Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

301 reviews

midlife_reader's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

isabellajay_books's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Certainly problematic at times. If you're after sex and enchantment, stick to the TV show. If you want never ending conflict, and character backstory - the book is good. The narrator is incredible. This story will always hold a place in my heart, so perhaps I'm being a little biased in my rating. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility

Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

The medical scenes aren't as detailed or as gory as the TV show. The sexual assault between a captor and prisoner descriptions are more graphic.

ssherm's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

The premise of this is so unique and so so fun and engaging. The characters are a bit flat and sometimes do inexplicable things (not bc theyre in 1700s scotland) but overall it was extremely well paced, plotted, and executed. I was INVESTED. The characters are pretty well written and developed (sometimes) but it rly feels like ur in that time/place. At times it’s super dark but overall it feels like an exciting adventure (idk why cause things kinda sucked back then but still). The end is rly dark but not nearly as bad as the show. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

egrey's review against another edition

Felt too repetitive and triggering 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Trafficking, Murder, and Sexual harassment

missemmacrabtree's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

abbeyelizo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, and Medical content

mrcesq's review against another edition

adventurous informative medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.75

I really wanted to like this more. I really enjoyed (and learned a lot) from the show and expected the book to be better and more informative. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

_jojo_anne's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Infertility, Physical abuse, and Alcohol

Minor: Pregnancy and Classism

anne4discworld's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Ableism, Fatphobia, and Kidnapping

kb33's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.5

This would be a 5 star read if it weren’t for the homophobia by the author and some of the other things that were more common in romance books written around the same time as this (originally published in ‘91 I think). Two men in the book are supposedly gay. One is a pedophile/rapist and barely has a part in the book, and the other is a torturer/rapist and does have a bigger part in the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence, Rape, and War

Minor: Body shaming, Chronic illness, Infertility, Pedophilia, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Colonisation