Reviews tagging 'Stalking'

Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez

49 reviews

wellyreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

1.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Gaslighting, Colonisation, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

sara_o's review against another edition

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

1.0

I really hated this book. I’m kind of baffled by all the love it gets. I get that “it’s about a different time”, but the rampant misogyny, racism, weird glorification of rape, a main character who bookends his life by dabbling in pedophilia, and explicitly grooming a young girl when he’s in his 70s, then essentially abandoning her, the stalking... ugh.  I just… hated it. 

I know that the writing was sometimes beautiful, but in other parts, was practically purple. There were some sex scenes where I was thinking “if I read this exact prose in a standard, mass market romance, I would say it’s schlock and completely overwrought.” (no shade to mass market romance novels. I would rather read 1000 of those than this book). 

I hated it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, and Stalking

bajammies's review against another edition

Life is too short to allow the problematic parts in 2024

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Sexual harassment

brockemsockemrobot's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective slow-paced

• 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Rape

Minor: Racial slurs and Racism

burroesilvia's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Stalking

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Racial slurs, and Rape

brightface77's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

• 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

2.5

Being a classic I thought I would find some redeeming quality to it but I could not. Between the grooming of a child and then discarding her resulting in her suicide and the complete distain the main character has for everyone and everything except for his obsession, I had a heard time with it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, Pedophilia, and Stalking

stindex's review against another edition

dark 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

anaodaniel's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

0.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Suicide, Xenophobia, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Stalking

gabriella_'s review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

Was anyone going to tell me there’s a

pedophilic relationship

in this or was I supposed to find out on my own? Genuinely left a disgusting taste in my mouth reading this. 

And why was there so much casual racism and bigoted language throughout the book? It was physically painful in a book that otherwise had a gripping prose (but was problematic, I smell misogyny). 

I don’t want to rate this because I feel so conflicted. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Dementia, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

mctore21's review against another edition

emotional tense slow-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Rape, and Stalking