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El amor en los tiempos del cólera by Gabriel García Márquez

126 reviews

emileeandherbooks's review against another edition

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0.75

“Love”? More like feverish obsession.

“Love”? More like constant infidelity. 

“Love”? More like sexual assault ( a doctor to his patient! And she’s okay with it!* ) 

“Love”? More like pedophilia. 

“Love”? More like stalking. 

This book was crap. Marquez is a talented writer but the story was gross, annoying and pointless. So pointless. I couldn’t care less about every single character. 

It’s completely sexist and so OBVIOUSLY written by a sex-obsessed man. He practically has his female characters begging for sex. *And when they’re assaulted, they’re okay with it! And even a 14 year-old girl is happy to have a 70 year-old man groom her and…you know the rest. 

Just gross. So so gross. 
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coffeemoca's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
I think the title including the word “love” is misleading. If anything this is a story of what love is not and how sometimes we’re just in search of anything or anyone to console us. But I might not have understood everything from the book as grasping Marquez’s writing was pretty difficult for me😅
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literarynixie's review against another edition

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funny reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

thoroughly enjoyed this satirical read on what is perceived as love. garcía márquez is a master at storytelling. there are definitely some triggering and problematic themes that i don't agree with, but am inclined to categorise them under sardony. 
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gabrielwerthman's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny lighthearted slow-paced

4.5

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booksansbluess's review against another edition

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It's really boring
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evgeorge's review against another edition

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dark medium-paced
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  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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narcisa's review against another edition

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slow-paced
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

Would give it 0!
Honestly, there was absolutely nothing that I liked in this book. I have no idea why it is referred as a love story. For me, it seems more of a creepy obsession of a pervert!
Florentino is a selfish, pervert, creepy and disgusting character.
Fermina is so annoying. She's never happy with anything.
The only person that was somehow agreeable was Dr Urbino, until he started to be a cheater as well.
No one in this book could keep their pants on! 
Yuck, yucky book, no morals, no substance, no lessons.
Just a lame story of a senseless obsession.
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jendella's review against another edition

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funny reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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ahanky's review against another edition

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emotional reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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madelynfrank's review against another edition

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emotional reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I have so many thoughts about this book as probably a lot of people had? Was FA supposed to be gross right? Very gross. Prose is beautiful and often funny. Plot and characters all flow between each other in time which I really enjoyed. Felt very tangential like a story. Racism/sexism/pedophilia was a bummer but I guess to be expected. 
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