Reviews

Leaf Storm and Other Stories by Gabriel García Márquez

alice_harp's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I read One Hundred Years of Solitude and loved it - I picked up Leaf Storm as a way to reintroduce myself to Gabriel Garcia Marquez. I found this pretty slow going! The quite wordy stream of consciousness writing style is a bit tougher to get into when you're out of practice or not used to it I think. I enjoyed the mystery of the plot and really getting inside the heads of the characters, and I liked that some of their motives weren't fully explained. I think the lack of plot in this compared to One Hundred Years made me enjoy it less though, even though One Hundred Years is harder to follow given the number of characters with the same names!

maria_94's review against another edition

reflective sad

4.0

an_treides's review against another edition

dark informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

catarinalobo's review against another edition

4.0

The book is a good intro to Gabo’s world: Macondo, death, solitude, the latin america athmosfere...

Although, Gabo’s style is not very refined in this one - because it is his first work. It is not relly magic realism yeat, but gives a nice view of what is coming.

rebecadavila's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

fenimore's review against another edition

emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

tophec's review against another edition

reflective tense fast-paced

4.5

natidelgadov's review against another edition

2.0

No se que me pasó con este libro, creo que simplemente no era para mi. Logre conectar con la historia pero no entendí bien lo que estaba pasando, a lo mejor es porque no he leído todos los libros que están situados en este mismo universo literario.

stephani3's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Me gustó que vaya cambiando los puntos de vista con la familia principal, aunque me gustaría saber el punto de vista del doctor. Aunque es común que Gabo deje sus historias con detalles sin responder y a libre interpretación, sería interesante saber qué pasaba por su mente al hacer todo lo que hacía hasta el momento de su muerte. 

anarodriiguezgarcia's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0