I thought this book was fantastic. Such a lovely mix between reality and magic! Which believe it or not actually is its own genre called Magic Realism. This is a multi generational story following one family. I thought it was quite nice to be able to follow one family for such a long time, you get to follow children being born, raising their own family and subsequently passing away.
The book follows the belief that you cannot escape your future, or you past? There are a lot of references to dreams and characters appear to be highly influenced by what they dream. A lot of disasters also strike the family, and they appear unable to escape them. I feel like some of the characters are better than others with dealing with these disasters. Maybe that is just my own view though about how a proper life looks like? In reality we all how a lot pre-conceived ideas of how we think life should be lived and get concerned and frown upon people that live it out of the norm. It takes time and patience to learn that there are different ways of living a good life and that you are not allowed to judge other people’s life choices. In the end of the day we are all in charge of our own life. Regardless of what dreams we have and what we decided to do about them.
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