Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

Voyager by Diana Gabaldon

48 reviews

lea_fox's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad 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? Yes

4.0

The stereotypical characters and voices in this one killed me a little but I still enjoyed the overall experience.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Racism, Mental illness, Death, and Colonisation

Minor: Fatphobia and Cursing

msbe_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Misogyny, Antisemitism, Bullying, Racial slurs, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Racism, Xenophobia, Murder, Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Toxic relationship, Slavery, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Death, Medical content, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Colonisation, Classism, Confinement, and Chronic illness

melethwi's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

the outlander universe is always cozy but there’s fatphobia on every other page of this book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Fatphobia, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Colonisation, Body shaming, Slavery, Racism, and Adult/minor relationship

jackiebee's review against another edition

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Racial slurs, Violence, Fatphobia, Racism, Sexual assault, and Slavery

literaryrevisited's review

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, and Colonisation

Moderate: Murder

irishbelle10's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

1.5

This one was tough for me to get through. Some parts I liked, but there were too many things that left a bitter taste in my mouth. The racism was bad.

Every mention of Yi Tien Cho using the C slur? Yikes. Frank saying some racist stuff? Oof. The treatment of the enslaved people? Horrifying. But, I was surprised at the part at the sale of enslaved people when Claire freaked out but acknowledged that she wasn’t doing it for any of the people being sold, but for herself. It’s a startlingly modern moment, but an important one I think, cause Claire isn’t really an ally like they tried to make her in the show, and this thought really reflects that. Anyways.

Jamie, to my horror,

sexually assaulted Geneva (and yes it was assault because she told him to stop and he didn’t. Her blackmailing him is bad, yes, but two wrongs don’t make a right),

and I was incredibly angry and am still not over it. And the fatphobia in this book became honestly unbearable. Among other things,

telling your daughter not to get fat in your farewell letter to her before you go back into the past forever?

Good god. So, safe to say this is my least favorite of the books by a mile. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Death, Violence, Fatphobia, Kidnapping, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Body shaming, Racism, and Slavery

tupsukorva's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

• 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Slavery, Colonisation, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Medical content, Physical abuse, Blood, Sexual content, Violence, and Rape

anxiousplanter's review

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Vomit, Medical content, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, and Gore

flyintothestorm's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Racism, Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Slavery, Racial slurs, Sexual content, and Medical content

meganeorcx's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

First book above 1,000 pages-what a ride. Although Jamie and Claire's reunion was touching, it wasn't as strong as the first two books. Plot-wise, a lot of scenes felt too drawn out whereas the eventual climax really needed more fleshening out. I also didn't admire Claire's character as much as I previously did, and I kept wondering if Gabaldon was explicitly trying to make her unlikeable. Her fatphobia and the misogyny connected to that was painful. Even more so did the blatant racism and white saviour complex throughout the novel take a lot away from the escapism to entirely consider it as enjoyable. "Different times" is fine and all, but a romance should know its limits. Criticisms aside, I loved a lot of the characters and the story was intruiging as always and I'm excited to see where else the story takes Claire and Jamie (I say, as if I haven't already watched the TV adaptation). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Slavery, Fatphobia, Racial slurs, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Sexual content, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Misogyny