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Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
0.5
dark slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
Horror dressed in pretty prose. What starts off as an annoying depiction of limerence escalates into a grotesque portrayal of entitlement, manipulation, and predation, all thinly veiled as romantic devotion. There is no genuine love here—only obsession that demands reward, no matter the cost to others. The writing was beautiful, which somehow makes the content even more disturbing. It seduces you into witnessing abject horror as though it's something tender. I can acknowledge the skill in the writing, but I currently feel so tainted by the story that I can’t even bring myself to give it a single star.
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