Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

175 reviews

lilwashu76's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

I love these books. I have most of them both in print & on audio book. Davina Porter is the best possible narrator for this series. Her accent is on point. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, and Murder

creeepybones's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

I honestly have no idea what the hype or gross fixation people have with this book. 
I could understand how the basic story line could be romantic; but the toxicity and open sexual violence and misogyny is sickening. 
I did not enjoy it at all. 
As well as it being such a slow read. 
I would not recommend to anyone. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

aspiritofspring's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, and Injury/Injury detail

ruinstoroots's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

missrissa89's review against another edition

I watched the series, so I thought I’d read the books. I got almost halfway through this and just cannot stand the sexual violence. 
She gets assaulted many times, even by her husband. 
I googled “does the sexual assault in the outlander books end” and found a Reddit thread saying there’s more scenes in the books than in the shows, so I’m out!

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Content Warnings

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

mcshib's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, and Colonisation

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