  Given $\mathbf{n}=(n_{1},\ldots,n_{r})\in\mathbb{N}^r$, let
$\Gamma_{\mathbf{n}}$ be a group presentable as $\left\langle
\gamma_{1},\ldots,\gamma_{k}\:|\:\gamma_{1}^{n_{1}}=\gamma_{2}^{n_{2}}=\cdots=\gamma_{r}^{n_{r}}\right\rangle.
$ If $\gcd(n_i,n_j)=1$ for all $i\not=j$, we say $\Gamma_{\mathbf{n}}$ is a
"generalized torus knot group" and otherwise say it is a "generalized torus
link group." This definition includes torus knot and link groups ($r=2$), that
is, fundamental groups of the complement of a torus knot or link in $S^{3}$.
Let $G$ be a connected complex reductive affine algebraic group. We show that
the $G$-character varieties of generalized torus knot groups are
path-connected. We then count the number of irreducible components of the
$\mathrm{SL}(2,\mathbb{C})$-character varieties of $\Gamma_{\mathbf{n}}$ when
$n_i$ is odd for all $i$.
