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One Hundred Years of Solitude

Gabriel García Márquez

Start date: May 1, 2018

Finish date: May 30, 2018

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Sep 15, 2009 Jenna rated it really liked it

Shelves: i-would-recommend, read-in-2014

This book isn't really like anything I've read before. It is my first foray into magical realism. I started reading this book, got about 40 pages in, and thought that it would be good to keep reading while I vacationed at the beach. Well, this is NOT a typical beach read. This book was hard for me. I had to really concentrate while I was reading it. It has been said 1000 times before but I'm going to repeat it anyway- keeping the characters straight is not easy! So many people have the same name ...more

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Mar 29, 2012 Lorma rated it it was amazing

I went and bought this novel after hearing Selma Hayek rave about it, so glad I did. A Beautifully written work of art on life,death and mankind. This story has it all Love, Greed, Lust, War, etc. and so amazingly stitched together. It's an experience reading One Hundred Years of Solitude worth having.

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Nov 17, 2023 Wysteria rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: no-longer-own, popsugar-reading-challenge-2021, read-2023

Paragraphs would’ve helped me a lot here. It’s not terrible but I’m going with two stars because I just didn’t care. About anyone. Forcing myself to read the book just to finish a book is never a good sign for me. Not a reread, not a keeper.

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