Reviews tagging 'Child death'

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez

74 reviews

midwifereading's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

• 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

What does GGM smoke when he's writing, because, 😳😳😳. I almost DNF'd this one too, because it's just too much. But, it's a book club book, and I really wanted to say I finished it. And I did it. Listening to the audio on 1.5x speed. 😬

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?

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Content Warnings

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

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byelingual_kegan's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Adult/minor relationship, and Child death

Moderate: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and War

mochiwaffles's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Sexual content and War

Minor: Racism and Child death

nothankyouuu's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death and Child abuse

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

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

gerynumbmind's review against another edition

challenging slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Child death

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

kazamaria's review against another edition

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Eating disorder, Suicide attempt, Violence, War, and Suicide

Minor: Religious bigotry, Child abuse, Child death, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, and Homophobia