Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

A szerelemről és más démonokról by Gabriel García Márquez

22 reviews

snowwhitehatesapples's review against another edition

dark medium-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

Also on Snow White Hates Apples.

I read but I refuse to process because what in the bizarre long-winded pedophilic fantasy is this? Of Love and Other Demons ? More like a touch of the sacred and heavy on the profane!

My disgust aside, the pedophilic relationship between the 12-year-old Sierva and the 36-year-old priest wasn’t unexpected. This is set in the 18th century — a time when child marriages were common in many parts of the world — after all, but considering that this book was written in the 20th century, I’d had greater expectations. Perhaps, a more nuanced exploration of this immoral romance between a man of God and a girl who has been deemed demonic. Or, greater emotions to really bring out how human they both are, despite everything.

Yet, Of Love and Other Demons is no more than another meandering, blandly passive and superficial story. Coherently executed and containing many promising themes and notions, yes, but lacking significant depth to masterfully pull off an impactful tale of how love is akin to madness and demonic possession. The main characters are frustratingly one-dimensional, which in turn, takes the life away from the beautiful prose. The many promising themes and notions are also left as is, hence the superficiality of it all. Still, this was better than the other Márquez book I read so I guess it wasn’t a wasted reading experience. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, and Abandonment

Minor: Excrement

chiara_dose's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Medical content, Religious bigotry, and Injury/Injury detail

oddlydrawnpotato's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship

mariekeroos's review against another edition

reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Slavery, Religious bigotry, and Abandonment

kaylmich's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Pedophilia

awildbrady's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Racism, Slavery, and Torture

Minor: Antisemitism

geraldineleyendo's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

What a wonderful little gem - particularly for Spanish speakers/readers. This book is brimming with GGM's best: a colourful and deep understanding of the *Colonised-Latin-America vibes*, historically rich world building and sincere yet completely unreal characters, (crazy forms of) love, pain, magic and hate... all while just writing an overall incredibly creative and fun (to read!) story. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Slavery, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Religious bigotry, and Medical trauma

chasekj's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

Garcia-Marquez is able to make the grotesque parts of being human sound so beautiful.

There were times I had to do a double-take because the prose was so incredibly descriptive, yet the situation a bit disgusting

. This is my second book of his and he has become one of my favorite authors!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Medical content

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Confinement, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Colonisation

milda_mark's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, and Torture

chloenrogers's review against another edition

challenging dark funny fast-paced

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

4.0

Marques’ mastery of language shines here, even in translation. My first introduction into his work, and hopefully not my last. The prologue is the strongest part, but still an enjoyable, clever whole

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Religious bigotry