Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Honderd jaar eenzaamheid by Gabriel García Márquez

45 reviews

joelafond's review against another edition

I had to read this book in high school English class and was not a fan. I figured at that age. Perhaps it just was over my head so I decided to give it another try as an adult. Only a slight improvement reading as an adult. Impressive writing, sure, but still just as rambling and aimless as I remember. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Pedophilia, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Violence

kiaribooks's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Suicide

badbadwolf's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

katanai's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

2.75

“she became human in her solitude” damn

okay. so many thoughts but also none at all? um. when i went in to this book i definitely wasn’t expecting such dark elements such as pedophilia, incest & rape. author’s writing is so lengthy im unsure of why it took so long to get to the point. a yapper for sure. it was so wordy & not in a way that’s all the way enjoyable although you will get lost in the sauce. at the beginning, all the different ppl but sharing such similar names ground my gears bc i got confused to who was who. i can see why it’s some ppl’s favorite books but also out of all books why this one? i get it but it doesn’t mean i have to like it. in short, a novel that tells of the worst that humans can be as well our stubbornness that leads to solitude in which do we even matter at all? anyway. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Suicide, and War

Moderate: Death, Infidelity, Self harm, Sexual content, Violence, Stalking, Murder, and War

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Excrement, Grief, Death of parent, and Abandonment

sineadw9's review against another edition

medium-paced

4.5

I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this and how quickly I worked through it. The town of Macondo, and the Buendias’, intertwine and come to life in a compelling, magical way - I feel close to them. I can picture myself in their home, in the town. In so many ways it’s a tragedy but it unfurls so naturally that it doesn’t feel that way. I couldn’t keep track of the Aurelianos by the end but it didn’t really matter. This sort of reads like a long-exposure photo. It’s so rich and dense that I’ll probably reread it at some point. I actually found the writing to be quite fast-paced.

Lives up to the hype? Read it if you’re up for an ever-unwinding family saga and some OG magical realism, don’t read it if you get frustrated keeping track of names or by problematic protagonists 😂 not for everyone

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Dementia, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

linci's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

Dear Matija,
this truly was one of the wildest books I've ever read. Some of the scenes will forever be engraved in my brain. Like flowers blooming from dentures, like line of blood crossing the town of Macondo and many more. I find it really interesting how Aureliano, at the end of the family line claimed that the last Aureliano (who is the only one with the pig's tail) was the only child made from love when it was with him that the line stopped. It goes with the fact that the family so engulfed with solitude would end with two people who were never alone because they had each other. Even though this book is full of incest and the characters are at time horrible people I think I will re-read this book many times in my life. Hopefully during summer months because nothing describes summer better then the scene where it is so humid that fish start to swim in the sky. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Racial slurs, Suicide, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy, and War

smolena's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad 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

3.5

I didn't really like this as much as I thought I was, it being a must-read masterpiece and all. 
Structurally it's great, language is plain and matter-of-fact, characters are entirely reprehensible. 
I don't like the narration style, I would prefer something with a bit more depth. 
Also, the second to last chapter is shit and should have been left out entirely. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Incest, and Sexual violence

Minor: Miscarriage, Sexism, Suicide, and Terminal illness

fallingdownrabbitholes's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Suicide attempt, and War

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

theincrediblemaja's review against another edition

reflective sad slow-paced

• 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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Trafficking, Sexual harassment, and War

meg_reads83's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, Rape, Suicide, Violence, and War

Moderate: Eating disorder