Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Het Vlammende kruis by Diana Gabaldon

6 reviews

mhcraft's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense slow-paced

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

4.0

This book didn’t have the same kind of cohesive main plot thread in the way previous books did, but almost felt like a collection of anecdotes and stories from their life in the colonies. While the structure was a little different, I found it still very enjoyable. My favorite moments in these books are the little hilarious moments and the silly, non life threatening problems they navigate, and the insightful and philosophical conversations they have, especially Claire & Jamie. I think it felt like a relief after the very tumultuous drama of books 3 & 4. I want to say this book is more “peaceful” but at the same time what I would call one of the top 5 most horrible things that’s happened to a character in this series happened in this book, so do with that what you will lol. Somehow Claire and Jamie’s relationship continues to be the most interesting relationship in every book and I never get tired of their poignant yet hilarious conversations.

Iconic moments include Jamie scheming to get the babies baptized when the priest gets arrested and Jamie asking Claire to give his sperm “a decent burial” after showing them to him under her microscope lmao

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

sschmidt1300's review against another edition

adventurous slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

infjill's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Racism, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

brownieboo's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Sexism, Terminal illness, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Alcohol, and Colonisation

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Drug abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

tiana_king's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative slow-paced

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

4.5

Buckle in for DETAILS

I have a sneaking suspicion that the author ran into writer’s block several times and to remedy it she just figured she’d write this out day by day. It’s not until 8 hours and 45min (audiobook) into the book you finally see the wedding, to give you an idea. Personally I didn’t mind the day by day as much as some people but once things would get interesting I would be like “why isn’t more of the book like this?”. The end really picks up. Still a good book though and necessary to finish the series of course.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Gore, Racism, Slavery, Religious bigotry, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, and Classism

sundayray's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful informative slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Death, Trafficking, and War