Reviews tagging 'Death'

Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo

18 reviews

aggie2010's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Death, Incest, Death of parent, Violence, Rape, and Sexual assault

mmcloe's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This is the good stuff. I don't have many words because I'm so floored but it's incredible the ways that the past haunts us and the space we inhabit. Our brief kisses with power don't make it into the story but lord how they make it into our stories all the same.

Hallucinatory, delirious prose at its best. Would love to see this read alongside Amos Tutuola or Ishmael Reed.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape and Death

hacthoun's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

deeply dark. can definitely see why gabriel garcia marquez thought juan rulfo was everything and more.  
i really enjoyed the nonlinear approach and how disorienting and unclear the boundaries between the living and the dead were. however, it’s another novel that is horrible to every single female character and doesn’t mince words about it. pretty rough read in that sense

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Rape, and Death

Moderate: Suicide, Murder, Sexual violence, and War

abbeyrk's review

mysterious reflective

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent and Death

Minor: Murder, Vomit, and Rape

taviarz's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Death

eliss02's review

challenging dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I've read this book for an university exam so it was a "forced" read. It was definitely an EXPERIENCE 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Grief, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Death, Abandonment, Violence, Death of parent, Incest, and Domestic abuse

vita_ayala's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Moody and contemplative, as a good ghost story should be.

The format is almost dream-like, which is onteresting to read and adds to the tension I think.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Gun violence, Torture, Rape, Physical abuse, Trafficking, Murder, Terminal illness, Stalking, Violence, Classism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Grief, Toxic relationship, Dementia, Blood, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Death, and Chronic illness

We lose the thread of the son somewhere in the middle, which I think ultimately makes this too loose of a story.

malustedile's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Incest, Sexual content, Mental illness, and Sexual violence

angela_iseli's review

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Rape and Incest

livvybeannn's review

challenging reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Rape