Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon

21 reviews

tiana_king's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

4.5

More character than plot

While this book spanned 3ish years not much happens plot wise. That is to be expected because there were basically years of resentment with little skirmishes leading up to full rebellion. On the character front there is no shortage of mishaps that happens to each and every person on Fraser’s ridge. Murder, rape, kidnapping, etc etc. The next book is bound to have more action since we end this book at the end of 1776.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Death, Medical content, Medical trauma, Blood, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Incest, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Kidnapping, Colonisation, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Racial slurs, Racism, and Religious bigotry

sundayray's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Slavery, Animal death, Incest, Trafficking, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Abortion, Blood, Colonisation, Death, Fire/Fire injury, War, Rape, Racism, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Murder, Infidelity, Grief, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

jmartin's review against another edition

adventurous tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Incest, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, Racism, War, Vomit, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Trafficking, Child death, Cultural appropriation, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Death, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Violence

coulthardy's review

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Kidnapping, and Violence

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Injury/Injury detail

pollyflorence's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Kidnapping, Rape, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Grief, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Blood, Death, Child death, Incest, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

cassidys_bookshelf's review

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Sexual assault, Death, and Kidnapping

mimccub's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping, Murder, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Incest, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and War

beckcatbooks's review

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

4.5

I think this is my favorite book in the series so far. Engaging and gut-wrenching. The plot was so much better than whatever the hell DG tried to do with TFC, and it was more focused on Jamie and Claire and their family. Some of my favorite JC moments came out of this book, as well as some really tender family moments, which is all I really want for these babies 🥺

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Incest, and Kidnapping

friends2lovers's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Child death, Death, Medical content, Sexual violence, Animal death, Blood, Murder, Rape, and Violence

Moderate: Physical abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Slavery

Minor: War

kateivy's review

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