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A review by kierscrivener
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
2.0
This might be one I need to reread in the future because it really didn't work for me, though I was captivated and long awaited reading this book, the detached narration and incest and sexual violence made it a hard read.
This is a book I should love, large ensemble cast, beautiful prose, third person omniscient narration with hints as what to come, sprawling slow plot that looks at the people throughout years and generations, family dynamics. But I just didn't. It took me six months to finish because I couldn't stomach it both in feeling frustrated as I should feel connected but just feeling aloof from all these characters and then also being turned off by the objectification of women and how much marital rape and consent was ignored, as well as incest, pedophilia and assault all the way through.
Did I miss something everyone else picked up on? Did I miss some commentary or something? I don't know. But I barely got through.
This is a book I should love, large ensemble cast, beautiful prose, third person omniscient narration with hints as what to come, sprawling slow plot that looks at the people throughout years and generations, family dynamics. But I just didn't. It took me six months to finish because I couldn't stomach it both in feeling frustrated as I should feel connected but just feeling aloof from all these characters and then also being turned off by the objectification of women and how much marital rape and consent was ignored, as well as incest, pedophilia and assault all the way through.
Did I miss something everyone else picked up on? Did I miss some commentary or something? I don't know. But I barely got through.