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Originally Posted by bashfulbanshee
That sounds awful! Did you read it for school? A lot of people I know have very polarized reactions to the book, it's very much a love it or hate it book. Most of the people I know who disliked it had it as required reading for school, which may or not be a factor.
Unfortunately I disliked many books that I had to read for school, even though they were good. I couldn't appreciate Kafka when he was forced on me, but now I do. I think books are better appreciated when you are interested in its content/story, and you could have very different opinions of it after. I remember thinking The Left Hand of Darkness was a bore and I couldn't get past the first 3 chapters. The next time I picked it up, I finished the book in two days and loved every moment of it. Another one of my five star books.
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You're right, there were some excerpts from "100 years of solitude" in the textbook. But you're also wrong in some sense, because I voluntarily read it. (I remember being the only one to raise hand when the teacher ask, "Has any of you read the novel before?") I'd known it was considered "revolutionary", a real giant among great works, a masterpiece; so I'd found a 2nd-hand copy and read through before we actually learned it in class.
Perhaps young minds seek adventure, thriller, fantasy, and heroic actions rather than a Magical realism. Perhaps the only thing I can do about it is getting back when I'm mature enough.
Correct me if my memory has already collected dust, but there is this detail in "100 years of solitude" that has something to do with a pig tail, right?