Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez

109 reviews

robustogusto's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

• 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Adult/minor relationship, and Rape

Minor: Suicide

avoinwonderland's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

3.0

Well written and keeps your attention. But this is not a love story, it’s a story of grooming, stalking, rape and pedophilia. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Pedophilia, and Stalking

cait's review against another edition

reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, War, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Classism, Dementia, Infidelity, Rape, Sexism, Slavery, Trafficking, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Incest, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Alcohol, Child abuse, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Racism

anawest's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Lots of rape portrayed as not a big deal

fatoodles's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

4.0

Gorgeous storytelling from Gabriel Garcia Marquez. 
Florentino is an incredibly flawed character. Definitely look into the content warnings before reading. Many of the questionable events of the story are glossed over in the writing. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Adult/minor relationship, and Suicide

One of the main characters has a relationship with a 14-year-old when he is 60+. This relationship leads to her suicide. A rape of a side character is romanticized. A side character is found after committing suicide.

linw21's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

 Absolutely beautifully written. However I‘m not the biggest fan of Florentino Ariza. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Racial slurs, Colonisation, Sexual violence, Animal death, Grief, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Animal cruelty, Death, and War

Moderate: Incest

charisbe's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Pedophilia, and Murder

Moderate: Rape

Minor: War

yvespiders's review against another edition

challenging dark funny reflective

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Racism, Incest, and Rape

Moderate: Death

anbal's review against another edition

challenging funny lighthearted slow-paced

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

1.0

Just read One Hundred Years of Solitude instead. I read that first and went into Love in the Time of Cholera with such high hopes. Love in the Time of Cholera is like a hollowed out version of 100 years, with none of the idealism, morality and authenticity.

This was such a slog to read, redeemed only by García Márquez's effortless writing and some moments of levity mainly at the beginning. I loved the initial relationship between Fermina and the doctor described at the beginning, which felt very real. I could see a lot of my parents and grandparents in it. It was the only part that felt grounded in reality and, as the book continued, it became more and more ridiculous. Florentino Ariza is a terrible person who never redeems himself, but his actions are portrayed by the author as inevitable and faultless. It just made for an uncomfortable read. Maybe the ending was supposed to be absurd, and we are supposed to laugh at the lovers in their dotage and, if so, I suppose it's a better book.

Also there are some pretty horrific rape scenes 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

keatonluisa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Sexual content and Suicide