It’s a thought provoking read using multiple timelines so it takes time to get into, but it’s well worth the investment.
blessings-of-rathma on
I really want to try to read it again. It’s my husband’s favourite book and I’ve found it difficult to wrap my head around. I haven’t gotten very far into it.
NoAppeal5855 on
One of my favorite books. Started and stopped it 3 times before powering through the first couple of chapters. And then I read it in 18 hrs – didn’t sleep before a flight in the morning – it was that good. But the beginning was really confusing with all the similar names.
sisyphus_was_lazy_10 on
I just finished it. Your confusion is justified. Overall, I liked the philosophical aspects of it, but trying to keep all the generations straight because of family’s naming system was mentally taxing. It kind of reminded me a bit of a Latin American version of East of Eden—if that helps.
IntroductionOk9336 on
I love magical realism and I feel like this is a cornerstone of the genre.
Don’t worry about keeping all the characters and generations straight. And the house is really the main character.
cobblergobbler69420 on
I read it some years ago. It took me several months, but the last few chapters brought the story together and I was very much a fan of the book overall.
shark_5 on
DNF. I just got tired of the same repetitive names and I felt like there wasn’t a clear plot to the whole story. Just prose (which to be honest, didn’t find that extraordinary as some people claim). I read it in spanish, as it is my native language
Content-Consumer_ on
Persia may I didn’t really like it. It got a bit tedious in some parts and I was confused by all the. Characters with the same name. It kind of had a sci do ending, and it junk it inspired Encanto to some extent. I wouldn’t recommend it to someone and wouldn’t re-read
LookingForAFunRead on
I DNFed. Could not tell what was going on and didn’t care.
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It’s a thought provoking read using multiple timelines so it takes time to get into, but it’s well worth the investment.
I really want to try to read it again. It’s my husband’s favourite book and I’ve found it difficult to wrap my head around. I haven’t gotten very far into it.
One of my favorite books. Started and stopped it 3 times before powering through the first couple of chapters. And then I read it in 18 hrs – didn’t sleep before a flight in the morning – it was that good. But the beginning was really confusing with all the similar names.
I just finished it. Your confusion is justified. Overall, I liked the philosophical aspects of it, but trying to keep all the generations straight because of family’s naming system was mentally taxing. It kind of reminded me a bit of a Latin American version of East of Eden—if that helps.
I love magical realism and I feel like this is a cornerstone of the genre.
Don’t worry about keeping all the characters and generations straight. And the house is really the main character.
I read it some years ago. It took me several months, but the last few chapters brought the story together and I was very much a fan of the book overall.
DNF. I just got tired of the same repetitive names and I felt like there wasn’t a clear plot to the whole story. Just prose (which to be honest, didn’t find that extraordinary as some people claim). I read it in spanish, as it is my native language
Persia may I didn’t really like it. It got a bit tedious in some parts and I was confused by all the. Characters with the same name. It kind of had a sci do ending, and it junk it inspired Encanto to some extent. I wouldn’t recommend it to someone and wouldn’t re-read
I DNFed. Could not tell what was going on and didn’t care.