read_me_seymour 's review for:

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
5.0

I didn't get it. I kept reading.

Nope. Still didn't get it. Couldn't keep track of the characters. Hated the sexism. I kept reading.

And then one night, three quarters of the way through this book that took me over a year to get all the way through...

"yellow butterflies".

And then I got it. And by the last page, this was the single most beautiful reading experience I have ever had.
When I read it again, it will be another experience entirely.

But those yellow butterflies... the fucking genius that was (may he rest in peace) Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

**sigh**

Read the whole thing cover to cover. Take your time. Sit with it. Let the images and the magical realism marinate. Brilliant.