Reviews tagging 'Incest'

Trăm Năm Cô Đơn by Gabriel García Márquez

273 reviews

kamneggs's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Incest, and War

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

aurjolras's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest

Moderate: Pedophilia

barnaclethereal's review against another edition

informative reflective relaxing fast-paced

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

4.5

I think the book was great and reads lightning fast. Just not my favorite, I do think I like magical realism a lot though

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest

kj_1429's review against another edition

challenging reflective slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest, Rape, and Pedophilia

kazamaria's review against another edition

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Eating disorder, Suicide attempt, Violence, War, and Suicide

Minor: Religious bigotry, Child abuse, Child death, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, and Homophobia

purplehulk713's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.25

This book is so beautiful, but it must be understood in the context of Latin American history otherwise it might seem really dense beyond its very poetic prose. Which it still can be at times. However, even though he doesn’t necessarily mean to be, García Márquez is often incredibly funny in his writings. He said things like 

The decrepit lawyers dressed in black who during other times had besieged Colonel Aureliano Buendía and who now were controlled by the banana company dismissed those demands with decisions that seemed like acts of magic.

and

Fernanda viewed her as an undesirable witness of her shame and lamented the fact that they had abandoned the medieval custom of hanging a messenger who bore bad news.

Let’s take a journey to Macondo, Colombia and visit the Buendía family.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Death, Violence, Murder, and Gun violence

Moderate: Incest and Xenophobia

botosmr's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Police brutality, Sexual content, War, and Incest

Moderate: Death, Chronic illness, Child death, Body shaming, Child abuse, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Abandonment and Abortion

nmsp123's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.0

I read this book for my college reading class and although it was interesting in some parts it was very much confusing. I wanted to love the book but it was exhausting and really hard to keep track of the characters because of the men having the same name constantly. 
Some parts were political and I’m not really into that so I just zoned out which sucks because it’s an important plot. There’s some weird incest stuff involved. The book is just crazy to say the least.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Adult/minor relationship, War, Incest, Murder, and Suicide

emglange's review against another edition

challenging mysterious slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia and Incest

chinacosteladavis's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Infidelity, and War