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One Hundred Years of Solitude

Gabriel García Márquez

Start date: June 1, 2016

Finish date: June 30, 2016

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May 04, 2013 Tala rated it did not like it

I didn't like the book at all, the writer is moving in ideas back and forth, and I just don't know the importance of giving the same name for all the characters in the novel, I kept getting confused throughout the whole book and kept referencing the family tree on the first page !

If there were any lesser ranking I would've given it, I only completed the novel in order not to judge the book for its first chapters (which I was counting the pages in order to finish !!)

Nevertheless, I would try anot ...more

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Jul 02, 2012 Jody Curtis rated it it was amazing

Loved it.

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Mar 22, 2018 Marianne rated it it was amazing

I seldom give a book 5 stars. This book, though, is a masterpiece. In a similar manner in which Bel Canto has the best first sentence I've ever read, this has the last. Once I let go of trying to figure out the characters' relationships to one another, I was free to relish the writing, the story and the view on life as we know it. ...more

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Feb 26, 2011 Philip rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I enjoyed reading this book, it was quite an escape. I read this Love in the Time of Cholera is on my reading list & I'm looking forward to reading Márquez again soon. ...more

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