Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Cien años de soledad by Gabriel García Márquez

25 reviews

michaelion's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny inspiring mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

The most confusing part of this book is the names. But! It's clear that was intentional. Everything else? Pretty lovely. (I don't mean that literally for every aspect. Don't cancel me.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Incest, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Grief, Murder, and War

Moderate: Child abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Police brutality, Dementia, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Confinement, Homophobia, Blood, Vomit, and Abandonment

isarza's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.0

Siempre disfruto mucho dem realismo mágico. 
Intenté leer este libro hace muchos años y me exasperó el hecho de que todos se llamaban igual. Esta segunda vez disfruté mucho de la primera parte del libro y pude entender que sus destinos estaban sellados por los nombres, estaban condenados a repetirse.
Me gustó mucho cómo se manejó el tiempo como algo cíclico a pesar de que generalmente odio ese tipo de historias porque creo que forzar a los personajes a terminar en el mismo lugar en el que empezaron estanca su crecimiento y es un retroceso en la mayoría de los casos.
Sin embargo creo que es un libro DEMASIADO largo. La primera parte es muy entretenida pero los personajes de la segunda mitad no son tan interesantes como los de la primera. 
Fernanda es insufrible y sus hijos también, la historia decayó a partir de que ella llegó.

Además de que todo el incesto y la pedofilia me parecieron sumamente desagradables. Esa fue la razón de que no pudiera llegar ni a la mitad del libro la primera vez y saber que es el tema más recurrente en el libro. García Marquez te lo quiere poner como que es el amor y que el último Aureliano terminó con todo porque sí fue concebido con amor pero fue resultado de una relación incestuosa. Es el segundo libro de García Marquez que leo que tiene esos temas y hace que me de miedo leer más de él porque qué perro asco. Espero que se lo hayan comido las hormigas también a él por viejo cochino

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Racism, Dementia, and Religious bigotry

bootrat's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

I found this book to be a very strange read. At times I loved it, and at times I found it completely indecipherable and very hard going. I lost track of which character was which, which time period we were in, and where we were within the story quite frequently. However I found it really interesting and intriguing.

I think the fact that I listened to the audiobook made it even more confusing, as I couldn't flick back to previous pages when I lost the thread of the story.

Overall I think I enjoyed this book, but it was quite confusing. I may come back to it and try reading a physical copy, as I think it has potential to be a book I really like.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Xenophobia, and War

Minor: Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Racism, Sexual content, Dementia, and Colonisation

another_dahlia's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Infidelity, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Colonisation

mosca's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

0.75

Livre utile dans la compréhension d’un certain pays à une certaine époque, mais difficile à apprécier à l’époque actuelle.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Miscarriage, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, and War

aiona's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Child death, Death, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, and Sexual content

Minor: Violence and War

borninexile's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Grief, and War

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Racism, Sexism, Sexual violence, Dementia, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Classism

snohwhyman's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Incest, Infidelity, Racism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Grief, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Death of parent and War

dastardly_red_witch's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Incest, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Grief, Suicide attempt, War, and Classism

jolineliest's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Pedophilia, and Sexism

Moderate: Death, Incest, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Grief, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Self harm, Vomit, and Pregnancy