almond 's review for:

Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez
1.0
dark slow-paced
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No

I finished this book, but I found it too boring and repetitive to enjoy. It was one of those where I kept waiting for it to make sense, but it never really did. If it had been a longer book, I would have just given up on it. I didn't like any of the characters, nor did I appreciate the gruesome description of the murder. Plus, I was expecting magical realism, and this definitely wasn't it. I get that the author is trying to say something, but it didn't land for me.