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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
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1.0
Moderate: Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, and Incest
timooosterveld's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Infidelity, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Incest, War, and Adult/minor relationship
garbagebarge69's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Incest, Adult/minor relationship, and Pedophilia
Moderate: Infidelity, War, Rape, Violence, Sexual content, and Police brutality
Minor: Medical trauma, Homophobia, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, and Misogyny
qqjj'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? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: War, Colonisation, Incest, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Rape, Pedophilia, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, and Mental illness
listette's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
I see why it is a classic and recommend everyone reads it at least once to know what’s it all about.
Graphic: Incest, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, and Sexual content
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicide, Murder, Racial slurs, Violence, War, Grief, and Alcohol
mariavdl's review against another edition
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.25
Graphic: Incest, Rape, and Pedophilia
Minor: Torture, Excrement, Gun violence, Death of parent, Mental illness, War, Colonisation, Terminal illness, Death, Abandonment, Infidelity, Adult/minor relationship, Dementia, and Confinement
rincewind23's review against another edition
- 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
Minor: Pedophilia, Emotional abuse, Death, Mental illness, Infidelity, Incest, Adult/minor relationship, and Murder
widald's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Colonisation, Sexism, Child death, Incest, Death of parent, Antisemitism, Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, and Rape
kmuttschall'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
4.0
Graphic: Infidelity, Grief, Gaslighting, Death, Gun violence, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Incest, Adult/minor relationship, and Mass/school shootings