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Divertida e interminable aventura que considero se debe leer al menos una vez en la vida. 
Me pareció uno de esos clásicos que definitivamente me mostraron porqué se tienen en dicha categoría. Durante este libro pude sentir un sinfin de emociones, desde felicidad y carcajas, hasta tristeza y enojo. Cada aventura representó un viaje en el que todo era posible. 

Hay un poco de Don Quijote en todos nosotros. O considero que debería haberlo. Me despertó una nueva visión y perspectiva del mundo, alentándome a no verlo todo tan serio y no tomar las cosas de forma personal.
El único pero que le pondría es a la edición que leí, ya que al ser un libro tan antiguo, el vocabulario utilizado no siempre es el más entendible, lo que lleva a tomar ciertas pausas en la historia para comprender lo leído, que la hacen un poco menos placentera.

This book provides a good avenue into the life of one of the most famous and important athletes of all time. To his mentality and approach towards life. It's revealing to read about the determination successful people can have, and I leave this book with a refreshed and inspired mindset. I've always been competitive and Kobe is the epitome of where that mindset can take you.

I couldn't help but feel though, that the book was just missing something, some more punch to it. Even for me, being a huge fan of Kobe the athlete and the person. However, I really liked reading Pau's words and watching all the great pictures throughout the book.
A very enjoyable read for me.

Mamba forever.

Libro presentado por medio de aforismos que buscan transmitir diferentes enseñanzas y pensamientos encaminados a distintas áreas de la vida.

A pesar de haber sido escrito originalmente en el siglo 17, muchos de los pasajes del libro se mantienen relevantes y son ideas que sin ningún problema podría uno encontrar en libros de auto ayuda modernos, lo cual es algo que merece crédito.
Sin embargo, muchas otras cosas no resonaron tanto conmigo y el lenguaje utilizado me pareció demasiado pomposo por momentos.

Although I didn't agree with some parts of the book, I'd even say it was most of it, I took away certain things from it and that's why it's slightly above average.

For it being as controversial as it is I must admit that I was able to relate to an extent when it depicted scenarios that are commonly lived by someone born in a man's body and the type of energy that brings to one, and I found useful how the author explains ways in which we can learn to “handle” them. Pretty much learn to live within ourselves.

However, I believe the author also exposes some basic and rather sexist mindset. I just couldn't help but wince at some passages in the book that for lack of a better description, just put men above women, as the superior being of the two. The passages that touch the topic of sex specifically emphasize this.

Overall, just not a lot of useful stuff from this one.

I had big expectations for this book, with it being set during the war. The elements are there. A blind little girl who lives with her father, being forced to fleece when the nazis invade their city. A young German boy whose gift is to work with electronics, and that's the use the nazis give him.
I expected way more of their encounter but it felt very underwhelming. Also the language throughout felt very PG-13 for a book set during the war.
The way it's written never captivated me and it took me months to finish.

This was a very demanding read personally. As a non native English speaker, I viewed this book as a way to challenge myself to follow a difficult plot till the end, and also as a tool to expand my vocabulary.

Looking back I think it was a very important and useful experience in my reading life, and I look forward to reading it again in the future, plus some other works by Dickens that are supposedly easier and less substantial than this one.

Uno de mis libros de cuentos favoritos. El título resume de manera perfecta de lo que va el libro, siendo una colección de historias para todo aquel que no disfrute de los “finales felices”. 
Mis cuentos favoritos fueron La gallina degollada, El almohadón de pluma, El alambre de púa y El solitario.
Por cuentos como estos, la calificación del libro sería perfecta, sin embargo he de reconocer que no todos los cuentos en esta colección mantienen el nivel de estos exponentes, y es por eso que no le doy las 5 estrellas. Aún así me parece un libro bastante recomendable, fácil de leer y gran representante de la literatura sudamericana.

A very powerful read. You gotta give props to anybody who speaks up and this book is a representation of that.
It educates on the struggle the black community faces everyday and the consequences it has on their lives.

Good plot, the majority of the elements for a good book are there, but there was something missing and if I had to put my finger on it would definitely be the way the book is written. And that's the only reason it only gets 3 stars.

I enjoyed this book a lot when I read it. I don't think I was scared per se, but there are many elements that made me wanting to keep going until I got to the end.
I have to say I'm not sure if this was the best introduction for me to Stephen King, so I will probably revisit it in the future once I've read more of his work. 

It doesn't get a better rating simply because I felt it was a little too long, with some passages not as crucial to the story as others, plus when I read this, it was one of the first books in English I ever read, which led to not feeling as comfortable throughout my read as I could've been.

One of if not the worst pieces of fiction I've read. The plot is absurd (some people trying to control the weather, evil twins, the search of biblical objects...) and none of the characters resonated with me. I just don't think I enjoyed a single thing out of this one.

Personally, this read was very impactful and inspiring. Learning about how someone who had it way worse than I did, at least on paper, was able to overcome all those obstacles was encouraging to say the least. I've been kind of a loner for some time and it's good to learn about someone who despite being on her own, ended up coming out of it with a victory and an amazing story to tell. 

You can tell the toll it takes on someone to be raised in such a manner. In a very personal manner, this book increased my despise for religion when it is imposed and when there seems to be no cure to the ignorance that certain precepts of it imply. I also loved the way the topic of family is portrayed and could not agree more with the fact that we sanctify it and put it on a pedestal. That should not be the case.

Seek knowledge and dispose of everything and everyone who is setting you back, regardless of who they are and the title they possess in your life.

Parte importante de la baja calificación es lo grande que es el hype de este libro. Me pareció una historia bastante cliché, con elementos que serían fácilmente encontrados en una película barata de Hollywood o en una serie cancelada de Netflix.

Lo mejor del libro a mi parecer es el ritmo con el cual se desenvuelve. Consigue que el lector quiera seguir leyendo ya que la mayoría de capítulos terminan en buenos cliff hangers.

Personalmente, en el momento en que lo leí, me encontraba intentando construir el hábito de la lectura y debo admitir que me ayudó a encaminarlo. Así que de alguna forma siempre tendrá algo de especial.

A history book with a huge task at hand: to explain most of humankind's history in less than 500 pages. I've read some reviews that point out some things either left out or not particularly accurate, and while that can surely detract the impact of the book, I believe it accomplishes what it intends, which is to give a general idea of where we come from and how our modern world was formed. 

It gave me a sense of understanding in a greater scale aspects of humanity and humanity itself and I value that a lot. I would consider going deeper in those areas that caught my attention to get a bigger angle on them, but in way shape or form takes away from this book in my opinion.

Me pareció un buen libro, bastante bello en su escritura y con ciertas ideas o lecciones muy valiosas.
Sin embargo, a mi parecer, está muy rebuscado en su intento por impactar la vida del lector, valiendose de herramientas que rayan en lo cliché y que sinceramente no conectaron tanto conmigo.

Creo que si bien nos podemos llevar ciertos pasajes, se quedó corto en cuanto a historia se refiere. Lo recomendaría solo a audiencias jóvenes, ya que sí creo que puede impulsar la lectura y eso siempre es algo positivo.

It's an interesting read at times, but during some passages it failed to get my attention because of all the detail the author goes into, which sometimes I felt as unnecessary. It does however, accomplish to be more than just a story about a pedophlile, allowing the reader to dig deep into the mind of Humbert and see his reasoning behind everything.
Maybe his malicious act arose more from selfishness and being more delusional than bad per se.

Gran libro que verdaderamente me parece que todo mexicano deberia de tener en su repertorio de libros leídos. Presenta de forma breve y concisa muchos temas de gran cantidad de índoles de manera que podamos conocer más al respecto. 

Me parece una gran herramienta para todo aquel que esté en busca de aumentar su conocimiento sobre temas en general de nuestro país, sociedad y cultura. Puede uno simplemente leer un capitulo y profundizar en uno de los 100 temas, o bien leerlos todos. Esto aumenta su valor para releer en el futuro.

One of the first books in English I ever read. 
Techy and suspenseful story, a group of people getting together to solve a suicide mystery. It was good at times and not so much the rest of the way. Overall I didn't like it enough to go and check out the rest of the series.

Es una buena manera de aprender un poco sobre la historia de México, a la vez que se ríe. Aunque no debería tomarse como referencia, simplemente pinta un panorama muy general de acontecimientos relevantes de nuestro pasado. Cumple su objetivo de presentar de forma cómica dichos acontecimientos.

Lo considero adecuado una vez que ya se ha leído y se cuenta con los conocimientos históricos aquí abarcados, de manera que solo se vea como una pieza cómica y no factual.