Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez

4 reviews

bajammies's review against another edition

Life is too short to allow the problematic parts in 2024

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Homophobia, Racism, Rape, Pedophilia, and Sexism

strabbyfieldz's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

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

2.0

i would've adored this book were it not for the bit about América Vicuña and all the other uncomfortable or wrong elements like the racism (I could be wrong but man, some of the descriptions of the Black characters felt anti-Black and also one of the main protags was like fairly racist???). Regardless of messaging or whatever with América, it felt pointless, uncomfortable as heck and rendered the touching(??) love story of the main protagonists much less easy to root for freely. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, and Infidelity

Moderate: Death, War, Racism, Stalking, Violence, Vomit, and Sexual assault

Minor: Alcohol, Classism, Homophobia, Animal death, Dementia, and Misogyny

smallredboy's review against another edition

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

0.75

I hated this book. I truly cannot understate how much I hated this book. If it wasn't a mandatory reading for Spanish, I would've ditched it at about 10%. I can't stress enough how much I hated this book. Not one of the characters was likeable, the narration was as stretched out as possible, each description of each house and each outfit making me slowly go insane. The plot had some semblance of interest to it, but everything about it was ruined by the last few pages and the cheesy fucking ending.

I was going to give this book a gentle 2 to 3 starts before it's just dropped 80% into the book that the male protagonist, Florentino Ariza,

is sleeping with a fourteen-year-old who he's supposed to be a mentor to and who is RELATED TO HIM.

. I  got so angry at this that I had to finish the book, so I wouldn't have to deal with it  tomorrow. Fuck this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, and Stalking

Moderate: Sexual content, Sexual assault, Incest, Suicide, Pregnancy, and Pedophilia

Minor: War, Violence, Murder, and Homophobia

allisoncc's review against another edition

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

2.0

This book essentially 350 pages of "redemption arc" of a dude who harbors a love for a woman (who marries/is married to someone else) for 50 plus years and chronicles all the sexual escapades (including grooming a minor), so that they can ride off on a riverboat into the sunset together in old age after she's a widow. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Stalking, Misogyny, Medical content, Grief, Excrement, Death, Chronic illness, Adult/minor relationship, and Infidelity

Moderate: Homophobia