Gabriel Garcia Marquez - Love in the Time of Cholera Books

Pros: A beautiful, magical story of love. Moves between spiritual and mundane with magnificent prose.
Cons: None whatsoever.

Choosing an entry for the 40 plus Valentine's Write Off was not as difficult as I imagined. Remembering this wonderful story, I knew at once what I wanted to review. Love in the Time of Cholera is a love story unlike any I've ever read, for its tale of...

Pros: Marquez burrows deep beneath the surface of the blessings and pitfalls of love
Cons: Marquez uses potty-humor to convey that one character is full of...

Note to readers: this review contains spoilers. While I do not believe the revelation of certain plot points will in any way compromise the reading experience, those who wish to read Love in the Time of Cholera without having a previous, ...

Pros: Well-written, interesting characters, lyrical nature of writing
Cons: Pacing, Slow plot, disturbing character developments, crammed end

"Love In the Time of Cholera" is the first novel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez that I have read and it's a toss up as to whether or not I'll give another one of his novels a try. The truth is, the novel starts out quite well and quite interesting, has a ...

Pros: Beautiful Imagery, flowery language, timeless tale of love
Cons: A bit verbose at times

The days of AP English still haunt me, even here and now, ten years later. I was so wound up about my impending rendevouz with Messrs. Gioia and Powell that I actually started preparing for class four years ahead of schedule. Wow, you say, what a...

Pros: Beautiful without being contrived, painful but hopeful.
Cons: It's very dense writing- even after you adjust, it's a little thick.

This subject, handled by any less skillful author, would be painfully dull. It is daring to write about a pair of septuagenarian lovers in the best of circumstances, but when one is a widow and the other a hopeless profligate, pining for her love after ...

Pros: Romantic yet filled with adventure; good reading for men and women
Cons: Lengthy and a bit flowery; you have to adjust to the language

Gabriel Garcia Marquez has long been regarded as one of the greatest novelists Latin America has ever produced. With Love In The Time of Cholera it is easy to see why.

I actually read this book as part of a book club formed by myself and...

Pros: Beautiful command of language, universal theme
Cons: Hard to wade through the gratuitous descriptions

Joining a book discussion group plunged me into reading stuff I would normally not choose for myself! Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez threw me into a tepid stream of description. At times I wanted to put the book away unfinished, so...

Pros: Intriguing tale of scorned from a completely new viewpoint
Cons: Slow starting and gets lost for in it's own telling for awhile

Although Cholera is at its base a love story it is so grandiose and wide spanning that it becomes and adventure. The story of a love that was destined to be, Cholera initially sets up the reader to an easy love story. If there was no prior knowledge to...