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infjill's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Confinement, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
aserra's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
For all that Jamie and Claire are a distinct and progressive (in the context of the book's time periods) couple, Roger and Brianna's relationship is not. Roger is stiflingly misogynistic, possessive, whiny, and downright boring. That alone is a nuisance, but he stands in a series alongside James Fraser (who has his flaws, don't get me wrong), who is secure enough in his masculinity and person to listen to Claire, to consider her an equal, to respect her and other women, Jamie who is more forward-thinking as a product of 18th century Scotland than Roger, a product of 20th century Scotland.
Jamie and Claire's lives together continue to enthrall and enrapture me to no end. This series, in my opinion, would've benefited greatly from the exclusion and/or removal of Roger Mac, and I wish the
Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Sexual content, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cursing, Gore, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Cultural appropriation, and Colonisation
Minor: Genocide and Pedophilia
gitarrlillan's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Slavery and Colonisation
Moderate: Rape, Sexual content, Violence, Medical content, and Pregnancy
Minor: Child death and Murder
tiana_king's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Medical trauma, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Colonisation
meg_ser's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Racism, Slavery, and Medical content
Minor: Abortion
suz_n_van's review against another edition
Graphic: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Grief, and Colonisation
readwithzoe_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Cancer, Child death, and Cannibalism
marionrosa's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Alcoholism, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Cultural appropriation, and Colonisation
Minor: Vomit and Abortion
fortwords's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Rape
Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Slavery
meganpbennett's review against another edition
- 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
3.5
The Drums of Autumn also bring us two more time travelers, who have to make their way across the Atlantic from Scotland to the Colonies and up to the Ridge. Do they make it? What happens to them? Are they met with open arms?
Like the rest of the series, this book could have been 200 pages shorter without any problem.
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Murder, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Domestic abuse