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Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon

30 reviews

infjill's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Torture, Murder, Pregnancy, and War

linnylionheart's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Addiction, Infertility, and Xenophobia

Minor: Animal death, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Dementia

suz_n_van's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Child death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Grief

toni7tess's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional slow-paced

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

3.0

3 stars for Gabaldon's beautiful writing style and description. But there are a few things that really annoy me. First of all, why does she have to keep using rape as a plot device? It takes away so much from the story and just feels super unrealistic and over the top. The other thing (and this felt genuinly ridiculous) is that for some reason Gabaldon has a tendency to make all the really evil people in her stories gay? I know this book was written a long time ago, but at this point it kind of feels like she is doing it on purpose. And if you're going to include LGBTQ+ characters in your book, why not also include some consensual sex?
The book (even more so than the last one) felt like it could have been a few hundred pages shorter, but that wasn't that big of a deal to me because I really like Gabaldon's writing style.
The love story between Roger and Brianna also really didn't feel believable and like it was just there to frame the rest of the story. It was very hard to get emotionally invested and I would have liked that part of the book to be a bit more focused.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Grief, and War

meganpbennett's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional slow-paced

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

4.5

Dragonfly in Amber starts off very differently than Outlander ends. In fact, it starts 22 years after Clair first goes through the stones and ends up back in time, and 20 years since she returned

pregnant with Jamie's child

. Clair calls on Roger, a historian, and asks him for information about some men who may or may not have died at Culloden, and eventually tells Roger and her daughter, Brianna, the story of Outlander and what happened between the end of Outlander and Culloden. I say that because Culloden is a fixed point in time - no matter what you try to do, a fixed point in time will happen as it is meant to happen. 

A good portion of Dragonfly in Amber is spent in Paris, where Jamie is trying to both support Bonnie Prince Charlie's uprising and keep it from ever happening. Lots of things happen in Paris, and it's fascinating. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Vomit, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture

bookishandlegal's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Rape, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual violence and Torture

karenecvanwyk's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Violence

juzabatiero's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense slow-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Murder

johannab's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Murder

ceciliemadsen's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Violence