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4.05 AVERAGE
4.05 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
funny
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
DNF. The writing was very beautiful at first but after reading 1/3 I am perplexed by a lack of plot and too many same name characters.
Gostei muito da escrita e narrativa do autor, o que me incomodou foi um dado momento a repetição das linhagens da família, difícil de acompanha sem a cola da árvore genealógica. Mas é um retrato visto em muitas famílias sobre o início de uma civilização e sua perversidade. O final costurou o título com a história, leria mais uma vez.
This book is probably my best example of something that is clearly artistic and "important" in the most literal since, while also being something that I just did not love reading. One Hundred Years of Solitude does so much well, but I found myself reaching the halfway point amazed that the book had decided to carry on.
There is no doubting one thing, Gabriel García Márquez has a profound sense of style and voice. I have not read anything I can think of that fits the bizarre comedy and realism that is often unrestrained by traditional pacing or punctuation. This is probably best exemplified by the four page run-on-sentence rant one character is given, but also by the random notes of characters dying while we are still reading from their disembodied perspective. The joy I found in this book was almost exclusively because of these quirks and twists that Márquez sprinkles quite liberally through what on my read seemed like an inhospitably dry affair.
My troubles enjoying this book are based largely in the other portions of Márquez' style. This read less like a novel and more like stream of conscious narration by a entire lineage of a family. This leads to lots of humor and despair, as great grandchildren are often repeating the sins of their grandfather twice removed, but it also muddles the actual story.
I feel, that I may be doing the author a disservice, as this is likely the point and I am just not enjoying that particular flair. The overall effect of these choices was personally a hypnotic like state when reading this book. By the time the fourth Aureliano appears, you're no longer questioning the fact that the second Remedios is floating into heaven. This weird blending is clearly why Márquez is considered a pioneer in the genre of magical realism, I just can't say that it's to my liking.
Overall, this book is something that I'll likely reflect on and discuss when possible. Some books are a ride that you want to never stop, or when it does, you hop back on shortly after. This is a ride that made my stomach hurt a little, but made me proud to say I gave it a shot.
There is no doubting one thing, Gabriel García Márquez has a profound sense of style and voice. I have not read anything I can think of that fits the bizarre comedy and realism that is often unrestrained by traditional pacing or punctuation. This is probably best exemplified by the four page run-on-sentence rant one character is given, but also by the random notes of characters dying while we are still reading from their disembodied perspective. The joy I found in this book was almost exclusively because of these quirks and twists that Márquez sprinkles quite liberally through what on my read seemed like an inhospitably dry affair.
My troubles enjoying this book are based largely in the other portions of Márquez' style. This read less like a novel and more like stream of conscious narration by a entire lineage of a family. This leads to lots of humor and despair, as great grandchildren are often repeating the sins of their grandfather twice removed, but it also muddles the actual story.
I feel, that I may be doing the author a disservice, as this is likely the point and I am just not enjoying that particular flair. The overall effect of these choices was personally a hypnotic like state when reading this book. By the time the fourth Aureliano appears, you're no longer questioning the fact that the second Remedios is floating into heaven. This weird blending is clearly why Márquez is considered a pioneer in the genre of magical realism, I just can't say that it's to my liking.
Overall, this book is something that I'll likely reflect on and discuss when possible. Some books are a ride that you want to never stop, or when it does, you hop back on shortly after. This is a ride that made my stomach hurt a little, but made me proud to say I gave it a shot.
It was initially hard to get into, but I got hooked by his style of writing that just transports you into the world of Macondo. The ending in itself is both blunt, and thought-provoking.
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
funny
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Una novela muy completa, que te hace reír, reflexionar, frases bonitas. Un clásico que no debemos dejar de leer una y otra vez.