Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez

210 reviews

mariavdl's review against another edition

dark

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Pedophilia, and Rape

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Torture, Excrement, Dementia, Death of parent, Abandonment, Colonisation, and War

okapipo's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

Fucking fever dream that I'd have a hard time recommending to anyone rn.

Still a good read tho, just not a pleasant one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Colonisation, and War

elaba25's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense

• 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

4.5

One Hundred Years of Solitude explores the creation, development, and eventual destruction of the town of Macondo and the Buendía family. It certainly is a difficult read to get started on with the strange magical realist imagery, dense prose, themes of incest, and violence. However, Marquez masterfully crafts a story packed full of complex commentary on war, communism, capitalism, fate,  the cycle and erasure of history, and more. Every sentence he writes is written beautifully and adds another layer of depth to the story. I, however, do intend to look into critics work regarding Marquez’s exotification of Latin America which may alter my opinions. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Genocide, Incest, Sexual violence, Mass/school shootings, Colonisation, and War

nudibranc_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Religious bigotry, Murder, Colonisation, and War

rincewind23's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, and Murder

widald's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Incest, Infidelity, Rape, Sexism, Antisemitism, Death of parent, and Colonisation

gerynumbmind's review against another edition

challenging slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Pedophilia, and Sexual content

Minor: Child death

spess's review against another edition

challenging dark funny reflective medium-paced

• 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Pedophilia, Mass/school shootings, and War

kmuttschall's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny mysterious reflective fast-paced

• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Gun violence, Incest, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

solusipse's review against another edition

adventurous funny medium-paced

• 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Gun violence, Hate crime, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, War, and Injury/Injury detail