What I loved about 62: A Model Kit is that even when I wasn't entirely sure I had the full scope of the story by the end I knew that I had. Everything weaved together and I allowed myself to be swept along. I didn't discover until the end where the city ended and the real world of the characters beg...
This novel taking in six generations of the Buendía family of Macondo is considered one of the candidates for the great novel of the 20th century. I started this book with quite a bit of trepidation, since I had the impression this was one of those "difficult" works, such as those by James Joyce or ...
Many years later as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buenedio was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice.Also have the audio version read by Patrick Roma. ~16:14minsAfter a rocky first encounter this became, as dear friends promised it would, a compel...
I love this book. The writing was beyond amazing and I was totally immersed in the storyline. It was so interesting and something was always happening. I love this book so much. SOOOOO GOOOD!
Liked:It is a book that explores form through both form and content.I am like the characters in that I am reading a book that explores form and so are they.Octavio Paz, Ferlinghetti, Coleridgejazz, art, philosophy, alcoholrepetition of words, ideas, charactersthe form of chapter 34the unreality of d...
I planned to read this twice: First time in the 'normal' chapter order (chapters 1-56); second time using the 'hopscotch' order (starts with chapter 73, then 'hopscotches' through the 56 chapters read previously along with many additional chapters that are not included in the 'normal' linear reading...
Why did I not like this?All my favourite elements were there: time-jumping, plot-packing, magical realism... But I don't understand the consequence of this novel (that was a fancy way of saying I didn't get it).It appeared important to the style of the book that magic, situations and characters coul...
Overall, I can say I enjoyed it & am glad to have read it. Parts were entertaining/interesting/funny; I found more of it to be somewhat sad/depressing than not. My favorite characters were Úrsula & Melquíades. I also LOVED the ending -- brilliant & wonderful. I can see how, esp. when it was first pu...
Oh, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, I guess it wasn’t third time lucky for us. Having really liked the previous two novels I read by Marquez (Chronicle of a Death Foretold and The Story of a Shipewrecked Sailor), Leaf Storm was kind of a major letdown.Marquez’s gorgeous writing style was out in force throug...
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