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Jeannine asked this question about One Hundred Years of Solitude:
Why do struggle to finish this novel? This is the third time I have stalled out more than half way through. I just can't seem to care about this family...tell me: should I tough it out?
Mars The book gets duller and less interesting the farther in you go. The first half is mostly ok, but then you get a noticeable spiral into much poorer wr…moreThe book gets duller and less interesting the farther in you go. The first half is mostly ok, but then you get a noticeable spiral into much poorer writing, less interesting story, and more repetition with every subsequent page, which might be why you're stalling out right around when it starts to get particularly bad.

imho you're not missing much.(less)
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One Hundred Years of Solitude
by Gabriel García Márquez
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