I'm reading one hundred years of solitude by gabriel garcia marquez and I was wondering who else has read it and what they think? I'm about half way through and I really like it, though I'm starting to have trouble keeping the family line in order. I think i need to start writing down the family tree as I go along. The writing is really beautiful and, though I don't read spanish, I think the images translate really well in english. I'm just caught up in the beauty of the sentences right now.

I had to read it for English class two years ago. It's a really good book, but yeah, the family line is SO hard to keep up with.
I suggest writing down the family tree before you get too deep into it. It's something I definitely wish I had done. Especially while I was writing my essay on it

I DON'T REMEMBER ANY OF IT!
haha probably because I never finished it. I don't remember it sucking though.

one hundred years of solitude? oh man. even the title sounds boring

but Ive heard good things

and if one shouldnt judge books by their cover, you should judge them by their ridiculously boring name either I guess

i think I have a copy in my basement? haha

haha OMG as i read the title thread i already knew what i wanted to post..and then i saw your post and its everything i wanted to say.

my ex recommended the book to me, he's spanish.

but after the first two chapters, i was already in confusion hell so i went bak and had to draw out the family tree as i went along...it'll help TRUST ME.

as for the plot, it isnt really what sticks with you. you're right...the writing, is just sublime. each phrase just flows beautifully.

remember this part? it's right at the beginning.

"Things have a life of their own," the gypsy proclaimed with a harsh accent. "It's simply a matter of waking up their souls."

when he's describing how Melquíades would go through the town with his metallic ingots and everything metallic got dragged behind him..it's my favorite quote of the book...simple and true.