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A review by swatswatwhat
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
This is one of those books that feel likes a drag but felt like I had to finish it. Wish I stopped mid way when it became a real drag for me to continue.
I’m not in the mindset of finishing every book you start but this one felt different cuz it had all the keys things I would have normally been into - magical realism (legends, insomnia disease, dirt eating), transcending timelines, dreaminess, beautiful writing with lots of descriptors and adjectives.
Overall, it just had too many of boring parts with incessant amount of characters (even beyond the main family tree). I spent most of the time just trying to keep the characters’ name straight. Many troubling topics like incest, rape, bestiality. I didn’t feel connected or moved by the characters and wasn’t provoked by any of their actions (minus being jarred by the troubling topics).
At the end of the day, this novel is a love it or hate it type read.
I’m not in the mindset of finishing every book you start but this one felt different cuz it had all the keys things I would have normally been into - magical realism (legends, insomnia disease, dirt eating), transcending timelines, dreaminess, beautiful writing with lots of descriptors and adjectives.
Overall, it just had too many of boring parts with incessant amount of characters (even beyond the main family tree). I spent most of the time just trying to keep the characters’ name straight. Many troubling topics like incest, rape, bestiality. I didn’t feel connected or moved by the characters and wasn’t provoked by any of their actions (minus being jarred by the troubling topics).
At the end of the day, this novel is a love it or hate it type read.