Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

Cem Anos de Solidão by Gabriel García Márquez

223 reviews

amandakbaker's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I have no regrets, I love a multi-generational family saga and this one perhaps defined that genre in the modern era… but wow this was a tough read for many reasons, despite the lyrical, flowing prose. I’m glad I read this for a book club where I was able to discuss it with others, because I wouldn’t have gotten as much out of it on my own. 
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soniaalejandra's review against another edition

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challenging emotional tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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annagrimmyy's review against another edition

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1.0

Dnf at 135 pages 

I can understand why this is considered an important piece of literature. 

That being said, due to the fact that every female character is raped (up until 135 pages at least), I cannot believe that to this day people are heralding this book without critiquing the way women are treated. Gave up reading as quite frankly there are better classics that deserve my time more than this load of horseshit.
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lolosadcat's review against another edition

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

5.0

this book has some of the most consistently superb writing that i've read - not only in prose, but structure as well. the plot of this book isn't so much a linear plot as much it is the meandering story of the rise and fall of a line of people and their town, jumping around points of time. however, every story beat and reveal feels carefully placed and the entire book has great, steady pacing. 
that being said, i would recommend reading this with the family tree accessible to help remember the character's names and relationships. the repeating names can be confusing to track, but they are important to the themes of certain traits and flaws repeating in the family. 

definitely one of the most fascinating books that i have ever read. i'll be thinking of this doomed family and their exploits for quite a while. 
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thedustyspine's review against another edition

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

5.0

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confexxi_history's review against another edition

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

4.5

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fluttertutter's review against another edition

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the writing is good but i just can’t get into it :( there’s like no plot and very confusing which i’m like am i too dumb for this??? and since there’s not really any plot there isn’t like a ‘moral of the story’ kind of direction that it’s going too and i’m just not sure what i can takeaway from the story when im like almost a quarter into the book 🥲 relationships in this book were all kinda weird too and at where i stopped there’s pedophilia and sort of incest too so if anyone is uncomfortable with that here’s your warning 

 
last straw came when aureliano wants to marry a child (he is old enough to be her father) and then he literally grooms her teaching her how to read etc while waiting for her to hit puberty so that he can marry her and then she dies…??? the whole rebeca and amaranta part was weird too im so confused
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juice_couch's review against another edition

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The many descriptions of pedophilia and sexual assault of minors that continue throughout the book. After learning that the author himself proposed to a 13 year old girl (18 himself), whom he married years later, I was too grossed out to finish the book. 
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adhdru's review against another edition

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A pesar de ser un clásico que quise amar, ni el conocer al icónico Macondo ni a las leyendas de la familia Buendía lograron encantarme como lo ha logrado con gran parte del mundo. 

Este libro es indiscutiblemente centrado mas en los personajes que en cualquier tipo de trama. Normalmente, esto es una plusvalía para mí en los libros, pero en este caso en el que los personajes son complejos pero tan desagradables (y no en esa manera que me hace amarlos más) solo he hecho la lectura de apenas la mitad del libro un gran tedio. 

Por otro lado, la narración de Juan Pablo Raba me ha parecido bastante buena. 
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anakuu's review against another edition

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

2.0

This was off-putting, to say the least. I became frustrated with the incest and other weird sexual interactions. After looking up plot summaries and themes, and reading a hundred pages, i’ve decided the message is not worth sitting through this shit.
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