Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

42 reviews

outofthepinksky's review

adventurous challenging emotional tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Murder, Misogyny, Sexual content, Torture, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Sexual assault, Colonisation, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Vomit, Animal death, Death, Ableism, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Child abuse, Classism, Cursing, Grief, Confinement, Infertility, and Homophobia

Minor: Child death, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, Gun violence, Death of parent, Fatphobia, and Hate crime

deutschemausi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

Spoilers for sure!

This book is excellently written but damn it’s so long 😂

I was a tad bit bored at first but I’d say about a quarter of the way through I was all ears. It does get a bit repetitive every once in awhile but that reqlly isn’t a biggie. 

My biggest issue was the god damn treatment of women.  I know that’s how it was back Then but it’s still incredibly difficult to read. 

I really liked Jaime at first I was so hoping he would be that one guy that was a decent human being and I know it’s an unpopular opinion but he’s a piece of shit. Sorry he really is,

there’s things he does that he says he’s obligated to do or wants to have sex with her where he does not care about her decision, regardless if she ends up enjoying herself or forgiving him does not MAKE THIS OK. gah.  

Also beating Claire so bad that she herself says within an inch of her life just because she disobeys him (which almost led to her own brutal rape yet again so I’m sure she learned her lesson either way)?! And then forgives him the next day??? What is that?! No matter what time point this is, Claire herself is from a future where this isn’t ok and although in her time point violence against women is still a little more prominent then it is today she still knows it’s not acceptable behavior. So why is she forgiving him the day after? 

I do not believe all the defenses of oh it was “spanking”. Spanking and beating someone so bad they can’t do anything more then lay down for several days are two very different things. 

It says and I quote “Gentle he would be, denied he would not.” 

That’s rape. And it maybe wouldn’t bother me as much if 

a. This kinda shit didn’t happen all the damn time in the past and still happens today  

b. This book and show is so god damned popular and Jaime is seen as an amazing partner and husband and person! 

He’s not and he’s scum and I hate that he’s defended. I will not do it. 

And the absolute normalization of molestation and rape is appalling for both men and women.

Given that this book is a representation of the past I can live with that. I think my biggest issue here is that people in today’s world defend him. That’s where my true issue lies.

And I’m sorry he was raped too but just because a rapist is raped doesn’t forgive the rapes they’ve done themselves.

I just don’t get. 

Now saying all that and obviously I didn’t enjoy those parts of the book but it is amazingly written which is why I gave it a higher rating. This writing is impeccable and I don’t think I’ve ever read a book that I can dislike and enjoy at the same time. Gabaldon is a true storyteller and an amazing writer. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Death, Cursing, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Torture, Violence, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Physical abuse, and War

my_name_is_jess's review

adventurous dark emotional sad

4.0

This book was a lot. Sometimes I had to put it down and walk away for a few hours. The story and the characters will be something I'll think about for a long time probably. 

Audiobook narration: 5/5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Animal cruelty, Infertility, Animal death, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, Violence, Pedophilia, Rape, and Child abuse

bookish_bry's review

adventurous challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

I liked this book at the start and was ready for some intrigue and internal conflict as our main character dealt with being a complete fish out of water, but we honestly didn't see much of that and what we did fell flat. To be fair to it, I think it may have been advertised to me as something it wasn't meant to be. There were some parts I liked, but the length and the parts that I didn't like made it a hard read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Violence, Physical abuse, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Sexual content, Rape, Vomit, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Murder, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual violence

The love interest does at one point physically beat the main character mostly off screen. This is forgiven and rationalized away.

hannahrose_fgc's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Sexual assault, Murder, and Torture

Moderate: Mental illness, Physical abuse, Abortion, Infidelity, Child death, Infertility, Cancer, Car accident, Rape, Homophobia, Classism, Pregnancy, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Alcohol, Suicide, Child abuse, Colonisation, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Gore, and Kidnapping

samiredden's review

emotional hopeful tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Mental illness, Pregnancy, and War

Minor: Child abuse

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

chloescozycorner's review against another edition

3.0

1. The narrator of this MAKES the story worth it. She’s incredibly talented
2. This book is VERY graphic at times and very traumatizing as well so be warned. I was audibly gasping and very uncomfortable many times.
3. There is toooooo much pretty imagery and description which is why this is 32ish hours long. Definitely could have been shorter. There’s also new plot line after new plot line introduced which I feel that it crammed a lot into one book.
4.  The ending just is kinda like “yay we love each other”. I was looking at the minutes left like this is it?? Such a mild ending to a GIANT book. 
Overall it’s not bad. It’s not amazing in my opinion, but I did enjoy Claire, Jaime, and many of the other side characters. I also really enjoyed the setting and historical pieces. But the graphic parts, some of the crazy plot lines, and the ending brought it down for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Animal death, Cursing, Sexual assault, Violence, Physical abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, and Infertility

Moderate: Child abuse

kmac14's review

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