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one of my favourite books of all times! the depth of the characters is amazing and the pictures it will paint in your head will last a lifetime. my definition of perfection in a book
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yes definetly the amount of effort marquez uses to create a whole new world where you feel yu know absolutely everything about its absolutely amazing
Jason Lyle Backhouse about 1 year agoI'm in the midst of this book right now. I'm having a really, REALLY hard time getting in to it. I read so many great reviews but I'm not feeling it. It seems never ending. Maybe because I am so busy and I can't dedicate more than 20-30 minutes at a time to read it, but I seem to get confused with all the characters and the repetitive names.... AHHHH Help me like it too!
Facebook User about 1 year agoIt is a beautiful book and worth persevering with; 20-30 mins stints is how I read it- always referring to the family tree!! But the stories are so quirky and the language so captivating- the translation is phenomenal! Please, above all things......ENJOY it :-)
Tony Cole about 1 year agohaven't read this one yet, but Memories of My Melancholy Whores was a good story
Facebook User about 1 year agoI read this book in high school and it has really stuck with me. Really organic and magical, it is my favorite book. The language was really dense and the names did get confusing, but it was worth the struggle.
Raquel Petree about 1 year agoi agree with montessa. i found this book to be really hard to get through because the characters just don't come alive for me. what's interesting for me is how many people absolutely love this book and call it a masterpiece.
Facebook User about 1 year agoOoh it's weird that you have to post the reply without being able to see any of the other posts.. Not very useful!
I actually found it amazing too, but agree with some of the other users who found it hard to get through. It was indeed a struggle but I really felt it was worth it. In the edition I have it had a family tree too which was referred to on numerous occasions. The reason I found it hard at times was the constant interweaving of stories. But for me the characters really did come alive and that's why I managed to press on; the Colonel was my favourite I think... Though I like the original Jose Arcadio Buendia (is that the name? Eep I forget) too and I thiiiink my favourite part (apart from the end) of the novel was when he died and it rained yellow flowers for three days. Aah! So lovely.
I'm currently reading 'House of the Spirits' by Isabel Allende and am finding it rather similar... Same deep basis in family traditions and relations. However, as it's mainly set in a more modern Latin American city/town-type-thing the magical aspect of magic realism is played down a little more. For that reason so far I've enjoyed Marquez more. I can understand though how it would be easier to draw upon the 'magical' in a more rural setting, what with nature etc., but! Bernieres does it very very well in Senor Vivo (my favourite book)! in a more urban location.
So to conclude - I think I've rambled off a bit in this my first topic post :o! - I can understand why some simply don't get into it at all and are mystified by how it can be considered 'amazing', but, my defense of it is that the sublime description and flawless plot more than make up for the struggle.
Cat 'Flower' Wade about 1 year agoI am currently reading this book again. I enjoyed it the first time, many moons ago and this time around, I am appreciating it even more. I love the quirks of each character, dominant and colourful as each other!
What I must add though, is I love quoting Gabriel Garcia Marquez! The structure and quality of this author's work is simply magical and beautifully written!
"Love in the Time of Cholera" is a must-have on your book shelf!!
Facebook User about 1 year agoP.S. Infact, my profile picture captures me reading this very book!! hehehe.
Facebook User about 1 year agoThis book was quite beautiful. It is like an extremely detailed painting of a town teeming with life and drama with the constraints of time loosened to encompass the entire town's history without relying too heavily on facts yet rich with minute detail.
Daniel James about 1 year agoIt is true that the characters are not without severe personal flaws. I could not relate to a single character in the book due to their crippling superstitions and bizzare fatalist existence.
This book is just as well consumed over a long period of time in order to savor the rich details which inhabit the many corners of this book.
I'll try to avoid using simile when talking about this book the same way a mouse avoids the house cat. But this book was suggested to me and I went out to a second-hand bookstore. This book is a gateway to latin american literature which has been ignored for far too long by its super-power friend to the north.
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