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jiwiz's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? No
Graphic: Murder, Pedophilia, Incest, and Rape
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: Incest, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, and Sexual content
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicide, Murder, Racial slurs, Violence, War, Grief, and Alcohol
nudibranc_reads's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Pedophilia, Religious bigotry, Adult/minor relationship, War, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Murder
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: Pedophilia, Emotional abuse, Death, Mental illness, Infidelity, Incest, Adult/minor relationship, and Murder
purplehulk713's review against another edition
- 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
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.
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.
Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Death, Violence, Murder, and Gun violence
Moderate: Incest and Xenophobia
botosmr's review against another edition
- 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
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
- 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
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.
Graphic: Violence, Adult/minor relationship, War, Incest, Murder, and Suicide
kallsypage's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
4.0
There are multiple characters with the same name and the story does tend to bounce around so it can be difficult to figure out which of the characters are being referenced until you either keep reading for more context or think back on your own mental/physical notes. This was obviously an intentional choice by the author perfect for literary analysis. It also helps to look up a family tree which I referenced a number of times while reading.
Overall it is a heavily character driven story with intriguing depictions and finely walks the line between reality and the supernatural (magical realism at its best). It’s disparaging, depressing, surprising, frustrating, bizarre, hopeful, and at times all of these all at once. I’m definitely not done dissecting all of the underlying messages.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, Murder, Rape, Incest, and War
Moderate: Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide
b00ks_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Animal death, Adult/minor relationship, Incest, War, Death, Murder, and Violence
kjf524's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Rape, War, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Blood, Child death, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, and Violence