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TheIntrovertedDodoBird
Love in the Time of Cholera | Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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Bailedbailed

*trigger warning* There is no doubt that Márquez is a gifted wordsmith, penning an eloquent, albeit dense & tedious prose, but my troubles with this novel are the deplorable themes of romantized sexual assault, statutory rape & the contemptible message that unwilling women "just need a bit of convincing." Florentino made my skin crawl throughout, perpetuating toxicity that was apparently in the name of unrequited love; stalking Fermina (1/?)

TheIntrovertedDodoBird Disillusioned and arrogant enough to believe that only her husband stands in the way of their eternal bliss; not the fact that she may or may not be in love with him. He transcends promiscuity by using women as sexual objects, then romantises even that by claiming eternal fidelity to Fermina, despite the 622 women, some of whom were underage and whom he assaulted, he had relations with in the name of forgetting the woman who rejected him (2/?) 4d
TheIntrovertedDodoBird Then, he belittles them by constantly referring to them with inferior and misogynistic pet names, like "little birds," and fetishizes an underage girl in nauseating detail. I rarely regret finishing a book, but Love in the Time of Cholera is an isolated exception. A true anomality that I need to purge from my brain. "Obsessive Love Disorder" isn't something that should be romantized, yet Márquez composed an entire novel in its "honour" (3/?) 4d
TheIntrovertedDodoBird This novel is bound for a one-way trip to the charity shop, and I will be opting for a light read to decompress. I've never been more relieved to slap a book down and call it a day on an author. Truly horrendous. 4d
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Leniverse Agree 100% This novel put me off reading anything else by the author. I can forgive a lot in exchange for great prose, but this book just enraged me. I really wanted the male protagonist to get struck by lightning and then die slowly from cholera. 4d
dabbe #hailthebail! 🤩🤩🤩 4d
TheIntrovertedDodoBird @Leniverse Thank goodness! I thought I was the only one who thought this about Márquez! I really needed to vent after finishing the book, hence my long review, because I found myself so angry at the author and the story and myself for even sticking with it until the end. Yes! I've never wanted a fictional character to succumb to death more than Florentino Ariza! Not to mention, I would have revelled in the irony of him dying of cholera. 4d
dabbe @TheIntrovertedDodoBird And I'm enraged just reading your review. I will stay away from this one! 🤩 3d
TheIntrovertedDodoBird @dabbe Honestly, the only consolation I have for finishing it is being able to warn others away from it! You will save yourself one helluva of a headache by skipping this one, trust me, not to mention a crazy amount of contempt for the author, the character, and the story! I was infuriated! I have no idea how this book is so revered by many! 3d
TheIntrovertedDodoBird @dabbe I almost tossed it in the bin 😂. 3d
dabbe @TheIntrovertedDodoBird Sounds like a book where FAHRENHEIT 451 applies! 🤩😂😍 3d
TheIntrovertedDodoBird @dabbe Call me a fireman and hand me the matches! 😂 I've never felt this way about a book before... it's a new feeling 😂. 3d
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masticocarta
Cuentos de Eva Luna | Isabel Allende
Pickpick

Tanti assaggi di grandi piccole storie straordinarie, ognuna con i suoi sapori, odori, emozioni e sensazioni. Storie spontanee d'amore e di dolore, senza filtri. Mi ha preso la mano e mi ha mostrato la diversità di ciò che è stato, è, e sarà.

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Panpan

I‘m afraid I cannot recommend this book, despite it being about an important topic. I thought it was an organizational mess. I also felt that way about his previous book called Deep Dark Down so clearly this just isn‘t an author for me. I don‘t like his style at all. 😵‍💫

dabbe #fanofthepan! 🤩🤩🤩 2w
Ruthiella I‘ve not been inclined to seek out more, but I liked his book 2w
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jen_the_scribe
One Hundred Years of Solitude | Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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This one has been on my shelf for a very long time. It‘s a beautiful edition. I read a bit slower in Spanish, but I‘m trying to read more in my mother tongue so I‘m learning to be patient with myself. I grew up bilingual, but after years living in cities where no one spoke Spanish, I‘m very rusty. I‘ve been getting better since my mother moved in with us and we have more Spanish speaking friends/neighbors where we live now. Excited for this one!

IuliaC It's a fabulous novel and reading it in Spanish probably makes the entire experience even more authentic 1mo
nanuska_153 Mi hermana me regaló esa edición pero de El amor en los tiempos del cólera, es tan bonita ❤️ buena suerte con los Buendía! 1mo
jen_the_scribe @IuliaC I‘ve heard only good things, and I think you‘re right about reading it in Spanish 😊 1mo
jen_the_scribe @nanuska_153 Ahora quiero ver si puedo conseguir me una copia de esa también ? lo he leído, pero en inglés, y hace muchos años. ¡Muchas gracias! 1mo
nanuska_153 @jen_the_scribe yo igual, tu post me hizo pensar cuantos libros de Marquez tienen en esta edicion. Los tengo todos en ediciones distintas que he ido adquiriendo con los años, pero estas son tan bonitas ❤️ 1mo
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ChelseaM6010
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February‘s book spin!

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2mo
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azulaco
The Feast of the Goat: A Novel | Mario Vargas Llosa
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Your cup of coffee or glass of rum must taste better, the smoke of your cigar, a swim in the ocean on a hot day, the movie you see on Saturday, the merengue on the radio, everything must leave a more pleasurable sensation in your body and spirit when you had what Trujillo had taken away from Dominicans thirty-one years ago: free will. #readingtheamericas2023 #dominicanrepublic

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azulaco
The Feast of the Goat: A Novel | Mario Vargas Llosa
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It had been this malaise of so many years‘ duration - thinking one thing and doing something that contradicted it every day - that led him, in the secret recesses of his mind, to condemn Trujillo to death, to convince himself that as long as Trujillo lived, he and many other Dominicans would be condemned to this awful queasy sickness of constantly having to lie to themselves and deceive everyone else…#readingtheamericas2023 #dominicanrepublic

azulaco …of having to be two people in one, a public lie and a private truth that could not be expressed. 2mo
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azulaco
The Feast of the Goat: A Novel | Mario Vargas Llosa
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I didn‘t get close to finishing #readingtheamericas2023, but I want to continue it, so I‘ll be #readingtheamericas in 2024 as well. I‘ll be using the books in the Around the World in 80 Books challenge on Goodreads as well. Anyone else still #readingtheamericas in 2024? @BarbaraBB @Librarybelle thanks for hosting and have a good time #readingoceania2024!

Librarybelle Sounds like a great plan! 2mo
BarbaraBB I am sure you‘re not the only one! 2mo
Susanita We watched the movie at my old office. It was…awkward. 2mo
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Matilda
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Loving this whole podcast and she has great authors on with fascinating chats: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wiser-than-me-with-julia-louis-dreyfus/id1...

JanuarieTimewalker13 My birthday buddy!! Jan 13!! I like her. I‘ll have to check this out. Thanks for posting! 2mo
Matilda @JanuarieTimewalker13 happy belated birthday! 2mo
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