books_tea_and_laura 's review for:

El general en su laberinto by Gabriel García Márquez
4.0

Like all of García Márquez's books this was beautifully written. This book is worth reading for the prose alone it's that gorgeous. On top of that, Simón Bolívar is a very interesting person to read about, he is El Libertador, the man who liberated most of South America from Spanish rule and tried to unite the continent. GGM's character study of the general during his last months is really well done and shows a side of Bolívar most history books wouldn't touch.
It's so well done you'd almost forget that absolutely NOTHING happens in this book.