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biliboc_diana_simona's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Violence, Misogyny, Murder, Domestic abuse, Rape, War, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexism, and Blood
Moderate: Death, Child death, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Miscarriage, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Physical abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Infertility, Grief, and Child abuse
addisonpatrice's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Confinement, Child death, Rape, Gun violence, Grief, Death, Torture, Blood, Animal death, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Murder, Medical trauma, Infertility, and Alcohol
outofthepinksky's review against another edition
4.0
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
honestlyyours77's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
As always it’s a favorite and I love listening to Davina narrate.
I think at nearly 35 years old it should be reading modern classic status as boy does it stand the test of time!
Graphic: Colonisation, Confinement, Grief, Child death, Classism, Miscarriage, Murder, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Medical content, Racial slurs, Racism, Ableism, Bullying, Chronic illness, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War
deutschemausi's review against another edition
- 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
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 against another edition
4.0
Audiobook narration: 5/5
Graphic: Child death, Animal cruelty, Infertility, Animal death, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, Violence, Pedophilia, Rape, and Child abuse
taylor_perry's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
Graphic: Torture, Rape, and Sexual content
Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Medical content, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, and Sexual assault
Minor: Suicide, Vomit, Infertility, Pregnancy, and Infidelity
sup3r_xn0va_maya's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Gabaldon, Diana. Outlander: A Novel (Outlander, Book 1) (p. 212). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
📖Genres: romance, romantasy, adult, adventure, historical romance, historical, fantasy
📚Page Count: 850
🎧Audiobook Length: 32h 38min
👩🏾🏫My Rating: ⭐️⭐️ - 2/5
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TW -
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon is an 800+ page historical romance that has action, spice, time travel, and adventure. Claire is a nurse from 1945 and she's thrusted back in time a few hundred years, where she has to survive until she figures out how to get home. It's here that she meets Jamie, a Scott who wants to show her a love so true. At least she won't have to try and survive alone, with him by her side. I didn't love this story, I barely liked it. Between the weird and slow pacing and the threat of rape being constantly thrown around, by the time the book was over I was exhausted and annoyed from the read.
I didn't like the book's pacing. The book started off really slow, I'd say it took about 2 to 3 hours of listening to the audiobook for the story to actually start moving forward. Once the story started to move, things got interesting and I became invested. Then, I'd say 200 pages into the action, things slowed down to a crawl and I stopped caring about the story. After about 150 pages of the slow crawl, things picked up again. Do you see where I'm going with this? This strange pacing continued throughout the entire novel.
(Trigger Warning - rape, sexual assault)
The threat of rape was constant from the moment the main character went back in time. I understand that your female main character went back in time, that doesn't mean you have to have every other man she encounters try to physically & sexually attack her. I honestly should have counted the amount of times Claire was threated with physical or sexual harm by a man, there are a few times where she actually IS attacked. Claire apparently isn't the only one who's in danger of being sexually assaulted.
(Trigger Warning - rape, sexual assault, drugging)
Unfortunately, it gets worse. Now,
(Trigger Warning - physical abuse, domestic abuse)
The spice fluctuated. At first I was into it but then there was this strange scene where
This book also ends in the
⭐️⭐️ - 2/5
I listened to this for free on the library app, hoopladigital.com
Graphic: Cursing, Ableism, Body horror, Drug use, Murder, Gun violence, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Grief, Emotional abuse, Animal death, Death of parent, Blood, Infertility, Rape, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Gore, Violence, Vomit, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Torture, and War
bookish_bry's review against another edition
- 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
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
im_jennaaa's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Violence, Medical trauma, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Infertility, Grief, Alcohol, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Death of parent, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and War