one hundred years of solitude (part 2) - Marquez
Hello everyone! If im being honest, Im not sure if I was a huge fan of the second half in comparison to the first. My first mistake was avoiding the advice to read in larger sections, but at the same time, it was a long book and that was the only way I could do it. I found it more difficult to keep track of the characters' names than anything else. I understand that there is meaning behind the passing down of these names, but I was having a tough time… which often left me feeling a little discouraged. However, I think that there is something important and intentional about the passing down and reusing of names from previous generations. Perhaps there is some hope that the name is given, would somehow be translated into the characteristics of what made that individual’s name worth passing. However, I know that it sometimes happened that characters didn't match their name, or were even the opposite. In the second half of the book, Macondo begi...