Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

El amor en los tiempos del cólera by Gabriel García Márquez

112 reviews

steffigb's review against another edition

emotional informative slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

iillianne's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

to think that this book is capable of being so beautiful & poetic in English!!! My first Marquez Garcia book & I couldn’t get enough of it. I love his unique way of introducing his characters & his ability to write abt some of the horrors that real life contains. These are not the easiest themes to handle but they are very real & apparent truths of life that at some point or another we must confront.

I hope that Florentino Ariza & Fermina Daza do get to live together & love each other forever on that cabin (only for her sake tho🤨)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Suicide, Stalking, and Sexual harassment

1orne's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

veposve's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Death, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Colonisation

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Stalking, and War

emileeandherbooks's review against another edition

0.75

“Love”? More like feverish obsession.

“Love”? More like constant infidelity. 

“Love”? More like sexual assault ( a doctor to his patient! And she’s okay with it!* ) 

“Love”? More like pedophilia. 

“Love”? More like stalking. 

This book was crap. Marquez is a talented writer but the story was gross, annoying and pointless. So pointless. I couldn’t care less about every single character. 

It’s completely sexist and so OBVIOUSLY written by a sex-obsessed man. He practically has his female characters begging for sex. *And when they’re assaulted, they’re okay with it! And even a 14 year-old girl is happy to have a 70 year-old man groom her and…you know the rest. 

Just gross. So so gross. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual content, and Stalking

Moderate: Racism, Rape, and Sexual assault

coffeemoca's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective sad 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? Yes

I think the title including the word “love” is misleading. If anything this is a story of what love is not and how sometimes we’re just in search of anything or anyone to console us. But I might not have understood everything from the book as grasping Marquez’s writing was pretty difficult for me😅

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault

eenaah's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective relaxing slow-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

5.0

This one quote from the book sums up the story: “to conclude once again that the symptoms of love were the same as those of cholera”

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Sexual assault

Minor: Suicide

gabrielwerthman's review against another edition

dark emotional funny lighthearted slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, Pedophilia, and Rape

Moderate: Racism and Suicide

booksansbluess's review against another edition

It's really boring

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, and Racism

Moderate: Infidelity

evgeorge's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic