Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon

21 reviews

kate_reads14's review against another edition

adventurous emotional slow-paced

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

3.5

Outlander season 5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Colonisation, Death, Medical content, Rape, Animal death, Grief, Racism, Slavery, and Violence

cmcdonnell's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Death, Medical content, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Physical abuse, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, War, Alcohol, Racial slurs, and Racism

Minor: Sexual assault

tiana_king's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative slow-paced

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

4.5

Buckle in for DETAILS

I have a sneaking suspicion that the author ran into writer’s block several times and to remedy it she just figured she’d write this out day by day. It’s not until 8 hours and 45min (audiobook) into the book you finally see the wedding, to give you an idea. Personally I didn’t mind the day by day as much as some people but once things would get interesting I would be like “why isn’t more of the book like this?”. The end really picks up. Still a good book though and necessary to finish the series of course.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Classism, Drug use, Religious bigotry, War, Slavery, and Racism

readwithzoe_'s review against another edition

challenging slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Medical trauma, Racism, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Blood, Alcohol, Sexual content, War, Murder, Gun violence, Medical content, Pregnancy, Colonisation, and Slavery

sundayray's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful informative slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Torture, Violence, and Slavery

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Death, Trafficking, and War

kirstym25's review

adventurous emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Rape, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Racism

meganpbennett's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional tense slow-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? Yes

2.5

I find the Outlander series really hard to rate. They're interesting, but they're way too long. The Fiery Cross could easily have been 400 pages and not have lost anything, instead of the bloated 980 it came out to. I find the series to feel more like a book you're required to read for a school assignment instead of something you pick up for fun. It's a slog and not a fun one at that. Like the rest of the series, this book has unnecessary and unnecessarily graphic content that could have been left on the cutting room floor without detracting from the story (it would be an improvement if certain scenes were left on the cutting room floor as they add nothing to the plot but graphic depictions of violence and body horror). 

I don't like Brianna, and she's becoming a very major character as the series progresses. Same with Roger. Makes it hard to read a book that is both unnecessarily long and unnecessarily graphic when half of the book involves characters you don't really care for. 

If you like long, hard, complicated slogs with characters you don't like that feel like trying to climb a mountain during mud season, this book is perfect for you. I couldn't wait for it to end and was eagerly counting down the pages until the end. 2.5 stars. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual assault, Medical content, Medical trauma, Rape, Vomit, Physical abuse, Murder, Slavery, Gun violence, Alcoholism, Racism, Suicide, and Gore

Minor: Animal death

maya_mckenzie's review against another edition

Really problematic in its handling of slavery.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery

johannab's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Death, Excrement, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Vomit

sonia_reading's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

2.0

I took me a whole year to finish Drums of Autumn, and I told myself I would read one Outlander book each year after. But it’s been two years since then. The only reason I finished The Fiery Cross in 2 weeks was because it was a library audiobook and I could increase the speed.  This was my first Outlander series on audiobook, and I wasn’t a huge fan. 

The Fiery Cross is basically Drums of Autumn part 2, it just continues the plot and nothing happens! 55 hours/1440 pages of nothing new. The plot itself is also problematic. There are racist descriptions of Native Americans and Black enslaved people. It’s unclear to me if it’s supposed to be the characters or just Diana Gabaldon. It doesn’t matter what the reason, it’s there and full of white saviorism. It was such a slog, and definitely the last Outlander book I’ll read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, and Slavery

Moderate: Rape