Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'
One Hundred Years of Solitude, by Gabriel García Márquez
2 reviews
shreyasingh's review against another edition
challenging
reflective
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
3.75
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Incest, Child death, Violence, Terminal illness, Rape, Racial slurs, Mental illness, Mass/school shootings, Infidelity, and Gun violence
Minor: Miscarriage, War, Police brutality, Pedophilia, and Cursing
sofipitch's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
This is a beautifully written book. It's also very political. It has the same themes of colonialism, political wars, traditional/catholic views vs modern lifestyles, and family that surround a lot of Latin american works. I read "The House of the Spirits" and I can see how Garcia Marquez influenced Allende. The only reason this isn't getting 5 stars is for the depictions of sex, in a lot of scenes the women don't want to and are more or less raped only to "fall in love/have sex all the time" with the man, it happens multiple times and isn't clearly condemned by the text which is, big yikes.
Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Child death, Confinement, Death, Incest, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mass/school shootings, Rape, Violence, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Excrement and Mental illness
Minor: Antisemitism and Abortion
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