Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
22 reviews
madadio'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? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Incest, War, Pedophilia, Violence, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Pregnancy
tommy_g's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Infidelity
Moderate: War, Mental illness, Incest, Sexual content, Police brutality, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Death, Child death, Colonisation, Death of parent, Grief, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pedophilia, and Adult/minor relationship
michaelion's review against another edition
- 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
3.5
Graphic: Pedophilia, War, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Grief, Infidelity, Incest, Murder, and Racial slurs
Moderate: Child abuse, Colonisation, Dementia, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Rape, Suicide, Misogyny, Police brutality, Racism, Toxic relationship, and Violence
Minor: Ableism, Blood, Body horror, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Homophobia, and Vomit
heddasch's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Alcohol, Colonisation, Death of parent, Incest, Adult/minor relationship, Religious bigotry, Blood, Death, Violence, Racial slurs, Rape, Toxic relationship, and War
Moderate: Grief
leonormsousa's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Grief, Pedophilia, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, War, Abandonment, Child death, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Confinement, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Vomit, Body shaming, Child abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Murder, Animal death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Death, Death of parent, and Violence
dolly_rocker'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
5.0
While I have some quibbles with the content, the overall themes that this book explores, about the circular nature of time and the impact of solitude, are masterfully explored through beautiful writing. It’s hard to keep up with so many characters who have the same name, and their stories are told in ways that are often not linear, and yet this approach helps you to realize that the way one character perceives an event is quite different from how others perceive it. And so the events or actions thought by some to be magical could really be magic, or they could just be folklore, passed down through generations or perceived through secondhand knowledge.
I couldn’t stop reading this book and wanting to know what happened to these characters, even though none of them were particularly likable. They were all interesting, and gosh, Fernanda and her ranting will linger in my mind for a long time.
Minor: Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, War, Incest, and Adult/minor relationship
eliss02's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Grief, Misogyny, Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, War, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Colonisation, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Cursing, Dementia, and Incest
Moderate: Infidelity
lissybeth91'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? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Even so, I don't think I can honestly give the book more than three stars, even for the brilliance of the final chapters. I don't think it makes up for the unnecessarily graphic descriptions of the Buendia family's hereditary vices.
Graphic: Dementia, Excrement, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Police brutality, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Rape, Death, Incest, Infidelity, Sexual violence, Violence, Vomit, and War
_cecilie_'s review against another edition
1.0
Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Colonisation, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and War
kianga_black's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Child abuse, Incest, Infertility, Excrement, Vomit, Sexual content, Rape, Police brutality, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Colonisation, Cursing, Genocide, Grief, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, War, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence