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linkkill'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
5.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Police brutality, Dementia, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Body horror
laflinalex's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Incest, Infidelity, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Violence
kers_tin's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Colonisation, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic
joelafond's review against another edition
Graphic: Incest, Pedophilia, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Violence
kiaribooks's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Suicide
badbadwolf's review against another edition
- 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
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
- 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
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
4.5
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
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
- 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
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.
Graphic: Incest, Racial slurs, Suicide, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy, and War
smolena's review against another edition
- 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
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.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Incest, and Sexual violence
Minor: Miscarriage, Sexism, Suicide, and Terminal illness