Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Written in My Own Heart's Blood by Diana Gabaldon

4 reviews

linnylionheart's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Alcoholism, Incest, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Gore, Suicide, Abandonment, Animal death, Death, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Infertility, Medical content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Animal cruelty, Chronic illness, Grief, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Excrement, Miscarriage, Violence, and War

Moderate: Rape, Sexual harassment, and Self harm

socialpsysteph's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

5.0

This is definitely my favorite series. I absolutely love every time I get to go back into this world and join the Fraser's and others along their adventures. This book was among my favorites in the series so far; it picked up at the beginning and just did not stop the whole way through! There were several scenes that brought me to tears, including the ending. I cannot wait to continue this series!

Some favorite quotes from this one include:

Young women don't see - they are, and the spring of life runs through them.

A marriage is made not in ritual or in words but in the living of it.

 Suggested ambiance: https://youtu.be/AZgiR2QFAdY

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

karingforbooks's review against another edition

challenging medium-paced

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

3.0

Competent writing, good researching but too bloody long! And I still hate her pacing in the last hundred pages. I did appreciate that I could hear Hamilton playing in my head but Claire is still supercilious and able to fix everything ven in the eighteenth century and I don’t get bri and roger’s timeline. We didn’t need William at all and the same stuff keeps happening to Claire and Jamie! They’re walking targets and at some point, that doesn’t happen as often as it does to them. It’s just overly done and I skimmed a solid half of this book because it was extraneous. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Fire/Fire injury, and Medical content

Moderate: Animal death and Blood

Minor: Rape and Murder

johannab's review

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infertility, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Vomit, and Violence