/lit/ - Literature

/lit/, sorry but frankly I am not sure what I am supposed to pull out of this book after its four hundred something pages. It was about so many different things and people, and there were barely even protagonists who stayed constant throughout the entire story, unless you consider Esteban a protagonist (I'd consider him, but others disagree). It's hardly a traditional narrative. I don't see how all this stuff about family and femininity and politics all ties together.

/lit/, what's your opinion of this book? I read that Isabelle Allende gets alotta bad rep for apparently ripping off Marquez. Is this criticism justified? Is it still a good read?