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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
philolulu's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Incest and Rape
Moderate: War
blau_elmo'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
Marquez writes about the family of Buendiás with such intricacy and reality, despite its themes of magical realism, that the characters feel so entirely human and relatable in spite of their, at times, caricature-like characteristics. Inspired by actual happenings in Colombia, the pervading theme of solitude in a wide array of forms is deeply moving and nuanced. Each family member has a moving story, all ending in relative tragedy.
The world that I had been transported into by reading this book will not leave my mind any time soon, so compelling and gripping the imagery and narrative is. Truly one of the greatest books in all of literature.
Moderate: War, Violence, Death, and Incest
artemy_se's review against another edition
1.0
Moderate: Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, and Incest
renharms's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Incest and War
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
bootetas's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Sexual assault and Incest
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
mariamsaidwhat'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
3.0
Moderate: Violence, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Incest, Sexual content, and Racism