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kataka093's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Racism, Blood, and Medical content
Minor: Vomit, Car accident, and Pregnancy
louiepotterbook's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
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
maggie1875'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? No
5.0
Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Torture, Blood, and Grief
kellymoroney'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
4.75
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Colonisation
Moderate: Abortion
Minor: Child death, Fatphobia, and Homophobia
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
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
thefriendlymushroom'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
4.0
Graphic: Death, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Medical content, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cursing, Homophobia, Misogyny, Blood, Abortion, and Outing
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