Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon

4 reviews

linnylionheart's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Child death, Trafficking, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Incest, Ableism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Sexual content, War, Terminal illness, Gun violence, Infertility, Vomit, Alcoholism, Body horror, Chronic illness, Homophobia, Infidelity, Medical content, Pregnancy, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Violence, Xenophobia, Colonisation, Murder, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicide attempt, Animal death, and Confinement

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Genocide and Suicidal thoughts

sschmidt1300's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense slow-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Slavery, Vomit, Suicide attempt, War, Colonisation, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Misogyny, Murder, Alcohol, Classism, Incest, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Pregnancy, Racism, Self harm, Blood, Child death, Death, and Violence

aserra's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

For me, this is very solidly the best book in the series since the first (I think the first book is still unparalleled, but this is a fabulous read regardless). It's as though Gabaldon heard my reservations and critiques of the previous books and set out to resolve them all in this book (this, of course, didn't actually happen, as I'm reading the book years after its initial publication).

I cannot overstate how desperately I wish Outlander books 2-5 were written like this one. Gabaldon does a great job of navigating history with needle-eye accuracy while refraining from literary trauma porn. This allows the brilliant characters, brilliant writing, and brilliant storybuilding/telling to fully shine. I was even able to tolerate Roger Mac (by far my least favorite main character of the entire series thus far). Part twelve (the final part of the book) was a beautiful, thrilling conclusion that had me wildly vacillating between literal tears,  whoops of joy, and astonished gasps. Can't wait to get my hands on the seventh book. :)

EDIT: I did come back and knock .25 stars off my original score (4 stars to 3.75 stars) due to the

SA of Claire

.  I think this was the best Diana Gabaldon has handled

SA

since the first book, but it was still wanting. I adore this book, but the inclusion of yet another

SA

had me seriously considering abandoning the series altogether.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Child death, Sexual content, Excrement, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Gore, and Slavery

Minor: Gun violence, Incest, Infidelity, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual assault, Classism, Suicide attempt, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Physical abuse, War, Medical content, and Self harm

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