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Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

13 reviews

kmac14's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Death, Misogyny, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Sexual harassment, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual assault, Blood, Body horror, Violence, Rape, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Infertility, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Infidelity, and Medical content

Minor: Child abuse, Death of parent, Pedophilia, Abortion, Chronic illness, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, War, Gun violence, Vomit, Cursing, and Confinement

amy_sl's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

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

2.75

The book begins relatively "innocently", with characters and themes suitable and likeable for the time period that Claire is transported into. However, trigger warnings for the last part of the book

descriptions of rape, body horror, wishing for death, torture etc. overall just unpleasant and disgusting. If you are sensitive to any of these things I wouldn't really recommend it. Though reoccurring themes throughout the whole book, the final third of the book takes it all a step further and, honestly, it's all just unnecessary as well.

I Had a pretty enjoyable read up until this point, but this last part definitely knocked off a few stars. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Torture, Sexism, Body horror, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Pedophilia and Infertility

Minor: Physical abuse, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Homophobia

willow_belle's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Rape, Religious bigotry, Torture, Gun violence, Hate crime, Murder, Sexism, Toxic friendship, War, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

It's bloody good!

annabananadel's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative tense slow-paced

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

5.0

“You are safe," he said firmly. "You have my name and my family, my clan, and if necessary, the protection of my body as well. The man willna lay hands on ye again, while I live.”

This has been a blast. I had watched the Outlander series previously so I have a vague idea of what is going to happen. It is a 32.5 hours of worth of audiobook and I have it at around 1.7x to 1.9x speed. So I listened to this for more than half a day. Davina, the narrator, is splendidly amazing in doing her part. Her tone, pitch, accent, and everything on top was the mere reason why this had not been a boring listen. I can visually imagine what is happening and the most important thing is that I am able to know which character is speaking (but this is most probably due to Diana's writing as well). 

Story-wise, it is just still as amazing as when I watched the series. I'm amazed that the series didn't stray far from the book! The love between Jamie and Claire is just undeniable. We've all been with Claire as she decides which of her two husband would she pick and I'm with her through her thought process as well! 

I'm leaning towards buying Audible credits just so I can listen to the next books as well! 

There was a time when I was listening to this audiobook using my airpod and my boyfriend took of one my airpod as well for a listen. Sadly, it was during the part where Claire was being raped by Jack Randall. He thought it was just normal sex between two partners and it was so funny because I had to tell him that she was being raped and she definitely isn’t enjoying it. 🥴🥴🥴

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Colonisation, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Gun violence, Murder, Rape, and Racism

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

emhaze's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Drug use, Gore, Racial slurs, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Bullying, Classism, Colonisation, Cursing, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Torture, Alcohol, Gun violence, Murder, Violence, Animal death, Child abuse, Infertility, Medical content, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Death, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, War, Blood, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Abortion

strawberrypinch's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Torture, Pregnancy, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Violence, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Grief, Infertility, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Rape, Vomit, Cursing, Death, Gore, Child abuse, and Suicide

Minor: Abortion, Animal death, Car accident, Child death, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Homophobia, War, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Drug use, and Fatphobia

kcarney86's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious tense slow-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Blood, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Medical content, and Rape

Minor: Death of parent, Incest, Gun violence, Pregnancy, War, Chronic illness, and Infertility

kimveach's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-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

This sat on my shelf for at least 10, maybe 15 years. So glad I finally got around to reading it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Vomit, Rape, Sexual content, Violence, Bullying, Chronic illness, Classism, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Pregnancy, Animal death, Blood, Cursing, Grief, Gun violence, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Torture

zoooeeeggg's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense slow-paced

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

4.5

This is my third read of the book and by far my most forgiving review of it. I’m gonna stop pretending that I don’t love this series, even with it’s many, MANY controversial subjects. It’s got everything: war, action, a passionate and all-consuming love story, endearing accents, philosophy, religion, etc. It’s so complex and Diana’s research shows. I want to try to reread/read the rest of the series (I only made it to the beginning of The Fiery Cross), but we’ll see how that goes ! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Death, Body horror, Misogyny, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Gun violence, Gore, Colonisation, Rape, Violence, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Murder, Kidnapping, and Blood

linnylionheart's review against another edition

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

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Infertility, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, and Vomit