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marialauradibello's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
4.0
nosebleedseeds's review against another edition
3.0
I love a lot of things about this book but I really enjoyed it more after I stepped back and read about its context and impact. The actual experience of reading it felt a little tedious. It meanders, and follows a theme more than a plot, revealing a bigger picture over the course of the book, which is cool when you’re done with it but not very engaging while you’re actually reading it.
elmst13's review against another edition
challenging
mysterious
reflective
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
amt_96's review against another edition
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
hadeanstars's review against another edition
4.0
Well, what can one say? This is not a work one can easily criticise, after all, it is certainly penned by a genius, and who am I to criticise such transcendant work. Nonetheless, compared to the only other Marquez novel I have read (Love in the Time of Cholera), this was not quite at the same level. Certainly the prose is unmatched, and the characters are both remarkable and strange in a most beautiful way, but this novel lacked the simple storytelling of the other, and seemed to me to be more of a series of pastiches that meandered their way to an uncertain conclusion. I did love it, because the wonderful strangeness and richness of the characters, the sense of a world apart, the strength and power of the writing itself that at the same time was haunting and yearning, combined to cast a remarkable and enrapturing spell. This work had less narrative power for me, and so, while I greatly enjoyed it, it was the lesser work.
sweets_reads's review against another edition
reflective
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
1.5
taklamakan's review against another edition
4.0
لا ادري من اين ياتي ماركيز بكل هده القصص و الحكايات , اظن انه كان يتلقى المساعدة من الجن او الملائكة أو انه ممسوس لان أنسان عادي لا يستطيع أن يكتب بهذه العبقرية رواية متداخلة كل هذا التداخل و تقع أحداثها في مئة عام و لا يوجد في شجرة العائلة إلا اسمين اثنين , أورليانو و خوسيه أركاديو
edgarqm's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
funny
mysterious
medium-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
5.0
La historia y narrativa de este libro son excelentes. Es un reflejo de la cultura latinoamericana, todo se siente tan real, incluso las partes sobrenaturales que son creencias arraigadas dentro de nuestra cultura.