Reviews tagging 'Violence'

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez

99 reviews

jolineliest's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Body shaming, and Sexism

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Mental illness, Death, Grief, Incest, Violence, Sexual violence, Racism, Racial slurs, Murder, Sexual assault, Rape, and Sexual content

Minor: Vomit, Self harm, and Pregnancy

sploack's review against another edition

challenging mysterious sad slow-paced

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

1.0

What the hell did I just read? Not only does this book not have any plot whatsoever, but it also seamlessly normalizes sexism, violence, cheating, incest, animal abuse, child abuse and pedophilia. And is there even a single likeable character in the whole story? In my opinion they’re all shamelessly terrible people. 

Its only merit is that it is well written, but that can’t save it from me giving it 1 star.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, War, Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Religious bigotry, Rape, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, and Mass/school shootings

notartgarfunkel's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Incest, Death, Death of parent, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: War, Vomit, Blood, Pedophilia, Child death, and Medical content

Minor: Gun violence and Cannibalism

lizzzitro's review against another edition

challenging mysterious sad tense 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Violence, Vomit, Eating disorder, Incest, Mass/school shootings, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Rape, War, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, and Suicide attempt

psenshi's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Incest, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Colonisation and Violence

ana610615's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Sexual violence, Violence, War, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Sexual assault, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Suicide, Colonisation, Death, Grief, Rape, and Sexism

therowdypi's review against another edition

emotional inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Infidelity, Infertility, Police brutality, Sexual content, Colonisation, Death of parent, Death, Grief, Incest, Pregnancy, Rape, War, and Violence

selenetanne's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, and War

carlytenille's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny mysterious sad 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, Animal death, Grief, Death, Death of parent, Incest, and Abandonment

Moderate: Infidelity, Violence, and War

naomikleber's review against another edition

challenging reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

everything i’ve heard about this book has been that it’s the “greatest literary work of all time” or other extreme raves on the genius of the story. i didn’t hate the book, but i definitely didn’t get why people rave over it so much. it honestly didn’t really make sense to me, and even though my lit teacher says that being confused is just part of the experience of reading the book, i tend to not really enjoy a story when i really have no idea what’s going on and who is who. there was also a lot in the book that was just weird, or frankly wrong. for example, there was a lot of incest, which just made me kind of uncomfortable. furthermore, i thought this story would have a lot to do with colonization and how europeans destroyed this town, but it didn’t really seem to be about that. it was just a very drawn out, confusing story that i didn’t understand the purpose of. maybe if it was clearer what the meaning is i would have enjoyed it more. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Murder, Incest, and Violence

Minor: Suicide attempt and Sexual violence