Reviews tagging 'Rape'

An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon

7 reviews

sytaylor's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, and Sexual assault

linnylionheart's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Graphic: Racial slurs, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Vomit, Misogyny, Infidelity, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Blood, Miscarriage, Colonisation, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, War, Violence, Xenophobia, Pregnancy, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Rape, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Racism, and Sexual content

Moderate: Drug use, Child abuse, Cursing, Excrement, Pandemic/Epidemic, Physical abuse, and Cancer

Minor: Classism

birth ; execution by hanging

k_shimer's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Kidnapping and Gun violence

Minor: Rape

saraverboom's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.0

Echo is the first book since Voyager that kept me wanting to read more. I usually have a few moments of “get on with it, Gabaldon” while reading her books, but this time that never really happened. It was an enjoyable read with many interesting side characters and their stories all come together perfectly!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Sexual content, Violence, War, Blood, and Medical content

Moderate: Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Colonisation, Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Racial slurs

Minor: Rape

johannab's review

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Blood, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Excrement, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical content, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Violence, and Vomit

angelinepro's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny informative sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, and Xenophobia

karingforbooks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Pacing is still a bit off because she know she’s wants to write more, so she’s drawing it out then remembering she needs to move the story along. Claire’s knowledge and ability to do complex surgeries irks because two hundred years precious to having learned it, it shouldn’t have a 100% success rate but it does. She’s bringing in too many characters whose families all connect over centuries and making it more complicated than it should be. I can’t decide if she does a good job showing all the views of the times (re race, sex) or if she goes too far in the portrayal for a book written in 2011, notwithstanding that she started the series in the 1980s (ish). I do still like Ian, I think Williams POV was largely unnecessary, and while I love John and Jamie’s relationship, wtf? 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Torture, and Miscarriage