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One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
177 reviews
araowl's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Incest, and Adult/minor relationship
taylorjayne's review against another edition
Graphic: Misogyny, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Infidelity, and Pedophilia
midwifereading's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Ultimately, he's a brilliant and beautiful writer, but his subject matter is disturbing, his characters impossible to like, and his style is very difficult to follow at times.
That said, I pulled up the Wikipedia page outlining the plot and characters, which really helped me follow the story much more easily, especially because all the characters have the same three names!!! That family tree came in handy.
This story wanders all over the place, and is supposedly an allegory of sorts about Columbian society, classes, elites, and politics. No wonder I don't get it. I know nothing about Columbia. Although I now wish I did know something!
There is some stunning visual imagery, especially surrounding death. (Yellow butterflies, any one?) Th characters are vivid, but don't quite feel real, though I assume they're not supposed to.
Anyway, this book is enough to tell me I probably don't like multi-generational family sagas, because never want to read anything like it again.
100 Years of Solitude may be considered an international masterpiece, but couldn't it have been told without all the incest and pedophilia? Maybe?
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Pedophilia, Violence, Child death, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Infidelity, Death, Trafficking, Suicide attempt, Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Rape, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Grief, and Gaslighting
Have some other resources handy to help you understand it.haleybird's review against another edition
Graphic: Incest, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexism, Slavery, Trafficking, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Rape, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, and Murder
fallingdownrabbitholes's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Moderate: Violence, Suicide, Sexual content, War, Animal death, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Adult/minor relationship
artemy_se's review against another edition
1.0
Moderate: Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, and Incest
chrismisseve's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- 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
Minor: Incest, Adult/minor relationship, Racism, and Death
theincrediblemaja's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.75
Graphic: Incest
Moderate: Rape, Violence, Trafficking, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Death, War, Sexual harassment, and Misogyny
byelingual_kegan's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Incest, Adult/minor relationship, and Child death
Moderate: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and War
tramuntana's review against another edition
3.0
Zunächst mal ist Gabos Stil nicht mein Fall; trotz der Nüchternheit im Ausdruck, scheint zwar durch, dass er mit Sprache umgehen konnte, ich bekomme beim Lesen aber immer den Eindruck, dass er nicht wirklich Spaß daran hatte. Selten kam mal eine humorige Stelle vor; davon hätte ich mir mehr gewünscht. Die Charaktere sind eher generisch (z. B. der verschwenderische Gigolo, die strenge Matriarchin), was noch dadurch verstärkt wird, dass diese Familiensaga episodisch strukturiert ist und biblisch-episch gestaltet. Letzteres trägt dann auch zu entsprechenden binären Geschlechterrollen (Frau schlecht, Mann gut) in der Erzählung bei. Bei den Frauen kann man den einzelnen Charakteren immerhin folgen, bei den Männern wird es durch die Mehrfachbenennungen (José Arcadio oder Aureliano) irgendwann fast unmöglich, was bei mir dazu geführt hat, dass mich die einzelnen Charaktere und deren Schicksale dann auch nicht mehr wirklich interessiert haben. Schade ist, dass dadurch die eigentlich brilliante Idee, die diesem Werk zugrunde liegt, in den Hintergrund gerät. Dieser Einfall neuer Ideen, Erfindungen und anderer Menschen samt ihrer Unternehmungen in eine alte, abgeschiedene Welt, der sinnbildlich für die Geschichte eines ganzen Landes steht, ist nämlich wunderbar erzählt. Schade drum!
PS: Diese Ausgabe fußt auf einer Übersetzung aus dem Jahr 1970. Sie hat sich in einigen Teilen im Dünkel Hoher Literatur vergaloppiert, in anderen Teilen ist sie einfach fehlerhaft. Das geht besser!
Graphic: Pedophilia, Incest, and Adult/minor relationship