Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez

45 reviews

therealisabisa's review against another edition

I fucking hated how child sexual abuse and incest was a non issue in this story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Sexual violence, and Child abuse

sarasanchez's review against another edition

challenging reflective

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Pedophilia, Incest, Antisemitism, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism

aemiliavictrix's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual violence, Incest, and Pedophilia

another_dahlia's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Rape, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, Racism, Colonisation, Gun violence, Incest, Grief, and Domestic abuse

gabyyinz's review against another edition

challenging reflective tense fast-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: Suicide, Cursing, Incest, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Child death, Infidelity, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Rape, Suicide attempt, War, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, and Alcohol

Moderate: Genocide, Infertility, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Animal cruelty, Miscarriage, Sexual violence, Body horror, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Dementia, and Misogyny

correct_rper's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Colonisation, Pedophilia, and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Misogyny, and Sexual violence

borninexile's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, War, Pedophilia, Grief, and Infidelity

Moderate: Colonisation, Confinement, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Dementia, Death, Sexual violence, Animal death, Racism, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Police brutality, Sexual assault, Antisemitism, Classism, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual content, Violence, Abandonment, Pregnancy, and Torture

sophiemgprice's review against another edition

challenging funny 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

3.5

Can appreciate this is artistically &iintellectually a good book but was never properly emotionally invested and burned too many calories trying to remember which Buendia was which. 
Also not a fan of the treatment sexual violence. 
You get its point, though. Nothing really changes, time doesn't exist, everyone is the same, free will isn't a thing, everyone is alone & weird & misunderstood etc

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence and Incest

elisabeth_with_an_ess's review

challenging dark inspiring mysterious slow-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

3.0

Wow. Folks, I have got THOUGHTS on this book. Up to the last two chapters, I would not have said I was enjoying this book, in spite of being amazed by the undeniable brilliance of the writing. The plot seems to ramble all over the place, with events that I expected to be ultimately climactic in nature being nearly thrown away in the narrative. On top of that there were lots of scenes and events that made me feel deeply "squicky" (check the trigger warnings on this book before you read it, because there are some doozies). However, just when I would nearly make up my mind to stop reading, I would encounter a phrase or a piece of imagery that was so breathtaking that it would keep me reading. And then, as the book ended in a whirlwind of revelation and fulfilled prophesy, I was so glad that I finished the story. 

Even so, I don't think I can honestly give the book more than three stars, even for the brilliance of the final chapters. I don't think it makes up for the unnecessarily graphic descriptions of the Buendia family's hereditary vices.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Excrement, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Police brutality, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Rape, Death, Incest, Infidelity, Sexual violence, Violence, Vomit, and War

snohwhyman's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Incest, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Murder, Racism, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Grief, and Infidelity

Moderate: Death of parent and War