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TW: grooming, pedophilia, rape;
I'm truly perplexed how easily Marquez described some horrible, horrible acts in this book, especially everything that happened with América Vicuña. There are some short passages about the "relation" between her and Florentino Ariza that made my skin crawl and my blood run cold. Florentino is a groomer, a rapist and a pedophile, an all around creeper that fixated on a woman for decades, obsession that started when Fermina was only 14. And the way a rape was noncha ...more
I'm truly perplexed how easily Marquez described some horrible, horrible acts in this book, especially everything that happened with América Vicuña. There are some short passages about the "relation" between her and Florentino Ariza that made my skin crawl and my blood run cold. Florentino is a groomer, a rapist and a pedophile, an all around creeper that fixated on a woman for decades, obsession that started when Fermina was only 14. And the way a rape was noncha ...more
My first 5 star book of the year. Everything about this was just beautiful.
Going in I knew very little about this story other than its status as a modern classic. The title and cover led me to believe that it would be a weep-fest but what I got was something completely different. There was so much humour and joy in the mundane details of everyday life and love. When an author can make a married couple's argument about soap into something wonderful you know that they are special.
There was a fan ...more
Going in I knew very little about this story other than its status as a modern classic. The title and cover led me to believe that it would be a weep-fest but what I got was something completely different. There was so much humour and joy in the mundane details of everyday life and love. When an author can make a married couple's argument about soap into something wonderful you know that they are special.
There was a fan ...more
I purchased this book, a book I had wanted to read for quite some time, when we celebrated our 2Oth anniversary in Bogota. I had attempted to read, "One Hundred Years of Solitude," before but never started it. I will now look at that book again.
The narrative style is different, almost lyrical in a sense, as if Gabriel was telling you the story from a cafe. I love how the characters are imperfect. How the young love between the main characters shows the faults of life, expectations, family intera ...more
The narrative style is different, almost lyrical in a sense, as if Gabriel was telling you the story from a cafe. I love how the characters are imperfect. How the young love between the main characters shows the faults of life, expectations, family intera ...more
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