Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

Do Amor e outros Demónios by Gabriel García Márquez

12 reviews

hjk93's review against another edition

The “love story” at the heart of this novel is too disturbing to appreciate its merits. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Slavery, Drug abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Excrement, Torture, Religious bigotry, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Death, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Child abuse, Child death, and Racism

lottiegasp's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

• 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

The main thing that carried this book for me was García Márquez's writing, which like in his other books I've read I find dense but aesthetic and satisfying in how he unravels the details piece by piece. 

To be honest whenever I read a blurb after reading one of his books I'm always like huh, that's what happened, but I managed to get some enjoyment out of my own interpretation despite apparently not fully grasping what is going on lol

The plot centers around a girl Sierva María who is bitten by a rabid dog and the community decides she is possessed by a demon. She is locked up in a convent and a priest is given the task to save her. He becomes infatuated and obsessed with Sierva María.

Near the end of the book is a series of scenes of the two of them hanging out secretly in her cell kissing and professing their love to each other. The writing was rich and beautiful which I was not at all able to enjoy because it was a relationship between an adult and a minor. I didn't feel like the book particularly critiqued the priest for being a paedophile or justified why it was necessary for the plot - she could have easily been a young woman to a similar effect.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship

thereadingsparrow's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Pedophilia, Torture, Violence, Self harm, Child death, and Death

Minor: Vomit, Animal death, Excrement, and Abandonment

kibiiiariii's review against another edition

funny mysterious fast-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

3.75

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Colonisation, Pedophilia, Antisemitism, Blood, Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Cultural appropriation, Fatphobia, Medical content, Abandonment, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Classism, Confinement, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Violence

bookwomble's review against another edition

dark medium-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

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Slavery, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, and Forced institutionalization

veara_'s review against another edition

dark reflective sad fast-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Excrement, Adult/minor relationship, Religious bigotry, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Slavery and Racial slurs

sofiacore's review against another edition

tense slow-paced

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

1.0

gabo youre not seeing the pearly gates for this

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Colonisation, Racism, Slavery, and Child abuse

Moderate: Torture and Death

irissantos's review

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Gabriel García Márquez é tão autêntico e único que eu poderia ler 100 livros cujos autores estivessem ocultados, e sempre encontraria as obras dele. (nem tão pouco que fosse pelo facto de nunca recorrer a advérbios de modo) 

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Animal death and Toxic relationship

mirireads's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.0

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Fatphobia, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Death, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, and Slavery

ergedogan's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Slavery, Racial slurs, Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, Adult/minor relationship, Abandonment, Confinement, Death, and Torture

Moderate: Medical content and Violence

Minor: Vomit and Animal death