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rika_readsanyway 's review for:
One Hundred Years of Solitude
by Gabriel García Márquez
challenging
dark
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
A family photo is getting burned to the ground and falling into ashes. The first of the line is tied to a tree and the last is being eaten by the ants. Damn, Gabriel García Márquez’s writing style is densely descriptive. It wasn’t an easy read for me, but something about One Hundred Years of Solitude drew me in and intrigued me. Reading this book felt the same way as reading a fairy tale - a strangely amusing and cartoonishly absurd kind. If the point of art is creating a mood, then this book has achieved it. Female characters such as Úrsula, Remidios the beauty and Rebeca have unique quirks and unsettling mannerisms that I felt a weird sense of satisfaction from reading their parts.
In technical aspects, I think this is a flawless work. But in emotive aspects, I kind of lost interest in the middle that I almost gave up on it. That’s why I ducked a half star. However, the story told through the family of Búendia is unforgettably epic. Politics, exploitation of capitalists, incest, nostalgia, and the curse of human ego... everything. The nostalgic history of the town Macondo was delivered successfully in the end. Nothing like any other books I’ve read before. In the future, I’ll be returning to this book with a different (and mature) mindset.
In technical aspects, I think this is a flawless work. But in emotive aspects, I kind of lost interest in the middle that I almost gave up on it. That’s why I ducked a half star. However, the story told through the family of Búendia is unforgettably epic. Politics, exploitation of capitalists, incest, nostalgia, and the curse of human ego... everything. The nostalgic history of the town Macondo was delivered successfully in the end. Nothing like any other books I’ve read before. In the future, I’ll be returning to this book with a different (and mature) mindset.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Incest, Colonisation