Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

76 reviews

ahundredandathousandmore's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, War, and Rape

amylynn_p's review against another edition

challenging dark relaxing slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Rape, and Medical content

ash_bees's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Infertility, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Death, Gore, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Self harm, Sexism, Violence, Vomit, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, War, Torture, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

parchementhallucinations's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Cursing, Medical trauma, Death, Kidnapping, Medical content, and Misogyny

aim_upp's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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

5.0

“You have my name and my family, my clan, and if necessary, the protection of my body as well.” -My husband

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence

jackieswitzer96's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Child abuse

kmac14's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Death, Misogyny, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Sexual harassment, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual assault, Blood, Body horror, Violence, Rape, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Infertility, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Infidelity, and Medical content

Minor: Child abuse, Death of parent, Pedophilia, Abortion, Chronic illness, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, War, Gun violence, Vomit, Cursing, and Confinement

laserorchid's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Gore, Medical trauma, Blood, Medical content, and Rape

Moderate: Child abuse and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Suicide

siglerbooknook's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative inspiring reflective tense 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? It's complicated

4.25

I've watched the show for Outlander on Starz before, but this was my first time reading the book.
I was surprised how true to the plot the tv show stayed.
A few characters are different, either in appearance, or not appearing at all.

I think my favorite difference was in Claire. It always bothered me in the show how rediculously modern she was, for all she's supposed to be intelligent. Many of the moments in the show that made me roll my eyes because "why would she be that stupid" never even happen in the book. 

The chapters near the end with Captain Randall were too much for me and I did skim through them. I was glad to have some warning from the show on how bad it could be.

Over all I loved the book and look forward to recommending it to friends. It was a tad long and I found myself dragging through the last 200 pages. Still, I look forward to reading the next one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Rape, Gore, Homophobia, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Violence, Infidelity, Torture, Sexual violence, Sexism, Medical content, Religious bigotry, and Murder

Minor: Infertility, Blood, Colonisation, Pregnancy, Suicide, and Toxic friendship

amcline's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Colonisation, Gore, Medical trauma, Medical content, Slavery, War, and Sexual assault