In this review of Salvador Plascencia McSweeney's The People of Paper Hernandez states that "It's hard not to draw comparisons between Slavador Plascencias's first novel, "The People of Paper", and Gabriel García Márquez's seminal masterpiece, "One Hundred Years of Solitude"." He also states that "Plascencia acknowledges García Márquez as a major influence in his writing, but "The People of Paper" strays from being the "One Hundred Years of Solitude" for turn-of-this-century Southern California when it ventures into the world of Federico's enemy, sadness."