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4.05 AVERAGE
4.05 AVERAGE
It was not holding my attention, maybe because the characters with similar names were difficult to keep track of, or maybe the story was just really boring to me...maybe a bit of both.
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book is undeniably a classic, and I can see why. One Hundred Years of Solitude is a sweeping, multi-generational story that blends myth, memory, and reality into something almost dreamlike. At its core, it explores how history—both personal and political—repeats itself, often because people refuse (or fail) to learn from the past. The town of Macondo and the Buendía family become a mirror for much bigger truths about love, loss, power, and isolation.
Some lessons that stuck with me:
- The past never really stays in the past. The repetition of names and traits through generations shows how cycles—of violence, obsession, solitude—continue unless we actively break them.
- Solitude can protect, but it can also imprison. Every character searches for meaning, but their isolation often becomes their downfall.
I gave it three stars—not because it isn’t brilliant, but because it’s dense. Beautiful, yes, but also exhausting. It took effort to stay emotionally connected, and I often felt like I was admiring the craft more than loving the story.
When you think you’re picking up some piece of high literature with many accolades but it’s actually a book about some brothers with wicked big dicks
Okay so I’m still at the beginning, but damn. We’ve talked about their huge cocks so much at this point that I’m starting to wonder if maybe I have an alternate edition than the one cited as “one of the supreme achievements in world literature”
Okay so I’m still at the beginning, but damn. We’ve talked about their huge cocks so much at this point that I’m starting to wonder if maybe I have an alternate edition than the one cited as “one of the supreme achievements in world literature”
slow-paced
This book felt like it took one hundred years to read am I right.
Yeah I didn't really like this one. I was rocking with it in the first half but kept wondering "what is the point of this?" And by the end I still felt the same way. If the point was that history repeats or whatever I felt like they could've done it with 3 generations of Buendía and not 7.
Yeah I didn't really like this one. I was rocking with it in the first half but kept wondering "what is the point of this?" And by the end I still felt the same way. If the point was that history repeats or whatever I felt like they could've done it with 3 generations of Buendía and not 7.
challenging
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-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
challenging
dark
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Những cái chết đầy cô đơn của từng nhân vật làm mình cảm thấy nỗi buồn cô độc của mỗi người. Họ sống cả một đời người, từ những cô bé, cậu bé đáng yêu, hồn nhiên để rồi lớn lên hoàn toàn khác biệt, mang trong mình nỗi cô đơn như di truyền từ cụ cố, ông bà, cô chú của họ. Họ cứ tiếp tục tách mình ra khỏi xã hội, khỏi mọi thứ và cứ như vậy, một lời nguyền gắn với cả gia tộc đến hơn 100 năm.
challenging
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes