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Love in the Time of Cholera

Gabriel García Márquez

Start date: May 1, 2019

Finish date: May 30, 2019

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Nov 02, 2015 Matthew rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: classic, completist-book-club, least-favorite, 2015

This was not the book for me. I know a lot of people give it praise and it is considered a classic, but I never got into it.

It rambled . . . it was repetitive . . . I got bored.

What was supposed to be a story about love seemed to be more about twisted obsession and I never found it endearing. None of the characters were all that great and I pretty much found myself feeling sorry for everyone.

I was thankful when I was done.

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Jul 28, 2020 Jaclyn rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: genre-classics, translation, 1800, country-colombia, genre-magical-realism, latin-america, prose-rich

What it is: Vices disguised as virtues. Dark, evocative prose glorifying despicable behaviors.
What it isn't: a love story

It's obsession to destruction ...more

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Oct 03, 2020 Laura H L rated it did not like it

Shelves: classic, cultural-literature, catchup-20

I struggled with this book from start to finish. Following the escapades of the main character was tedious. I did not relate to the main character, Florentino Ariza, at all. The premise of the story is that he fell in love with Fermina Daza when they were young and he remains passionately in love with her despite her marrying someone else.
How did he manage without her? By having one affair after another. Hmmm.
A long tedious read but I did persevere.

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