Reviews

Leaf Storm and Other Stories by Gabriel García Márquez

mildemakrel's review

mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

2.5

manda2491's review against another edition

3.0

The novella that dominates this collection lacks a certain cathartic element desperately needed to rectify the conflict presented. Multiple narrators complicate the tale, making this work strangely unfamiliar in Marquez's typical terrain. Yet the short stories, namely "The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World," fill the reader with the mysterious sense of what it is to be human.

cat_literary_world's review against another edition

3.0

This is the book that brings us Macondo for the first time (for the ones that are not familiar is where 100 years of solitude takes place). It was not one of my favorites by Garcia Marquez, however is still a good read (specially if you love 100 years of solitude). This is also, from the ones that I read, the only that has three different narrators, which ends up being really interesting.

praptipaul's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense medium-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

5.0

cartermon4's review

dark mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

jhouses's review against another edition

3.0

Aguijoneado por [b:Los genios|122800780|Los genios|Jaime Bayly|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1679403108l/122800780._SX50_.jpg|144081311] me he leído este primer libro de García Márquez y me he encontrado con una novela desconcertante. Es una especie de prototipo narrativo de lo que luego será [b:Cien años de soledad|370523|Cien años de soledad|Gabriel García Márquez|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1347626503l/370523._SY75_.jpg|3295655] , un especie de piso piloto en el que no se alcanza ver la magnificencia del futuro edificio pero sí las características de uno de sus apartamentos. Empezamos in medias res, en Macondo, avanzamos y retrocedemos narrativamente por la vida de una familia algo endogámica, salpicamos de Aureliano Buendía y dejamos caer un par de hechos mágicos que rompen nuestra expectativa de realismo. Pero por su caracter de novela corta, la epopeya de Cien años... brilla por su ausencia y al final te quedas con una sensación similar a la que me dejaron sus cuentos: escribe muy bien una historia que no está del todo perfilada o que no merece el tiempo que se le dedica.
Tampoco estoy seguro de haber entendido bien, eso también lo aclaro, porque al final no se qué tejemanejes se traían el médico y el coronel, qué fue de Meme o porqué en general.

bookwormben's review against another edition

4.0

One of the most unique uses of POV I have ever read. Perspective regularly shifts among characters in the story mid-chapter and sometimes into third person. Gives the same scene multiple angles.

This has definitely inspired me to read more South American classics!

eveblunden's review

challenging slow-paced

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

3.0

sudemustdie's review against another edition

2.0

çok sevdiğim bir arkadaşımın armağanı bu kitap bana ama pek beğenmedim... çok sıkıldım yazım dili hiç bana uygun değildi

mrears0_0's review

dark slow-paced

2.25