Review of 'El Amor en los Tiempos del Colera' on 'Goodreads'
[En ingles pues se me hace mas fácil describirlo]. Abandoned at 34%. Maybe it'll get better, but it sure isn't promising. There's precious little love so far, merely infatuation and stalking and obsession.
There are only two decent characters in the book: the first has just died as the book opens, the other gets barely a few pages of presence shortly thereafter. The main male character is a shallow religious hebophilic creep -- curious how those so often go together -- with no redeeming qualities so far. The main female character has some promising aspects but what is shown so far isn't enough to tell. The secondary main character is a seriously disturbing incel loser.
GGM knows better -- he has two memorable lines (so far) that show moral sense -- but it's not worth dealing with the vapid, meaningless rest of it. The language is painfully florid, making it …
[En ingles pues se me hace mas fácil describirlo]. Abandoned at 34%. Maybe it'll get better, but it sure isn't promising. There's precious little love so far, merely infatuation and stalking and obsession.
There are only two decent characters in the book: the first has just died as the book opens, the other gets barely a few pages of presence shortly thereafter. The main male character is a shallow religious hebophilic creep -- curious how those so often go together -- with no redeeming qualities so far. The main female character has some promising aspects but what is shown so far isn't enough to tell. The secondary main character is a seriously disturbing incel loser.
GGM knows better -- he has two memorable lines (so far) that show moral sense -- but it's not worth dealing with the vapid, meaningless rest of it. The language is painfully florid, making it even slower reading. Anyone want to give me a reason to keep going? Does it get better?
