Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez

19 reviews

johnsaysjulia's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, War, Abandonment, Incest, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, Pedophilia, and Police brutality

cj1234's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Self harm, Eating disorder, Grief, Incest, Infidelity, Torture, Classism, Death, War, and Abandonment

sploack's review against another edition

challenging mysterious sad slow-paced

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

1.0

What the hell did I just read? Not only does this book not have any plot whatsoever, but it also seamlessly normalizes sexism, violence, cheating, incest, animal abuse, child abuse and pedophilia. And is there even a single likeable character in the whole story? In my opinion they’re all shamelessly terrible people. 

Its only merit is that it is well written, but that can’t save it from me giving it 1 star.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, War, Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Religious bigotry, Rape, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, and Mass/school shootings

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

carlytenille's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny mysterious sad slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Grief, Death, Death of parent, Incest, and Abandonment

Moderate: Infidelity, Violence, 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

celiastcunt's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Murder, Misogyny, and Incest

destiny_jay's review against another edition

challenging reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

I have no idea how to put into words how I feel about this book. I forced my way to the end hating most of my time spent reading it but yet by the end I found myself completely enamored.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Trafficking, Sexual content, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Mental illness, Infidelity, Death, Colonisation, Child death, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, and Abandonment

sofipitch's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

This is a beautifully written book. It's also very political. It has the same themes of colonialism, political wars, traditional/catholic views vs modern lifestyles, and family that surround a lot of Latin american works. I read "The House of the Spirits" and I can see how Garcia Marquez influenced Allende. The only reason this isn't getting 5 stars is for the depictions of sex, in a lot of scenes the women don't want to and are more or less raped only to "fall in love/have sex all the time" with the man, it happens multiple times and isn't clearly condemned by the text which is, big yikes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Child death, Confinement, Death, Incest, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mass/school shootings, Rape, Violence, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Excrement and Mental illness

Minor: Antisemitism and Abortion