Reviews with content warning for Misogyny - Crónica de una muerte anunciada

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Crónica de una muerte anunciada by Gabriel García Márquez

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dazedl's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Just finished reading this and wow, I don't even know how to describe my feelings. Grisly with generous sprinkling of dark humor, and the people of the town is undeniably a bunch of doofus.

But I'm still confused on how Bayardo San Roman knew that Angela Vicario wasn't a virgin, did she tell him or did he just know when they both were consummating the marriage??? I mean, how do you even know if someone isn't even a virgin? I know about the concept of hymen and stuff, but I thought that there's no valid physical signs of virginity??

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phoebemcneely's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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thegardenlesbian's review

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dark reflective 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

3.75

The premise is interesting, the story was nice but I just got a bit bored and dizzy with all the characters. I think this is one of those weird random books you find at a second-hand bookstore; like it's not bad, it's just kind of weird. Honestly the thing that's the most interesting about it isn't the main plot, but rather the subplots.

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imlfox's review against another edition

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mysterious reflective tense fast-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

3.75

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itsjoenna's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.0

i spent 9 days just to read chapter 1, i didn't even understand what i was reading, and when i got to chapter 2 i finally started to understand the plot and restarted from the beginning. honestly i didn't really enjoy it, it wasn't interesting at all and bored me to death, the plot is fine i guess, but not a fan of the writing. seriously i just forced myself to finish it and finally it was done. the end.

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lauren_710's review

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dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

This book is such a wild ride. I found it hard to relate to the characters as I didn't find any of them massively likeable (except maybe Ángela), and I found it especially hard to sympathize at all with

Santiago

. That may have been the point however, in which case it is extremely clever to switch around the norm of feeling bad for the victim of the murder, as we discover that he is not a good person.

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