A review by reading_giraffe
Memoirs by Pablo Neruda

4.0

On the whole, I would recommend this book. I enjoyed this book until about halfway through when it started to get a bit tedious. The style was very poetic and the words he chooses are very rich and full of meaning - but he does get a bit carried away at points making the book longer than strictly necessary. I also really enjoyed the fact that he told his story (often) through the stories of others making the memoir take on varied viewpoints. I did think that at some point, he started to make some very sweeping statements that began to grate on my nerves and this is what made the book tedious. It always infuriates me when people make broad statements about the world when they haven't experienced the whole world.