One Hundred Years of Solitude

One Hundred Years of Solitude is unarguably Marquez's most popular and successful book.
After reading this I can see why, his writing has the usual poetic melancholic elements to it and he knows how to conclude a book.
(The ending made this book jump from a 1-star to easily a 2.5-star book.)
Now, after acknowledging the elements I do appreciate, let me point out the ones that made this book tedious and unbearable at times.
The narration meanders a lot, by the time you are actually invested in a character, they are cut out from the book.
While its writing is beautiful, it tends to become overindulgent midway because the subplots are half-baked.
Overall, I prefer Love in the Time of Cholera over this as that book has both beautiful writing and good plot (well, lack of roaming around aimlessly).