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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.
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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.
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I guess Gabriel Garcia Marquez isn't the right author for me...
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It is really hard to know what to say. The writing is beautiful. There are many insights into a marriage. But the object of Florentino Ariza's love, Fermina Daza, is the most unlikeable character I have encountered in a long time. Personally, I think Florentino was more in love with the idea of love with her, than with the actual woman. And he lived his life in a rather creepy way over the 50 plus years of waiting. That said, I am glad I read the book and some of it will stick with me for a long
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