Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Voyager by Diana Gabaldon

24 reviews

lazulisky's review

adventurous funny inspiring slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs, Kidnapping, Death, Rape, Sexual content, Medical content, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Violence, Racism, Colonisation, Gun violence, Slavery, and Sexual harassment

theyannibannireads's review

adventurous challenging dark slow-paced

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

2.5

This book would of gotten a higher rating if it wasn't for all the slurs, I get it, it's based in the past but that doesn't mean I wanna read 9 different slurs withing 10 pages. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Rape, Xenophobia, Racism, and Racial slurs

louise2000's review

slow-paced

1.0

This book does not deserve my energy in writing a review but here are some thoughts I had while reading:

• The racist stereotypes
• The rape
• Even when they’re technically consenting, the age gaps in relationships. They are not okay
• The fatphobia 
• I don’t want to have to reread the book to find evidence but I feel like Jamie definitely lied to Claire about not having remarried or had children. And after Laogharie? he definitely should have brought up his son. 
• Gabaldon just needs an editor. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Colonisation, Racial slurs, Fatphobia, and Violence

dollfacegurlcoleah's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative 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? Yes

5.0

The Outlander series is simply AMAZING. I have read the entire series through multiple times. Reading the book description, it wouldn't normally be something I chose, but im so glad I did! Now I am a FOREVER FAN. If you love to read, you need to give the series a chance...you will fall in love with the Fraser Clan!!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Rape, and Violence

Moderate: Violence, War, Misogyny, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, and Alcohol

Minor: Slavery, Abortion, Death of parent, Cursing, and Medical content

beltorres91's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Colonisation, and Fatphobia

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

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

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

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

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