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Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'
One Hundred Of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez, Gabriel García Márquez
163 reviews
Overall, what an absolute marvel of a book. Disgusting, filthy, violent, frustrating. Time is fleeting but yet a circle, and we make the same mistakes but we cannot escape it, even in solitude. I still don’t know how I feel about this one. Mostly because its aesthetic design is so incredibly unique when compared to other books, like truly one of a kind. Almost biblical, in a way. I was both fascinated and horrified. It probably deserves 5 stars, but I don’t know if I have the strength to sit down and rate it.
I was recommended to really slow down while reading this one, and I would recommend the same for others. Time moves so fast in this book, and you need an outside influence to ground you. I will also highly recommend creating nicknames as every character is named after each other and it gets quite confusing. Especially once the incest really begins to kick up, it’s hard to remember who’s a cousin, auntie, grandfather, spouse, or all of the above…. And if you think incest is bad, there’s a huge mountain of filth to hike in this book. Incest is merely the trail sign, the starting line. Please check trigger warnings simply because I think it’s easier to count the triggers that aren’t in it, than what is actually included.
Opening this book is like watching an incredibly well-written train crash, if you’re into reading that sort of thing. (Have I convinced you to read it yet? ahaha)
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Incest, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Pregnancy
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Incest, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual content, Violence, Dementia, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Colonisation, War
Moderate: Animal cruelty
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Sexual content, Blood, Death of parent
Edit: after reading some analysis on the book afterwards, I understand a bit of the intrigue about the book, its unusual narrative and the "magical realism" theme. I realized at one point, i should focus on getting through the book rather than understanding it and trying to remember everyone's place in the timeline. It's a book to simply read and then be mystified by.
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Abandonment, Colonisation
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, War
Graphic: Incest, Sexual content, Violence, War
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Sexual content, Violence, War
Graphic: Incest, Medical content
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Alcohol, War
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Excrement, Cannibalism, Colonisation, Classism
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Incest, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War