Love in the Time of Cholera

Love in the Time of Cholera
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Finished April 14th, 2007
Rating: 6/10
Decades Challenge Book #3 (1980s)




My favourite romantic movie is Serendipity starring John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale. The book Love in the Time of Cholera plays a central role in the movie and my husband bought me this book and gave it to me on our Wedding Day last year since I love the movie so much. I added it as one of my books for the Decades Challenge so it would give me some motivation to read it since I hadn't yet gotten around to reading it. To be honest I was a little scared to read it as I didn't think I would enjoy it and I really wanted to like it.

The book takes place in South America and tells the story of a young couple in love which then turns to an unrequited love when Fermina Daza chooses to marry another man. Florentino Ariza is left patiently waiting for her to return his love during her marriage and must wait over 50 years until he can finally declare his love again for her.

There were parts that I really enjoyed and other parts not so much. I know there are many people out there that love Marquez's writing style however I find that there is just not enough dialogue for me. I could not read this book for long stretches at a time as I would find myself losing my concentration so it took me a bit longer to finish it than normal.

All in all I did enjoy it and I appreciated the love story and I am glad I read it however I had to dock points for the parts where I lost interest.