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  1 of 1 members found this review helpful.

  • Rated 5 stars

  “Its a Magical, mysterious, enormously beautiful book.
  Worth a read.”

  Urvashi wrote this review 2 days ago. ( reply | permalink )
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  1 of 1 members found this review helpful.

  • Rated 4 stars

  “one man looks into the mirror of his life...only to see many versions of himself, his ideas, his dreams, his wishes and desires, every careless thought that crosses his mind, reflected back at himself...and...and...and he gives a name to every reflection he sees...calls his reflections "family" and "relatives".
  and he even gives his reflections their own town, "macondo" and its only a small humble town, it's nowhere really, but "they" make it, build it up from scratch...it's got a beginning, frivolous, unpredictable, and it's filled with characters big and small...some of them resemble other ones, could they be related, too(???)...and...and it's got an end, one he always knew about but could never really see too clearly that comes with a great rushing wind, the movement one makes once one finally turns from one's reflection.
  marquez's angelic ghost dance on the point of a pin i found to be interesting if only as a different way to see my own reflections.
  those not interested in looking within should look elsewhere...”

  kevin michael w wrote this review Thursday, September 11 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  1 of 1 members found this review helpful.

  • Rated 5 stars

  “This book really puts your nerves on test in the initial part. But once get your wits about and get "bedding-in" right- the real magic unfolds. To me, the central and pivotal character was that of "Urshula Senior"..what a character..typical of a lady wife in initial stages and as time passes by .. she transforms in to the pillar of strength and emotions eminate and transmit from her..what unparralled examples of obstinance,support,passion,fear.. by the way fear psychosis gets a refined treatment here otherwise where do you get a General on the path of "victory" craving for "defeat".
  the treatment of certain emotions by the author jolts you out of slumber. shifts are sudden and devastatingly ruthless and move to the next set of events are equally smooth as if it was just another thing. it also gives a feeling that you are floating in a dream sequence.and what an end..as if life has taken full circle and slate is clean as ever.. on the whole the book by the end leaves you with a rare taste of fine wine in your mouth. a must read for like minded people :)”

  Code Red wrote this review Saturday, September 6 2008. ( reply | view 1 replies | permalink )
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  1 of 1 members found this review helpful.

  • Rated 5 stars

  “What a vivid imagination this man has! I was completely engulfed by the flow of magic in his writing. Its like one of those fairy-tale cartoon thingy - you open a book and butterflies and flowers start coming out of the pages and the characters waltz around you. One hundred years of Solitude transformed my couch in dim lighting into a magical mystery machine! This book tickled my funny bone with instances and situations that one would usually associate with sadness and melancholy. And somehow i could completely relate to the Solitude thread that binds the four generations of Buendias together. 6/5 for Marquez's wild imagination that exploded like the yellow butterflies. 6/5 for his writing style that resembled the blood flow scene. And 6/5 for the irony in the Solitude. In total 18/5 :D”

  Naresh wrote this review Wednesday, January 23 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  1 of 1 members found this review helpful.

  • Rated 5 stars

  “Quintessential Latin American magical realism. The world is a spiral snake - head eating its tail. Just read it. But be warned, one must make notes along the way. The complex cast of characters is highly confusing. But an extremely satisfying literary journey. ”

  Weng-Ho wrote this review Friday, November 23 2007. ( reply | permalink )
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  1 of 1 members found this review helpful.

  • Rated 5 stars

  “Probably the best book i ever read.
  It's hard to explain it or to talk about it, but i can just say that after the last few sentences, i almost passed away.
  And i had a blackout.
  And i was absolutely amazed.
  
  During the reading, i really wasn't sure why the hell did Gabriel García Márquez wing a Nobel for this book, but after reading i decided i'd give him 10 more.
  
  Classic, and the book that everyone MUST read, and not give up [it's really hard to read it] till the end.
  Than YOU'LL be thankful for someone told you to read it.
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  Taxidermist wrote this review Monday, November 19 2007. ( reply | permalink )
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  1 of 1 members found this review helpful.

  • Rated 0 stars

  “One Hundred years of Solitude contains several ideas of time. First, the story can be read simply as a linear progression of events, both when considering the individual lives or Macondo's history. All the characters eventually die within the course of the novel, after all, and the town is obliterated by the final page. But García Márquez obviously intends for at least two other understandings of time”

  LINISH wrote this review Wednesday, October 3 2007. ( reply | permalink )
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  1 of 1 members found this review helpful.

  • Rated 4 stars

  “Garcia Marquez brilliantly chronicles a family's life in the fictional town of Macondo, Colombia. I only wish I could read it in Spanish. I also only wish that this would be made into a feature film starring none other than that extemporaneous comedic genius Robin Williams!”

  SanFrancisco wrote this review Friday, October 13 2006. ( reply | permalink )
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  1 of 2 members found this review helpful.

  • Rated 2 stars

  “What a chore to read! I really had to force myself to finish this one. The run-on descriptive sentences made reading tedious but the fact that the characters all basically had the same name made following the story a nightmare. Skip it.”

  Angela O wrote this review Monday, February 4 2008. ( reply | permalink )