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1orne's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic
veposve's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Death, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Colonisation
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Stalking, and War
emileeandherbooks's review against another edition
0.75
“Love”? More like constant infidelity.
“Love”? More like sexual assault ( a doctor to his patient! And she’s okay with it!* )
“Love”? More like pedophilia.
“Love”? More like stalking.
This book was crap. Marquez is a talented writer but the story was gross, annoying and pointless. So pointless. I couldn’t care less about every single character.
It’s completely sexist and so OBVIOUSLY written by a sex-obsessed man. He practically has his female characters begging for sex. *And when they’re assaulted, they’re okay with it! And even a 14 year-old girl is happy to have a 70 year-old man groom her and…you know the rest.
Just gross. So so gross.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual content, and Stalking
Moderate: Racism, Rape, and Sexual assault
gabrielwerthman's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, Pedophilia, and Rape
Moderate: Racism and Suicide
co32minus'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? No
3.5
Aside from those criticisms overall I'd say this book was decent, I'd be curious to read it in the original Spanish where I'm sure the poetry sings louder. The writing is very fluid, ebbing and flowing from one thought to the next which creates an interesting sensation of being told this story orally, or as if it's being recounted from an old memory (which fits the themes of love and age). It was personally harder for me to read because the chapters were so long I would have to stop reading in the middle of a thought and pick up later. I didn't feel particularly compelled by any of the characters, the dynamic of their youth was interesting and
Graphic: Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, and Stalking
Moderate: Classism
Minor: Alcohol and War
ghost_thorns's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? No
Graphic: Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Medical content, and Pandemic/Epidemic
theraindiary's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Medical content, and Stalking
Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic
sara_o'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
1.0
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.
Graphic: Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, and Stalking
bajammies's review against another edition
Graphic: Homophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Sexual harassment
brightface77's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, Pedophilia, and Stalking