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4.05 AVERAGE
4.05 AVERAGE
challenging
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Perhaps after I have had time to sit with this book a while my rating will change. This was an interesting read full of magical realism and told primarily from 3rd person POV. The novel explores themes of solitude, power, colonialism, time (history being repetitive vs. cyclic), and much more. I did find that knowing and looking up a bit of the history of Columbia helped. Please consider what it would mean to be in solitude and secluded with a finite number of people. There are things that require you to check the trigger warnings for this book. On a different note, and I don’t think this was intentional of the author, I walked away with a lesson to never place your faith in men 😂.
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Truly magical family saga that takes your breath away with it's incredibly poetic writing and masterfully crafted plotlines, that never fail to surprise you and emerse you into the world of Latin America and it's folklore...
emotional
funny
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book is a masterpiece. I am not from Latin America so I will never fully understand it but as a study of a country’s history through one family, it is incredible.
I didn’t get it at the start and was frustrated by the names of the characters all being the same, but once I let go of trying to individualise the characters, I got into the flow and the rhythm of the story and found it really gripping. The actual main characters are Macondo and the house, and everyone else just follows through them in a repeating cycle.
I don’t know if I will ever understand this book but it was fantastic.
I didn’t get it at the start and was frustrated by the names of the characters all being the same, but once I let go of trying to individualise the characters, I got into the flow and the rhythm of the story and found it really gripping. The actual main characters are Macondo and the house, and everyone else just follows through them in a repeating cycle.
I don’t know if I will ever understand this book but it was fantastic.
challenging
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This is probably one of the strangest stories I’ve ever read and I at turns loved it and hated it all at the same time.
adventurous
challenging
funny
relaxing
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
everyone needs to read this now!
never forget
i want to get fluent in spanish and then read the original
never forget
i want to get fluent in spanish and then read the original
adventurous
challenging
funny
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Unique.
slow-paced
