I read it almost 40 years ago and it has remained my all time favourite book, so much so that I hardly dare reread it! It had such a profound effect on me - I read everything GGM wrote, read many other Latin American authors, and then travelled to South America and visited Aracataca in Colombia. Loved this review and sorry to see you are not making videos anymore - I only just found your channel 😢
Oh yeah, there are some hilarious quotable lines from this novel. One of my favourite touching moments in the novel is when Aureliano Segundo and Petra Cotes discover what it means to really love someone. Thank you for watching.
This review achieved a pleasant balance between going deep into analysis and having a chit chat about your impressions on the book, totally loved it :)
Wow, I have to say a big THANK YOU for explaining this “experience” of a book! I had attempted to read this a number of years ago, but gave up after I came upon the incest. I was struggling with the story anyway, and that scene just pushed me over the edge. But I’ve always been entranced by other people’s experience of reading this novel - someone once said that it’s as if life in Macondo continues on while we take a break from reading about it, and that when we resume, it’s like we are jumping back in to see what’s happened since. Your presentation has really opened my eyes to a better understanding of the book and what GGM was trying to communicate. I will definitely attempt to read it again!
That is such an interesting way that person described the experience of reading OHYOS. It's very true. This book isn't for everyone, but it is so singular an experience I'd say it's worth another try. Let me know what you think if you do give it another go. Thank you for watching.
Greetings from a Colombian, Amazing pronunciation! Finally, a review that understood how important Ursula is! and yeap you get much more from the book if you know about caribean people in Rioacha, small towns far from everything strugles, Colombian and latin american history. Did love your review and ideas arround the book.
I love the way you enjoyed doing this video. And I see you are a smart reader, from now on, start calling Gabo for his lastname, García. In Colombia we use surnames from Father and Mother. so, Marquez was his second lastname. I wish you go to Colombia and see by yourself that the book is real. Colombia is magic and beauty (as you are). Thank you for sharing these wonderful minutes. Love your mood..
Love this review! I read it in spanish, so didn't understand all of it, but I think your interpretations are well thought out, insightful, and beautiful. Plus having a sip of rum every once in a while, while contemplating literature gives Hemingway a sip as well. Thanks for this!
Another amazing review. By the way, I love Jorge Amado and Machado de Assis (I saw Epitaph of a Small Winner on the table :D)... among the writers of my country, they are those I like the most.
Epitaph of a Small Winner is my next book and it is the first of his writing I’ll ever sample. I hope to crack it open today. What would you recommend from Amado’s work? Thank you for watching.
Thanks for this. I'm going to a geeky library thing tonight where we discuss the month's pick...and this was it. I'm glad you said it really wasn't your thing. Same here. I will admit, by listening to YT reviews and comments, I'm appreciating it more.
,,, its a beautiful book,,, ive just finished it and will reread at some point,,, Stella have you done the Master n Margrita,,, Frankenstein,,, or brother Karamazov i,ll have look at what you doing,,, but yes 100 years is great,,, ive mentioned Shakespeares rulled me if you have alook at Borges Laberrinths thers an essay called everything and nothing its about when Shakespeare retired in 1613 he died in 1616,,,, Anyway omg id love a good chat with ya yeah keep up great reviews 😂
I really love your review of this 100 years book ,,,,, I've been a slave to Shakespeare and its only over last 12 months I've looked at classic works err dostoevsky Mccarthy brontes err borges shelly Garcia 😂 keep up great reviews ❤
Did you know that "Cien Años de Soledad" was actually banned from being read in Cuban schools; it has a very strong religious foundation from the Genealogical tree of the Buendia family to the sign at the very entrance to Macondo: "Dios Existe."
How do you get to understand a book so much ? I haven't been much of a reader most of my life except for random spurs of the moment thing, randomly picking up a classic sometime in a year and i would love it but feel like i barely scratched its surface. Otherwise the few other books i've read have been fantasy so nothing too arduous. So i've finished this book over the last 3 days and decided to get help from sparknotes after each chapter i'd finish. Then i just found your video and it makes me feel frustrated. Why does it always seem so obvious after you've explained it but i'm completely unable to really get there by myself ? Patterns i don't see, deeper meanings i don't think about and, most of all, character's traits and motives i don't really identify and make sense of. To come to all these conclusions, do you have a process ? Like annotations in a particular way or reading some more material about the book ? Or do you simply think of it on your own by taking the time ? Because at the end of the book i feel like i can't remember enough to think or it rationally. I'd love to know more about your process if you have any time small time to spare me. Thank you
This process can look very different for different people, but let me put you at ease by saying that while I have always loved reading I have never read as deeply as I do now and it is a very different process, at least for me. I started this channel because I sucked at analyzing books. I used to read in only a literal lense and to analyze you have to look through a metaphoric lense. I tend to read a dense novel 3 times to feel I really understand and connect the dots. The first read is to get the emotions out of the way and know the plot: I will hate certain characters or root for others and this gets in the way of understanding the story. The second reading shows me the details I missed the first time and theories begin to come together. The third read through I’m actively looking for things that connect the theory more solidly. Each read through I annotate with small sticky notes about different things that stand out in the story, or connect to other things I’ve read in the story, or things I don’t understand. I ponder the things that don’t make sense and often after asking myself why would anyone do this or that, a reason usually comes to me that related to the theme. This all takes a lot more time than the way I used to read did. Reading other people’s thoughts about the books you read can also help open your mind up to thinking about things differently. I hope something here helped and remember your process can look a lot different than mine and that’s ok. I’ve been asked this question before so I’ll probably dedicate a video to it. Thank you watching and happy reading!!
Your review got me hooked to take the time to reread it. I read it the first time but thought it wasn't for me because it was too static in motion, so I preferred the general from Marquez.
I read this book when I was 23 it was a torture! We had quizzes, test, on this book. At the end this book show me patience and understanding.. that’s all I remember to slow down and think..
Slow down and think is the best advice for reading difficult and deep books. And a follow up piece of advice is: read it again. It has changed my reading game. Thank you for watching.
I love this book, and I like your review. I don't mean to sound critical, you are doing a better job than I could, but I found myself distracted by your reading from a script, rather than addressing your audience with "eye contact". I will check out other reviews you have done
Hello and welcome to my channel. Thank you for leaving your feedback. I appreciate it and rest assured that it doesn’t come across as critical as you were specific and there is truth to your comment. I have had a few others comment about this exact thing and I struggle with what to do about it. The struggle is that the goal of this channel is for me to work on improving my book analysis skills. I do a write up and to be honest if I wasn’t going to film and present it to others, I don’t think I would put the care into the write up that I do now which has improved my skills. Life is busy, so reading the write up makes both filiming and editing (which still take a lot of time) go a lot faster. If I just spoke from a few notes I don’t think I could get the accuracy or the depth that I want to share with others. So perhaps the solution is to not have myself in the video at all and just do voice over on top of B-roll shots? I’m not sure. There are a lot of Booktube channels that are wonderful out there and that speak off the cuff, but I really want to offer in-depth analyses that are engaging and I struggle to find that on Booktube myself. I have room to improve, that is for certain, and I will continue trying to do so. Thank you for watching.
@@ItsTooLatetoApologize I get it, it is a work in progress, and the noble struggle of striking the right balance can apply to just about everything. I like that you definitely seem relaxed and enjoying what you are doing, that comes across, and I like the rum. which contributes to the relaxed conversational tone of your work - is the rum a reference to Columbia's Caribbean coast, or just a personal favorite? Sorry, I will stop here, I don't want to assume the role of critic, and certainly not an expert. I love 100 Years of Solitude, honestly most of the time I even think of the title it takes me back to the sheer joy of reading that book! take care
@@mollkatless while I believe “fire water” or aguardiente is the Colombian drink of choice, in a lot of Central and South American countries rum is the most common drink. So I figured I’d pour myself a drink of that to celebrate this very singular book.
I was very baffled why a Disney animated kids movie had a joke about an incestuous couple in it and the role usually taken by a love intrest filled a family member with a drastic age difference but when I heard the movie was heavely influenced by a hundred years of solitude that question got solidly answered.....
@@ItsTooLatetoApologize encanto... Generational trauma in a magically gifted family living in an encanto, we got the yellow butterflies some parallels with characters but as a Disney movie it does not end in the cycle but with an resolution
That is the version I have and tried to read it twice but have up. Weird is not the word to use....a bad LSD trip ( never tried, but heard a number of patients who have) might cause unrealistic scened. Brave New World left me cold so I know my third try will be a failure ! I got it down from the shelves and felt that I might be wasting time...why ? I am an avid reader of Victorian authors. Regards. PS Please excuse UT typos.
I read it almost 40 years ago and it has remained my all time favourite book, so much so that I hardly dare reread it! It had such a profound effect on me - I read everything GGM wrote, read many other Latin American authors, and then travelled to South America and visited Aracataca in Colombia. Loved this review and sorry to see you are not making videos anymore - I only just found your channel 😢
I read this as a teen and loved it. I remember chuckling at some of the scenes and being quite emotionally affected by others. Just a beautiful book.
Oh yeah, there are some hilarious quotable lines from this novel. One of my favourite touching moments in the novel is when Aureliano Segundo and Petra Cotes discover what it means to really love someone. Thank you for watching.
This review achieved a pleasant balance between going deep into analysis and having a chit chat about your impressions on the book, totally loved it :)
Thank you. ☺️
@Zoz I absolutely concur!
Agree. that was awesome.!
The translation is OUTSTANDING
What an excellent review. Please do more.
Wow, I have to say a big THANK YOU for explaining this “experience” of a book! I had attempted to read this a number of years ago, but gave up after I came upon the incest. I was struggling with the story anyway, and that scene just pushed me over the edge. But I’ve always been entranced by other people’s experience of reading this novel - someone once said that it’s as if life in Macondo continues on while we take a break from reading about it, and that when we resume, it’s like we are jumping back in to see what’s happened since. Your presentation has really opened my eyes to a better understanding of the book and what GGM was trying to communicate. I will definitely attempt to read it again!
That is such an interesting way that person described the experience of reading OHYOS. It's very true. This book isn't for everyone, but it is so singular an experience I'd say it's worth another try. Let me know what you think if you do give it another go. Thank you for watching.
On my tbr pile for some time. Now I'm even more willing to read it. An amazing review as always!
Thank you! It’s a great book but it’s also quite an experience too.
Awesome analysis - just finished it there and just wanted to lean on someone to talk it over. Subbed in any case
I don’t think I was ready for this book when I attempted it 20 years ago. I will put it back on my “to read “ list. Thanks for the great discussion.
You're so welcome!
I really enjoyed this book. I read it years ago and I really should pick it back up. This review is brilliant.
Thank you for watching, Michael. This novel was such a unique experience and the writing was hilarious at times.
Really enjoyed your interpretation of this interesting book, which was definitely difficult to read
Greetings from a Colombian, Amazing pronunciation! Finally, a review that understood how important Ursula is! and yeap you get much more from the book if you know about caribean people in Rioacha, small towns far from everything strugles, Colombian and latin american history. Did love your review and ideas arround the book.
I love the way you enjoyed doing this video. And I see you are a smart reader, from now on, start calling Gabo for his lastname, García. In Colombia we use surnames from Father and Mother. so, Marquez was his second lastname. I wish you go to Colombia and see by yourself that the book is real. Colombia is magic and beauty (as you are). Thank you for sharing these wonderful minutes. Love your mood..
Love this review! I read it in spanish, so didn't understand all of it, but I think your interpretations are well thought out, insightful, and beautiful. Plus having a sip of rum every once in a while, while contemplating literature gives Hemingway a sip as well. Thanks for this!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks!
Thank you so much!
Another amazing review. By the way, I love Jorge Amado and Machado de Assis (I saw Epitaph of a Small Winner on the table :D)... among the writers of my country, they are those I like the most.
Epitaph of a Small Winner is my next book and it is the first of his writing I’ll ever sample. I hope to crack it open today. What would you recommend from Amado’s work? Thank you for watching.
@@ItsTooLatetoApologize Ohh I really hope you enjoy it! Amado's Captains of the Sands it's my favorite >< Thank YOU for the video.
@@melodianarrativa_Rodrigo thank you for your recommendation.
Thank you for your review which has helped me understand the book better. Love from 🇲🇾
Ursula and Santa Sofia de la Piedad were my favorites and most underrated characters 🥲
I agree!
everybody loved Ursula!😇
Yoo!!! Cool video. I just saw the PART 1 - Netflix series. It's Mindblowing, messed up, and twisted af!
thank you for helping me understand One Hundred Years of Solitude better ❤❤❤
I'm so glad!
Your Spanish is soooo good. Congrats. Greetings from Colombia.
Awe thank you! Hello from Canada!
Thanks for this. I'm going to a geeky library thing tonight where we discuss the month's pick...and this was it. I'm glad you said it really wasn't your thing. Same here. I will admit, by listening to YT reviews and comments, I'm appreciating it more.
I'm so glad I prepped you for the geeky library thing. This was the moment I was born for. ;)
😀@@ItsTooLatetoApologize
,,, its a beautiful book,,, ive just finished it and will reread at some point,,, Stella have you done the Master n Margrita,,, Frankenstein,,, or brother Karamazov i,ll have look at what you doing,,, but yes 100 years is great,,, ive mentioned Shakespeares rulled me if you have alook at Borges Laberrinths thers an essay called everything and nothing its about when Shakespeare retired in 1613 he died in 1616,,,, Anyway omg id love a good chat with ya yeah keep up great reviews 😂
I really love your review of this 100 years book ,,,,, I've been a slave to Shakespeare and its only over last 12 months I've looked at classic works err dostoevsky Mccarthy brontes err borges shelly Garcia 😂 keep up great reviews ❤
Did you know that "Cien Años de Soledad" was actually banned from being read in Cuban schools; it has a very strong religious foundation from the Genealogical tree of the Buendia family to the sign at the very entrance to Macondo: "Dios Existe."
I was unsure whatever to read the book in English or my mother tongue but with this blazing praise that question got solidly answered!
Oh good!! 😊
How do you get to understand a book so much ?
I haven't been much of a reader most of my life except for random spurs of the moment thing, randomly picking up a classic sometime in a year and i would love it but feel like i barely scratched its surface.
Otherwise the few other books i've read have been fantasy so nothing too arduous.
So i've finished this book over the last 3 days and decided to get help from sparknotes after each chapter i'd finish.
Then i just found your video and it makes me feel frustrated.
Why does it always seem so obvious after you've explained it but i'm completely unable to really get there by myself ? Patterns i don't see, deeper meanings i don't think about and, most of all, character's traits and motives i don't really identify and make sense of.
To come to all these conclusions, do you have a process ? Like annotations in a particular way or reading some more material about the book ? Or do you simply think of it on your own by taking the time ?
Because at the end of the book i feel like i can't remember enough to think or it rationally.
I'd love to know more about your process if you have any time small time to spare me.
Thank you
This process can look very different for different people, but let me put you at ease by saying that while I have always loved reading I have never read as deeply as I do now and it is a very different process, at least for me. I started this channel because I sucked at analyzing books. I used to read in only a literal lense and to analyze you have to look through a metaphoric lense. I tend to read a dense novel 3 times to feel I really understand and connect the dots. The first read is to get the emotions out of the way and know the plot: I will hate certain characters or root for others and this gets in the way of understanding the story. The second reading shows me the details I missed the first time and theories begin to come together. The third read through I’m actively looking for things that connect the theory more solidly. Each read through I annotate with small sticky notes about different things that stand out in the story, or connect to other things I’ve read in the story, or things I don’t understand. I ponder the things that don’t make sense and often after asking myself why would anyone do this or that, a reason usually comes to me that related to the theme.
This all takes a lot more time than the way I used to read did. Reading other people’s thoughts about the books you read can also help open your mind up to thinking about things differently. I hope something here helped and remember your process can look a lot different than mine and that’s ok. I’ve been asked this question before so I’ll probably dedicate a video to it. Thank you watching and happy reading!!
Your review got me hooked to take the time to reread it. I read it the first time but thought it wasn't for me because it was too static in motion, so I preferred the general from Marquez.
I hope the reread goes well. Good luck!
I read this book when I was 23 it was a torture! We had quizzes, test, on this book. At the end this book show me patience and understanding.. that’s all I remember to slow down and think..
Slow down and think is the best advice for reading difficult and deep books. And a follow up piece of advice is: read it again. It has changed my reading game. Thank you for watching.
Can you write the name or translator, please
I love this book, and I like your review. I don't mean to sound critical, you are doing a better job than I could, but I found myself distracted by your reading from a script, rather than addressing your audience with "eye contact". I will check out other reviews you have done
Hello and welcome to my channel. Thank you for leaving your feedback. I appreciate it and rest assured that it doesn’t come across as critical as you were specific and there is truth to your comment.
I have had a few others comment about this exact thing and I struggle with what to do about it. The struggle is that the goal of this channel is for me to work on improving my book analysis skills. I do a write up and to be honest if I wasn’t going to film and present it to others, I don’t think I would put the care into the write up that I do now which has improved my skills. Life is busy, so reading the write up makes both filiming and editing (which still take a lot of time) go a lot faster. If I just spoke from a few notes I don’t think I could get the accuracy or the depth that I want to share with others. So perhaps the solution is to not have myself in the video at all and just do voice over on top of B-roll shots? I’m not sure. There are a lot of Booktube channels that are wonderful out there and that speak off the cuff, but I really want to offer in-depth analyses that are engaging and I struggle to find that on Booktube myself. I have room to improve, that is for certain, and I will continue trying to do so.
Thank you for watching.
@@ItsTooLatetoApologize I get it, it is a work in progress, and the noble struggle of striking the right balance can apply to just about everything.
I like that you definitely seem relaxed and enjoying what you are doing, that comes across, and I like the rum. which contributes to the relaxed conversational tone of your work - is the rum a reference to Columbia's Caribbean coast, or just a personal favorite?
Sorry, I will stop here, I don't want to assume the role of critic, and certainly not an expert. I love 100 Years of Solitude, honestly most of the time I even think of the title it takes me back to the sheer joy of reading that book! take care
@@mollkatless while I believe “fire water” or aguardiente is the Colombian drink of choice, in a lot of Central and South American countries rum is the most common drink. So I figured I’d pour myself a drink of that to celebrate this very singular book.
Great review!
Too good review
I wish you many many more subscribers.
Thank you for watching and for your kind words.
I was very baffled why a Disney animated kids movie had a joke about an incestuous couple in it and the role usually taken by a love intrest filled a family member with a drastic age difference but when I heard the movie was heavely influenced by a hundred years of solitude that question got solidly answered.....
Oh, which Disney movie was that?
@@ItsTooLatetoApologize encanto... Generational trauma in a magically gifted family living in an encanto, we got the yellow butterflies some parallels with characters but as a Disney movie it does not end in the cycle but with an resolution
"And it's golden Ponyboy!"
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Aureliano Babilonia history it's devastating.
Thank you!
You're welcome!
That is the version I have and tried to read it twice but have up.
Weird is not the word to use....a bad LSD trip ( never tried, but heard a number of patients who have) might cause unrealistic scened.
Brave New World left me cold so I know my third try will be a failure !
I got it down from the shelves and felt that I might be wasting time...why ? I am an avid reader of Victorian authors.
Regards.
PS Please excuse UT typos.