Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Voyager by Diana Gabaldon

50 reviews

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

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

kellymoroney's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Mental illness, Slavery, Colonisation, Blood, Death, Racism, Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Suicide

Minor: Ableism and Body shaming

carleesi's review against another edition

2.5

Bloody hell

i forgot that Jamie rapes a teenager in this book. And it’s written like he did her a favour and couldn’t help himself??? Awful.

The fatphobia 😩 (p. 253, 262, 268, 670)

The fatphobia on page 670 in particular has stayed with me since I first read this as a teenager. The concept that the best advice a mother could ever give her daughter is “don’t get fat” is so completely horrendous. Bad mothering. Bad writing.

Rape myth/ victim blaming p. 256

Terrible racism on p. 268 that’s written as if Claire is meant to look better in comparison, even though she doesn’t actually call it out???

Chapter 20 reeks of a white person writing a black character and has even more fatphobia!

I just got up to Mr Willoughby and now remember why last time I read this series I swore I’d never read them again. This is so overtly racist it is incredibly difficult to read. The character is a stereotyped caricature who is treated like a pet by Jamie.

Chapter 35 is something else. Is Claire suddenly 13? Why the fuck would she run back to the stones, after acknowledging that another trip through would kill her, without having a proper conversation with Jamie? I mean one where they don’t just aggressively fuck.

WHY is a 30 year old man marrying a 15 year old and everyone is chill about it? Oh wait sorry no, they have problem with his birth and career, but the age diff is fiiiiine. “It was a different time” - okay but this was written in the 1990s sooooo

Chapter 53 is awful and rough and so unnecessary. Huge TW for enslavement, racism, sexual assault, violence, death.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Racism, Slavery, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Fatphobia

kathastrophies's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Slavery

Minor: Fatphobia

kimveach's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.25

As always, excellent storytelling. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Gore, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Torture, Vomit, Xenophobia, Cursing, Death, Dementia, Grief, Gun violence, Trafficking, Violence, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Colonisation, Dysphoria, Animal death, Confinement, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Antisemitism, Blood, Classism, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Infertility, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Religious bigotry, and Sexism

imrereads's review against another edition

I don't even know where to begin with this. The racism is through the roof, and I kept thinking it was going to get better, that our modern woman would do or say something, but it just kept getting worse. The one Asian character is so dehumanised, stripped of his name and is essentially an ugly stereotype. Also, why does nobody care that 30 year old Fergus marries a 15 year old? No thank you. None of the good part of the narrative is even close to enough to make me overlook all of this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Adult/minor relationship, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, War, and Rape

ashybear02's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Violence, Sexual assault, Death, Blood, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Racial slurs, Murder, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Medical content, Grief, Infidelity, Excrement, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, Car accident, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Slavery, Sexism, Racism, Misogyny, and Gun violence

laurajeangrace's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Racism, Confinement, Rape, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Trafficking

Minor: Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Gun violence, Alcohol, Murder, and Colonisation