One Hundred Years of Solitude

This is a book that is very complicated but not because it uses a complicated language, but because of the information that it has. This book is considered complicated because it has a lot of characters, which means a lot of names to remember, and a lot of Latin American history. If you are not familiar with "latino" history, it is even harder to understand.

The book talks about the history of a fictitious town called "Macondo" and the founding family "Buen Día". Throughout the book, you are going to witness all of the blessings and curses of the family. The author, Gabriel García Márquez, will make you feel all of the solitude of each character.

As a reader I did not enjoy the author's writing strategy, but as a writer I think it is impressive. If you have ever read at least one of his books, you will realize that he always has a very catchy beginning and ending, but the middle of the book is usually a long and slow transition. So you quickly become hooked and finish the book with the impression that you have just read the best book in your life. You immediately you forget about the boring and tedious transition.

Besides his strategy, I really admire the way he makes you feel like part of the family. At the end of the book, I felt so sad and nostalgic about the end of the Buen Día family. These feelings are often difficult for a writer to evoke in a reader. In addition to that, Gabriel Garcia Marquez has an amazing imagination. You can notice that from his books, his stories are so unique and creative. His writing style and his original stories make him a very famous and recognized author all over the world, and one of my favorite authors.