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cathy_alice'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
4.0
Graphic: Rape
Moderate: Racial slurs and Violence
ereilly151's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.75
Moderate: Gore, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, and Pregnancy
kimveach's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, Dysphoria, War, and Classism
sschmidt1300's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Vomit, and Pregnancy
Minor: Child death and Abortion
linnylionheart's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Abortion, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Child death, Excrement, Trafficking, Death of parent, and War
Minor: Confinement, Infidelity, Torture, and Deportation
Graphic: child birth ; execution by hanging / fire ; suicide by firebrownieboo'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
4.0
Graphic: Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Death, Genocide, Gore, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Police brutality, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Murder, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child death, Confinement, Drug use, Gun violence, Incest, Misogyny, Sexism, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, and Classism
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
htracy0884's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Which leads me to…this book was super slow to start and I have had it on my nightstand for ages, reading 50 pages here and there but never excited to pick it back up. In true Outlander fashion (I feel), once it picks up, it rolls. It’s not a fast story by any means, and think it may have been the author who said this is a story about a long marriage, not a story about the Jacobites or time travel or WWII or any of the things that happen…it’s the very messy and tumultuous creation of a family. In short, a marathon, not a sprint. Even she doesn’t know when or how it will end and she’s been writing these books for 30 years. And that’s all I have to say about that…as much to myself as anyone else. Her writing style remains the same, reliable, witty and intelligent way it’s always been. The story weaves in some really mundane and equally intense themes, some sweet and concise, others graphic and violent. They are what they are, no more, no less.
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Pregnancy, and Colonisation
kirstym25'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
5.0
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Slavery
Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism
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