Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon

30 reviews

soph22's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.25

Look, I should hate this book. I read the first three quarters finding it really long and in need of some editing, and then I read the last quarters - the first book did this to me too. The last quarter is five stars for me. I loved it!
I’m not gonna put this in spoilers because I think it might be useful for some who haven’t read the book yet, the rape depicted in this book are far too graphic me to feel comfortable. A lot of warning should be taken before reading this. I also think it strayed a little bit into victim shaming, and the ableism is a little bit uncomfortable for my liking. 
A good book, but you need to know what you’re getting into.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Ableism, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Alcohol, Classism, Confinement, Physical abuse, Cursing, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Infertility, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Medical content, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, and War

viryveritas's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.5

extremely slow paced! be prepared!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Miscarriage, Rape, and War

rosieholmes99's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Death, Medical content, Miscarriage, Sexual content, War, Gore, Grief, Blood, Child death, Murder, and Sexual assault

ecthompson's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, War, Blood, Rape, Violence, Sexual content, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Pregnancy and Vomit

rmb27's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Pregnancy, Murder, Infidelity, Grief, War, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexism, Pedophilia, Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Child abuse, Alcohol, Sexual violence, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Infertility, and Alcoholism

This story goes from being almost a history textbook to graphic sexual assault and back multiple times. It’s just not worth it.

sweetheart_ok's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

Gabaldon weaves an intriguing story that flows from present to past, connecting characters across space and time. Her characters are flawed and all the more lovable for it. The plot is exciting and offers plenty of nail-biting scenes, yet also captures the moral development (and dilemmas) of the characters. This book is delightfully tantalizing

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Sexual violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Sexual content

Moderate: Pregnancy and Alcoholism

irishbelle10's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Miscarriage, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Violence, Pregnancy, Rape, Blood, Death, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, War, and Murder

sytaylor's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Death, Grief, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Rape, Sexual content, and Sexual assault

anxiousplanter's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, War, and Torture

flyintothestorm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-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? No

4.5

Me ha gustado más que el primero: no es menos oscuro que "Forastera", pero igual sí menos crudo. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Violence, Vomit, War, Rape, Sexual assault, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury