More on Magical Realism

So a while back, I posted about magical realism in a novel I was reading, The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende. I wasn't so sure about it at that point. However, I have since become a huge fan of the genre, at least in the way it was used in this particular novel. Now that I've finished reading it, I find that instead of these magical elements becoming a distraction from the very real events taking place in the novel, they seem to add even more emphasis to those events by being juxtaposed against them in their stark contrast. I'm not 100% sure that I will like every book I read that would fall into this category, but I am much more willing to give them a try after finishing THOTS and really reflecting on it.