعدة أيام, هل كان السبب عدم قرأتي للكتب في اللغة العربيه وتفضيلي للروايات في اللغه الانجليزية, أم لأنني لم أرد ان انهي قراءة هذه الرواية.
انها رواية حب غريبة ومثيره للدهشه, بعد محاولة اولى وثانيه وبعد سنة وسنتين... ثلاث وخمسين سنة وستة شهور وأحد عشر ليلة حتى كانا سوية. تتعدد الشخصيات في الرواية لكن محورها حول ثلاثة شخصيات وكل ما دار في حياتهم منذ ان كانوا شبابا حتى الشيخوخة, وهم الدكتور خوفينال اوربينو, فيرمينا داثا وفلورينتينو اريثا.
SPOILER ALERT**وفي نهاية الحب في زمن الكوليرا, بعد الحب الأول ومحاولة النسيان ومن ثم القفز من علاقة الى أخرى ومن مرأة لأخرى وكثرة العلاقات العابره استطاع فلورينتينو اريثا الحصول على الأحب على قلبة في نهاية الأمر.
adventurous inspiring 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
adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I remember the first time I picked up this book. I didn't make it all the way through that time. I think it took me until the third try, and then I fell in love with it. I was 22. I thought it was incredibly romantic.

I just reread the book, inspired by the death of Gabriel Garcia Marquez to pick it up again. It was as beautifully written as I remembered, as lush and descriptive and lyrical. But... I'm 24 years older than the first time I read it, and quite a bit further down the road in terms of my feminism. The first time I read the book, I thought it was a love story between two people. Now I see it as very much the story of Florentino Ariza, as he tries to possess a series of women for a variety of reasons.
SpoilerWhen I reached the subplot about America Vicuna, I was horrified -- and surprised that this plot point hadn't made a bigger impression on my in my youth.


That's not to say that this isn't a beautiful piece of literature, worthy of enjoying. Only to say that it is not, to me, the same book I fell in love with when I was 22.

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im so amazed by the last half of this book ive been waiting for literature to grasp me lately been in a slump and this was it. Gonna ruminate and come back with my thoughts. Ok obviously this book leaves an amazing but also horrible taste in my mouth because why is the main character literally Bojack horeseman… but the end really transformed the display of love in old age ugh it was beautiful. And the whole experience of reading it was transformative
emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

"Fue así como se encontró cuando menos lo pensaba en el santuario de un amor extinguido antes de nacer".

¿Qué tanto se acerca la pasión a la muerte?

Ugh! The writing in this book was so beautiful- I loved the language he used and the way the plot unfolded- but the main character was so skeezy! The author tried to pass off the progatonist's deviant sexual behavior not only as acceptable but beautiful/true love/natural (i.e. adultery, rape, aaand statutory rape w/ a teenager!! yah). So 5 stars for writing, but zero for content. Ick.
challenging funny inspiring reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes