Reviews tagging 'Death'

Cent ans de solitude by Gabriel García Márquez

108 reviews

tobes44's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Colonisation, Child death, Incest, and Death

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

yetimantra's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Dementia, Infidelity, War, Incest, Rape, Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Death, and Pedophilia

vavocado's review against another edition

adventurous 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

1.25

Was it worth it for the last paragraph?
Short answer: nah.
Long answer: there are better books that provide a swerve at the end. You don't have to read this one for it. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pedophilia and War

Minor: Death and Child death

purplehulk713's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.25

This book is so beautiful, but it must be understood in the context of Latin American history otherwise it might seem really dense beyond its very poetic prose. Which it still can be at times. However, even though he doesn’t necessarily mean to be, García Márquez is often incredibly funny in his writings. He said things like 

The decrepit lawyers dressed in black who during other times had besieged Colonel Aureliano Buendía and who now were controlled by the banana company dismissed those demands with decisions that seemed like acts of magic.

and

Fernanda viewed her as an undesirable witness of her shame and lamented the fact that they had abandoned the medieval custom of hanging a messenger who bore bad news.

Let’s take a journey to Macondo, Colombia and visit the Buendía family.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Death, Violence, Murder, and Gun violence

Moderate: Incest and Xenophobia

botosmr's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Police brutality, Sexual content, War, and Incest

Moderate: Death, Chronic illness, Child death, Body shaming, Child abuse, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Abandonment and Abortion

cosmicpasta's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Incest, Confinement, Death, Dementia, Child death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Antisemitism

roriireads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death

ppp's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective relaxing slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Incest, Infidelity, War, and Dementia

Moderate: Animal death, Colonisation, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Adult/minor relationship, and Sexual content

b00ks_'s review against another edition

reflective 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

4.0

I really enjoyed this book, only because I listened to the audiobook. It was so much easier to understand. It was super interesting to see the same events repeat throughout each generation. I did find the portrayal of women pretty problematic. They were always quiet, submissive, way too young for their husbands and sometimes related to them. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Adult/minor relationship, Incest, War, Death, Murder, and Violence