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One Hundred Years of Solitude

Gabriel García Márquez

Start date: August 1, 2022

Finish date: August 31, 2022

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Jan 04, 2017 Kelly_Hunsaker_reads ... rated it it was ok

Shelves: 1001-books, read-in-2025, classics, magical-realism, oprah-bookclub

2025 Reread: The language is beautiful, and I can see that there is a reason this one is loved, but I just didn't enjoy it.

2024: It seems I may be one of the few people on earth who doesn't like this book. I understand that Marquez uses magical realism throughout. I understand that this book is a classic. I get it that it is an epic story covering a huge span of time and using flashbacks and flash forwards brilliantly. Unfortunately, none of that helps me to enjoy this book. I found it disjointe ...more

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Mar 21, 2008 Becca rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction

This piece took some wading through for me - this is a book that you want to "live in" for a little while because while the pacing is slow, so much happens in a short amount of time. The pacing is well worth it in the end. Marquez ties his 'loose' ends in eerie, surprising ways, which I loved - definitely a "Grapes of Wrath" reaction at the end. :)

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Sep 20, 2008 Angela rated it did not like it

I read about half of this. It was so surreal and mystical, I couldn't get involved in the story line and kept forgetting who was connected to whom ,esp. when mnay of the men began to have the same name. Haven't bothered to pick it up again. ...more

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