Digital Fortress Dan BrownAfter reading Love in the Time of Cholera I needed to read something with a controlling plot line and a little suspense. Where else would I turn besides Dan Brown?
I have only read Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons, so I was excited to try something else of his. It was just as exciting and thrilling as I anticipated. I'm glad I went back to the basics because my reading was getting a little monotonous. Whenever in need... turn to Dan Brown.
Love in the Time of Cholera Gabriel Garcia MarquezOkay. Wow. That took me a while to read. Granted I've started grad school and just become a lot more busy all around, but still, a month!
Not only did my schedule contribute to the long reading time, but also this book! I really wanted to read this because its on all of the "must read" lists and so many friends have said that its their favorite books. Good Lord I hope they are lying. Marquez barely tells a story here. The book is almost entirely character development. Sure there's a pretty interesting underlying story throughout the novel, but in the end I felt that I knew characters but little about what happened with them. There was no build to a climax, it was just a slow and steady narrative the whole book.
I get why people liked it and I think I understand why its a "must read." But One Hundred Years of Solitude is also on all the lists and I'm going to have to build up the courage to start that one.
