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taylorjayne's review against another edition
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, and Pedophilia
midwifereading's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Ultimately, he's a brilliant and beautiful writer, but his subject matter is disturbing, his characters impossible to like, and his style is very difficult to follow at times.
That said, I pulled up the Wikipedia page outlining the plot and characters, which really helped me follow the story much more easily, especially because all the characters have the same three names!!! That family tree came in handy.
This story wanders all over the place, and is supposedly an allegory of sorts about Columbian society, classes, elites, and politics. No wonder I don't get it. I know nothing about Columbia. Although I now wish I did know something!
There is some stunning visual imagery, especially surrounding death. (Yellow butterflies, any one?) Th characters are vivid, but don't quite feel real, though I assume they're not supposed to.
Anyway, this book is enough to tell me I probably don't like multi-generational family sagas, because never want to read anything like it again.
100 Years of Solitude may be considered an international masterpiece, but couldn't it have been told without all the incest and pedophilia? Maybe?
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Trafficking, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting
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1.0
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Infidelity, and Pedophilia
timooosterveld's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Murder, and War
garbagebarge69's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, and Pedophilia
Moderate: Infidelity, Rape, Sexual content, Violence, Police brutality, and War
Minor: Homophobia, Misogyny, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy
qqjj's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Colonisation, and War
listette's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
I see why it is a classic and recommend everyone reads it at least once to know what’s it all about.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Pedophilia, and Sexual content
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, and War
mariavdl's review against another edition
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.25
Graphic: Incest, Pedophilia, and Rape
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Torture, Excrement, Dementia, Death of parent, Abandonment, Colonisation, and War
rincewind23's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, and Murder
widald's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Incest, Infidelity, Rape, Sexism, Antisemitism, Death of parent, and Colonisation