Read this in Cartagena, where it takes place and where Garcia Marquez lives and apparently wanders around randomly dancing when people take pictures of him. Next to a decrepit parrot who would bite me if I wasn't scratching him in just the right way. It's astonishingly good. The book, not the par...
It took me a while to finish this book, probably because the style (long paragraphs, little dialogue, jumps in time) made it feel a lot like I had to plod through the story. But there were certainly some shining moments. Transition from one topic and occasion to another is done smoothly -- thus not ...
It wasn’t just that I really disliked this book but I also found it offensive.This claims to be a story of love but for me it is more a story of obsession and a not very healthy one at that.Our heroine is a spoilt immature child in love with the idea of being in love , in love with the idea of a r...
The author was on my "to read" list for awhile, recommended by Bauer's Well-Trained Mind. The story languishes, but I was in a languishing mood over the holidays, so no mind. Slow and descriptive, the story concentrates on the emotions of love and wanting. I agree with previous comments that it cou...
More realism than magical and negligible politics etc. Poignant, earthy tale of loves lost and missed opportunities at the cusp of the 19th/20th centuries. Not as shocking as it should be (except re a character called America at the end). Florentino is an increasingly unsympathetic character, but yo...
Everyone here at GoodReads enjoys reading, but we all like different things. I can only speak for myself. I had read One Hundred Years of Solitude more than 10 years ago and I did not like it. The language, the words chosen were a stumbling block for me. I was intrigued when I read the beginning of ...
My dislike of this book is entirely irrational. I am sure I would have found it more appealing if one of the major characters hadn't reminded me of an ex.
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