Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Crónica de una muerte anunciada by Gabriel García Márquez

5 reviews

jmora__'s review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Misogyny, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Sexual assault

klasterni_tajemstvi's review against another edition

reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Gore

rheaney's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Death, Murder, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Misogyny, Islamophobia, Excrement, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Colonisation, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Minor: Slavery and Homophobia

chaotically_katie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexism, Racial slurs, Racism, Physical abuse, Murder, Medical trauma, Medical content, Hate crime, Gore, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Vomit, and Toxic relationship

pseudoliterature's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

The power that a community has is something we don't think about very often, until a crime happens, and everyone has to confront the fact that they were not only witnesses, but accomplice to it.  This book explores how a community processes their own accountability to the death of Santiago Nassar, a death that was unashamedly announced, and they let it happen.

It is such an interesting concept, because we explore a murder through those who knew it was going to happen, we see people trying to stop it, others not believing it was going to happen, others bluntly ignoring the warnings. As an audience, you see and explore the morality of a city, and how there are things that nobody could predict, we get to see how much control the participants had in the crime, as well as how every action they took affected the outcome at the end.

This is something I had to read in highschool, and I completely misunderstood the plot, and what it was trying to do. I'm glad I gave it another chance, this is also a sign for you to try and reread one of those books you can't remember what they were about, those required readings you only remember the title of.

I do have to mention, the catalyst of the plot is pure misogyny, something that leaves a bitter aftertaste because is never questioned. You could blame the time it was written, the culture, but it is part of the story. This is a warning, however, I would still recommend for you to read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism