Reviews tagging 'Stalking'

Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez

45 reviews

artemismatchalatte's review against another edition

challenging dark sad 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Stalking, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault

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

tamrasmith's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Stalking, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Misogyny

michelareadsbooks's review against another edition

challenging 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Stalking, Adult/minor relationship, and Toxic relationship

usernamerobert's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Adult/minor relationship, Death, and Sexual content

t_c_g_'s review against another edition

slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Stalking

anastasia_stopreading's review against another edition

Florentino is just a creep and I cannot stand reading anything more about him. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Stalking, and Rape

oliviareese's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Rape, Stalking, and Misogyny

Moderate: Suicide

2treads's review against another edition

challenging slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

I am refraining from a star rating because this book upset me so much. Marquez is a talented writer yes, but to pass this novel off as one of love is a stretch. The sickening obsessive hankering being passed off as love and fidelity (to another man's wife), the likening of rape to consensual sexual relations, and just the plethora of women used as a place holder for the main character's true love, the statutory rape, just to satisfy his sexual appetite as well as to ensure he got to enjoy youth and innocence, is rage inducing. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, and Stalking

knmed's review against another edition

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, and Stalking

Moderate: Rape, Misogyny, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Suicide and Slavery