I Finished!

In the letter Fermina wrote some of the most hurtful, horrible things a person could imagine to Florentino. But he still mistakened the letter as a token of her love. Meanwhile Fermina is heartbroken and depressed. She is grieving the loss of her husband and doesn't know what to do with herself anymore. Everything reminds her of him, so she decides to get rid of all his things by giving them away to her children in hopes that it will help her forget him and forget that he is no longer with her. She is enranged with the thought that Florentino would have the nerve to announce his love for her at the time of her husband's death and during that same time, Florentino is haunted by the thought of death.

He then decides to take America, the 14 year old out for some icecream and he then tells her that he wants to get married. Well she laughs and says that old men don't get married. After he reads Fermina's letter he writes back apologizing and then sher writes back apologizing to him too. So I guess they're back on good terms.

But America becomes jealous that Florentino no longer wants to be involved with her and swears to track down the other woman but then she backs off and finally accepts his rejection of her.

A year after Urbino's death, Florentino goes to his memorial and Fermina is happy to see him. She seeks comfort in reading his letter because it lightens up her grief.

For two weeks Florentino doesn't write to Fermina but one day he shows up at her house unexpectedly. She lets him in but he suddenly becomes sick and he leaves. The next day he sends her a letter apologizing for what had happened. She accepts and tells him to come back whenever he wants. The next week he comes back and talks about their past, she gets mad and asks him to leave. He comes back the following week once again brings up their past but this time she laughs and they both blush.

However Fermina's kids have a different opinion of Florentino and Ofelia her daughter doesn't like him. One day Florentino falls and breaks his ankle and has to stay in bed for a few weeks. He is then worried that he might die before geting better and before seeing Fermina once again. They still communicate through letters and she then realizes how much she misses him.

Once he's better he invites Fermina to go on a cruise with him on a sboat, she happily accepts excited to finally get out of her house. Once they're on the boat. she suddenly feels sad and wants to cry so Florentino gives her her space. She then suggest that they go to deck and she continues to cry. He asks if he should leave her alone but she insists that he stays. When they are about to come back on land, Florentino then has this idea and makes the captain wave the flag of cholera. Because everyone thinks that the ship is infested with cholera, no one lets them come into any of the ports. Which means that the only place for them is on the ship out on the open water, ans that's where they choose to remain.

This book was long but it truly was a beautiful story. What interests me is that usually the women are the ones who are so intact with their emotions and they're the ones who hold on to sentiments like this, but in this case, it was the man who did it and I found that so sweet.


Anyways, on my recent trip to Blockbuster, I noticed that the movie version is finally out and available to rent so I can't wait to watch it because I have so many images in my head from reading the book that I'm excited to visualize it, so I'll get back to you soon!