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Liked It “Eerie, and at times trying the reader's patience, but an unusual perspective. While no one could possibly sympathize with Escobar and his choices, Marquez manages to show an Escobar that wants his human side known.” see full review » see other reviews » |
Didn’t Like It “Didn't exactly not like it but found I was getting confused - who was where, who were goodies and baddies, what was it all about - don't know anything much of the SA politics so was quite lost and began to realise that I only cared about the prisoners as fictional characters but if I let myself...” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“Didn't exactly not like it but found I was getting confused - who was where, who were goodies and baddies, what was it all about - don't know anything much of the SA politics so was quite lost and began to realise that I only cared about the prisoners as fictional characters but if I let myself remember this was non-fiction I felt too sad to read it.”
sue c wrote this review 3 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“October 1998”
Piedmont Reading Club wrote this review Monday, July 20 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Eerie, and at times trying the reader's patience, but an unusual perspective. While no one could possibly sympathize with Escobar and his choices, Marquez manages to show an Escobar that wants his human side known.”
Lili A wrote this review Sunday, February 8 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“This is one of Gabo's few non-fiction stories. It involves the real-life kidnapping of prominent journalists in Colombia during the late 1980's. It shows the day to day hardships that the kidnappings cause on the victims and their families. It also lets us see the human side of some of the criminals involved in the kidnapping.”
Doug S wrote this review Friday, October 31 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“What happens when a magical realist decides to write about the reality of Columbia. One of the most powerful books about terror and criminal activities that I have ever read.”
Jennifer J wrote this review Saturday, April 26 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Esta novela esta basada en las experiencias de los periodistas secuestrados por gente de Pablo Escobar, durante la crisis de "los estraditables". Es tremenda novela.”
Victor wrote this review Tuesday, October 16 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Great book showing this part of Colombian history. Since I was living in Colombia I enjoyed that really much!”
Juraj Zdinak wrote this review Sunday, September 23 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I found this very well written. I thought the author was so unattached, so univolved in his story. It seemed like he was just stating facts instead of writing a story. I think this style of writing is what I loved about the book. ”
MK79 wrote this review Wednesday, September 12 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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