Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

4 reviews

booksnart2023's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Torture, Murder, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Grief, and Sexual harassment

rodes's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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

2.0

The story itself is really good, well-written and narrated, and all the characters are well-developed. I did find the story a bit slow, but it fitted so well that anything else would've most likely made the book less good. Since I watched the TV Show first and it is an almost perfect adaptation of the book, I knew exactly what would happen, taking away some of the enjoyment.

Even though I liked the story, I couldn't get past the fact that Claire gets sexually assaulted basically in every other chapter. It looks like the only way to bring some action into the book was for her to be SA and then rescued before it goes too far (because she is always rescued). It happens 4 times in the book, then there is a sex scene between Claire & Jamie where consent is dubious especially because he forces her at first and then we have Jamie that is also SA in the book twice, once as a minor (but he tells the story like it was a big joke) and then at the end while being tortured.

Don't get me started on how Jamie beat Claire after rescuing her to teach her a lesson as if she was a child and then we have her going "oh well, maybe he has a point" after a while? Heum, HELL NO! She kept going on about how modern she was and "no man is going to tell me what to do", but she is OK with a beating? I know she comes from the 40s and it was sort of normal behaviour back then too, but still. It didn't work.

Having seen the TV Show, I know that the use of SA as a means to further the plot continues in the other books and for that reason, I can't read the other books nor recommend them to anyone. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Torture, Vomit, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Colonisation

Minor: Infertility and Miscarriage

brownieboo's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Police brutality

Moderate: Kidnapping, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Medical content

mklinkenborg's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit