Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez

14 reviews

itskayleighlove's review

emotional reflective slow-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Rape, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Suicide

_fallinglight_'s review against another edition

slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexism, Racial slurs, Racism, Pedophilia, Misogyny, and Murder

Moderate: Dementia, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Rape and Suicide

allisoncc's review

slow-paced

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

2.0

This book essentially 350 pages of "redemption arc" of a dude who harbors a love for a woman (who marries/is married to someone else) for 50 plus years and chronicles all the sexual escapades (including grooming a minor), so that they can ride off on a riverboat into the sunset together in old age after she's a widow. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Stalking, Misogyny, Medical content, Grief, Excrement, Death, Chronic illness, Adult/minor relationship, and Infidelity

Moderate: Homophobia

theodoralang's review

adventurous hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Incredible book! Beautifully written love story in many criss-crossed parts, interwoven with the horrors of living. Very interesting to read it during the pandemic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual content

Minor: Child abuse