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Del amor y otros demonios by Gabriel García Márquez

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rumplechinskin's review against another edition

3.0

I’ve been wanting to read Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s work for a while and thought this would be a good place to start. Although the beginning starts off slow, I was drawn in pretty quickly through his writing style. I don’t typically (maybe ever) enjoy reading stories where religion and religious themes are given so much prominence but Marquez seems to be just as skeptical of religion as I am. The story feels more like a cautionary tale - the people in the story and their human nature are honestly way more evil than the actual superstitions or any of the ‘satanic’ things they fear.

I think I’m not an advanced enough reader to fully understand Marquez or his writing - a lot probably flew way over my head, but the pace was so slow at times that I gladly let it. This gets 3 stars from me, but I’m still excited to read more of his work.

geraldineleyendo's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

What a wonderful little gem - particularly for Spanish speakers/readers. This book is brimming with GGM's best: a colourful and deep understanding of the *Colonised-Latin-America vibes*, historically rich world building and sincere yet completely unreal characters, (crazy forms of) love, pain, magic and hate... all while just writing an overall incredibly creative and fun (to read!) story.

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katcanwrite's review against another edition

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4.0

I actually liked this a bit better than 100 Years of Solitude...probably because this one is much shorter, and there aren't 17 men with the same name.

Very short, sad, to the point...and, above all, magical.

bibispizzas's review against another edition

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lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

cristalvity's review against another edition

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dark mysterious sad medium-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

3.0

lun4russell's review against another edition

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5.0

Me adentré en este libro con los ojos cerrados, llevándome una muy, muy grata sorpresa. Mi lectura fluía con la suavidad de la seda, y no tienen idea de lo agradable que fue dejarme envolver por ella. Desde los personajes hasta las figuras literarias. Con lo desprevenida que me tomó el disfrute, es posible que no haya apreciado en su totalidad la obra; habré de releerla quizás o buscar artículos cuyas reflexiones empaten las mías y hasta las enriquezcan.

Ya me había encontrado con Márquez en Doce Cuentos Peregrinos, qué dicha poder seguir descubriéndolo.