Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Seratus Tahun Kesunyian by Gabriel García Márquez

40 reviews

pandabulous's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Racism, Grief, Incest, Rape, Sexism, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Misogyny, and Murder

Minor: Suicide and Genocide

therowdypi's review against another edition

emotional inspiring medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Infidelity, Infertility, Police brutality, Sexual content, Colonisation, Death of parent, Death, Grief, Incest, Pregnancy, Rape, War, and Violence

lindseyhall44's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

To be honest, this was not my favorite book in the beginning. There were many grotesque trigger warnings which made it hard to keep reading. But Marquez’s writing has a beautiful style which offers a searing reflection on the human condition.
One Hundred Years of Solitude follows one family through the creation and fall of a mythical town named Macondo. As the times change, so do generations, and readers can witness war, loss, and ultimately solitude from the lense of a unique household.
I loved the depiction of history repeating itself, an all too familiar aspect of the modern times. I think that’s what makes this novel so popular well past its publication, even in a community so different from ours, we can see parts of our struggles in them. Wether in the strong Ursula, the curious Aureliano Buendia, or the isolation of the colonel, their experiences live on.
I will say: Please check trigger warnings. This will not be a book for everyone.    

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Suicide, War, Death of parent, and Incest

Moderate: Child death and Animal death

Minor: Cannibalism

sunny_not's review against another edition

challenging dark informative tense 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

3.0

Honestly my personal enjoyment of this book is about 1.5 but I respect the author for creating such a complex, multilayered story with a huge cast of characters who unfortunately mostly share the same name. I was happy to see the book ending mostly because I didn't have to read another Aureliano or Jose Arcadio story. It was definitely not an easy read and I'm glad that I could finish this big and challenging book. Although it's interesting I didn't enjoy it a lot. I strongly disliked the characters decisions and I didn't feel a connection to them. 

I also didn't read the synopsis of this book so I didn't know that this was a story about incest basically, which I hated.

Overall it's good but I don't think it was for me. I also strongly advise anyone who is interested in this to read the content warnings because there are a lot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Incest, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and War

isabelhua's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious slow-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: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Incest, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, and Sexual content

enya_ce's review against another edition

relaxing slow-paced

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

5.0

I really like this book.
It was what itroduced me to magic realism and to this author.
I find it really interesting, just watching how time changes things. How an entire town, and an entire family, can develop over the span of 100 years. How some things that were well known before, become forgotten.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Infidelity, and Pregnancy

Minor: Death, War, Eating disorder, and Sexual content

olivefoil's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Incest, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Medical trauma, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, and War

sina_lchnr's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad slow-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

3.0

Wieso so viel Inzest und Pedophile😫 ich habe lange mit dem Buch gebraucht, aber fand die Geschichte der Familie und des Landes richtig interessant. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Pedophilia, Sexual content, and War

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Grief, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War

_fallinglight_'s review against another edition

challenging informative mysterious reflective slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Child abuse, Death, Dementia, Grief, Incest, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Dementia, Fatphobia, and Miscarriage

Minor: Rape

mcpl's review against another edition

challenging slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Infidelity, Blood, Child death, Death, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, and Sexual content

Moderate: Colonisation