How do i read this book?

Learn Spanish, then read it.

From beggining to end, brainlet. Refer back to the family tree as needed.

This exactly. It seems like a clusterfuck at first, but isn‘t. The only confusing thing is the multitude of Aurelianos and José Arcadios, so a family tree is often handy.
Other than that it‘s rather straightforward after a while.

Made perfect sense to me when i read it at the age of 15 OP, maybe literature isn't for you.

It retroactively explains many of the shifting perspectives later in the book OP.

frankly, i find it rather pathetic that 'not knowing what's going on' doesn't simply make you realize that you'll have to read more to figure it out. It wouldn't be called one of the greatest novels of all time if they just dropped everything from the first chapters.

You really need to power through things like this OP, your lack of patience is sad to see

Boi why do people read for the plot, i'm not even memeing, look at the language and the poetry of the words, how is the book not enjoyable just for that.

Even if you're just pretending to read books just to talk about them, you could write an entire essay, or ponder in joy, at least convince some amherst girl to succ your dick based on the sheer power of that first sentence.

>when he invites you to go see ice for the first time

>why do people read for the plot
because it's fucking interesting you knob?

Since this board has gone to complete dogshit, I feel compelled to ask: are there any other literature boards/sites you browse that are worthwhile?

How am I supposed to read this book??