A review by jjjjmitchell
100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez

funny inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

One of the best books I’ve read in my life. I will invariably read it again. I’ve never read a book where time feels so relative: there’s liberal foreshadowing, all the generations of characters reuse their parents/uncles/grandparents name which make every generation feel connected, there’s a lot of reminiscing and telling and re-telling of stories, and even in the later half of the book old or lesser characters will suddenly become main characters and pop up again. A beautiful, spiritual, mysterious family epic.

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