A review by megancadigan
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez

5.0

When I was in middle school, I decided to try and read the Bible for fun. Genesis, the first chapter, shocked me with the descriptions of cattle, children, family lineages, and people living to seven hundred years old. This book brought me right back to that moment of awe in which I realized that time is entirely a construct of our own experiences. Garcia Marquez is such a pointed writer—never a word in excess—but can also evoke the long, winding way in which life passes us by so quickly and so slowly. At times, there were so many details that I would miss key points only to have consistent call backs to previous memories years in the book’s future. If you’re looking for something to make you feel like time is running in a circle, consider One Hundred Years of Solitude for your next read. You might walk out of it thinking ghosts are real.