Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon

4 reviews

graciejlc's review against another edition

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

3.0

Really long winded, the audiobook was almost 45 hours long

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault and Rape

Minor: Violence, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Death of parent, Car accident, Abandonment, Slavery, and Sexual harassment

kimveach's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative fast-paced

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

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Colonisation, Confinement, Pregnancy, Rape, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcohol, Bullying, Genocide, Grief, Homophobia, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Gore, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Racism, Sexual content, War, Death, Dysphoria, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Abortion, Classism, Cursing, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Murder, Sexual assault, Vomit, Excrement, and Racial slurs

linnylionheart's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Abandonment, Ableism, Abortion, Alcohol, Classism, Colonisation, Grief, Medical content, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Vomit, Xenophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Suicide, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Excrement, Child death, Trafficking, Death of parent, and War

Minor: Confinement, Infidelity, Deportation, and Torture

Graphic: child birth ; execution by hanging / fire ; suicide by fire

brownieboo's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense slow-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? Yes

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Torture, Hate crime, Medical content, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Slavery, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Genocide, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Trafficking, Colonisation, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, and Police brutality

Minor: Abandonment, Ableism, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Blood, Cannibalism, Child death, Classism, Drug use, Gun violence, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, War, Sexism, Vomit, Abortion, Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Cultural appropriation, Death of parent, Grief, and Incest