Mal de amores

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Summary: De lo mejor de A. Mastretta
Review: He leúo Mal de Amores en dos ocasiones y me parece un libro excelente, pues retrata a mujeres mexicanas que se salen de los moldes establecidos por nuestra sociedad. En Mal de Amores Emilia no se adhiere a un estereotipo de mujer casada y leal a su marido, sino leal a sus convicciones y a los hombres que ama.

Recomiendo tanto la lectura de este libro, asEcomo la de Arráncame la vida, Mujeres de ojos grandes y Ninguna eternidad como la mú} (aunque la protagonista llega a ser una especie de Emilia Sauri II en algunos momentos).

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Summary: Bravo!
Review: I just finished reading this book, and couldn't wait to review it. Simply put, this book is excellent!! It has all the ingredients for a wonderful novel, in just the right amount.

The plot is captivating, the characters are realistic, the descriptions are fascinating, all of which make this book a highly entertaining, fun filled and extremelly enjoyable experience!

The book tells the life story of Emilia, a girl born into a drastically changing society during one of the most turbulent times of Mexican history, who grows up to become a free spirited, strong will, self reliant woman in a time when the simple thought of a woman having a say in things was forbidden.

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Summary: Casi ni pude de terminar de leer este libro
Review: Los libros de 5 estrellas son aquéllos que se te quedan grabados en la mente después de muchos años, y que han surtido un cambio duradero en el lector. Este libro dista de ser por mucho tal cosa. Sólo me acuerdo que me pareció aburridísimo, y que ni la historia ni el lenguaje me convencieron.

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Summary: Mal de Amores
Review: Mal de Amores is a book full of passion, inteligence and feelings. Emilia, her parents, her aunt, Daniel and the doctor reflect the transparency of their minds, hearts and souls. I strongly recommend it.

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Summary: MAL DE AMORES IS A MASTERPIECE
Review: Mal de Amores is a Masterpiece

>This is a super piece of literature , where the author Angeles Mastretta beguiles the reader with a novel that merges fiction and fantasy with the reality of Mexico's political context, that starts with the Mexican Revolution. This Mexican revolution starts before the fall of the Dictatorship of Porfirio Torres and ends around the democratic presidency of Venustiano Carranza.

History and fiction run together. Emilia Sauri, the principal character of the story is a beautiful girl that is raised by utterly modern parents in the city of Puebla and then becomes a beautiful, hardworking doctor, marvelous woman that falls in love with Daniel, who is a Mexican revolutionary. This love becomes a turmoil since Daniel, inside the context of civil war, only comes and goes intermittently. However he becomes the love of her life. At the end, Emilia choses between Daniel and Dr. Zavalza to keep her life going.

However, it would be a pity not to point out that all the other characters of the novel are so genuine and so well conceived, that it becomes impossible not to keep reading. The plot, the characters and most of all the impeccable fast reading prose makes of this novel a piece of art that shouldn't be kept unread. If you want fiction, you get fiction, if you want erotic relationships, you get it, if you want reality you also get it and, if you want to make yourself a favor go and get the book and read it.

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Summary: Es un divertido libro de romanticismo feminista
Review: Si pudiéramos hablar de parentesco entre las novelas, esta probablemente es una "prima" de "Como Agua Para Chocolate".

Nuestra heroína que responde al nombre de Emilia tiene un concepto claro de la fidelidad. Nadie puede ser infiel si se acuesta con aquellos a quien quiere, a pesar de que las relaciones sean simultaneas.

Para hacer mas dramática su historia de amor ella de desarrolla en los últimos años del siglo XIX en México y los veinte primeros del siglo XX, donde el caos y la estupidez fue el común denominador de sus políticos y militares.

Prácticamente todos los personajes están fuertemente definidos, con personalidades auténticas. Casi que el lector quisiera que existieran de verdad para tener el gusto de ser amigo de ellos.

Esto hace que sus frases y sus diálogos sean contundentes y lo que es mas importante, que sus actos realmente reflejan la naturaleza liberal de sus pensamientos.

A veces pareciera ser un manual de: (i) como mantener la fe en uno mismo a pesar de que las circunstancias externas sean degradantes y opresivas, pues al final del día nuestros sentimientos siempre los escogemos nosotros; o (ii) Dar esperanzas a aquellos que aun quieren creer que en este mundo es fácil encontrar otra persona con la cual podamos vivir vinculados por un amor eterno.

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Summary: Es un divertido libro de romanticismo feminista
Review: Si pudiéramos hablar de parentesco entre las novelas, esta probablemente es una "prima" de "Como Agua Para Chocolate".

Nuestra heroína que responde al nombre de Emilia tiene un concepto claro de la fidelidad. Nadie puede ser infiel si se acuesta con aquellos a quien quiere, a pesar de que las relaciones sean simultaneas.

Para hacer mas dramática su historia de amor ella de desarrolla en los últimos años del siglo XIX en México y los veinte primeros del siglo XX, donde el caos y la estupidez fue el común denominador de sus políticos y militares.

Prácticamente todos los personajes están fuertemente definidos, con personalidades auténticas. Casi que el lector quisiera que existieran de verdad para tener el gusto de ser amigo de ellos.

Esto hace que sus frases y sus diálogos sean contundentes y lo que es mas importante, que sus actos realmente reflejan la naturaleza liberal de sus pensamientos.

A veces pareciera ser un manual de: (i) como mantener la fe en uno mismo a pesar de que las circunstancias externas sean degradantes y opresivas, pues al final del día nuestros sentimientos siempre los escogemos nosotros; o (ii) Dar esperanzas a aquellos que aun quieren creer que en este mundo es fácil encontrar otra persona con la cual podamos vivir vinculados por un amor eterno.

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Summary: the best book I've read in a long time
Review: This is an amazing book, the author involves you in an incredible love story that takes place during one of the most difficult times of Mexico. Emilia, the protagonist, is a splendid woman that seems to be a lot different from the rest of the women of the beginning of the 20th century.

Emilia is a member of an outstanding family that participates in politics, art and everything that concerns the complicated society that they are part from.

But the best of all is that Angeles Mastretta shows a history where Emilia falls in love for two different men, and it was really interesting to see, through the eyes of Emilia, all the things that go around a woman's mind :)

Rating:
Summary: the best book I've read in a long time
Review: This is an amazing book, the author involves you in an incredible love story that takes place during one of the most difficult times of Mexico. Emilia, the protagonist, is a splendid woman that seems to be a lot different from the rest of the women of the beginning of the 20th century.

Emilia is a member of an outstanding family that participates in politics, art and everything that concerns the complicated society that they are part from.

But the best of all is that Angeles Mastretta shows a history where Emilia falls in love for two different men, and it was really interesting to see, through the eyes of Emilia, all the things that go around a woman's mind :)

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Summary: Didn't give less stars because 1 star is the least
Review: Well, the story is about a girl's life in the middle of a civil war. She was born in a liberal family, so she had many influences: her father, a political man, her mother, a woman that liked all in the rule, and her aunt. She's between two men: Daniel, a revolutionist, and Antonio, a doctor.
I really didn't like the book: the characters are unconvincing (I mean, who 17-year-old married couple doesnt quarrel, at least once?) And the way Emilia and Daniel slept together, and when their parents knew, they were like This is XX century!!!!
I mean, maybe in our days, but, in those times???Nah!
You'll get bored, because Daniel leaves Emilia like a thousand times, and at the end she didn't marry neither of the guys. She lived with Antonio and was Daniel's lover. She loved them both. I mean (????)