A review by laserdiscreader
One Hundred Years of Solitude, by Gabriel García Márquez
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
This was a slog for me and I debated DNF'ing multiple times, spurred on only by the facts I read this for a reading challenge and I knew this to be a classic held in high regard by many people. It's an account of a family's life, incredibly detailed in some regards while jumping around time and space and handwaving away details in others. The style of writing is quite possibly the only thing I enjoyed about this book and therefore the only thing that got my rating of it to 3 stars. Maybe time will be kinder to me response to this than my current feelings after having spent over two weeks forcing myself to get through it.
Minor: Cannibalism, Grief, Incest, Murder, Sexual content, Child death, Forced institutionalization, War, Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Abandonment, Violence, Death, and Infidelity