Reviews tagging 'Incest'

A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon

23 reviews

kateivy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.5

I won't lie, after book 5, I was nervous about reading this book. But to my utter surprise and delight, it was nonstop action. I didn't want to stop reading.

As always, I love Claire. She is such a great character, and I love seeing how she attempts to apply her modern medical knowledge to the past. I also liked seeing how Brianna did the same with her engineering skills.

Roger, who I couldn't stand in Fiery Cross, had a great character arc in the book that I appreciated.

Also, that ending?! What?! I did NOT see that coming.

I do think this book could have been a smidgen shorter. I also think the author could take a bit more care when it comes to discussing race, which has been a consistent issue for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and Sexual harassment

johannab's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Murder

karingforbooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative slow-paced

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

2.5

My version is 1439 pages and I felt every one of them. This thing is slow and drawn out, overly dramatic and the ending was rushed. I like that we see what happened to Ian but the rest of the subplots seemed random and more like they were afterthoughts that part of the actual plot. Things happen way too easily to this family, abductions (excessive numbers of them) notwithstanding. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest, Miscarriage, Rape, and Sexual assault