Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone by Diana Gabaldon

8 reviews

ecarson's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Gore, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Violence, Death, and Vomit

Moderate: Sexual violence and Rape

Minor: Slavery

forte_forte'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

3.5

Not at all about bees....definitely should read the first 9 books in the series. A little too long for my liking but great world and character building

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Content Warnings

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, War, Domestic abuse, and Rape

azebrareads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Xenophobia, Violence, Trafficking, Torture, Sexism, Racism, Blood, Alcohol, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Homophobia, Grief, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Death, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Racial slurs, Rape, Murder, Medical content, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, and Excrement

leirben's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Colonisation, Death, Rape, Slavery, and Violence

pagesfromhome's review against another edition

adventurous reflective sad tense slow-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? Yes

4.0

I think Diana Gabaldon has an incredible way of bringing you back into a story, even if it's been a while since you've immersed yourself in it. I loved the effort spent on Lord John and William and the travels of Ian and his family. There was a lot more time spent with characters that I wasn't expecting to spend with, and I enjoyed that, which led to my 4-star rating.

As with all Outlander books, it's exceptionally long, has tons of historical moments that can be hard to keep track of, and is almost entirely character-focused (even when it's dealing with the plot, it feels like the story is only being moved by the characters rather than the other way around). But if you've been around for the last 8, there's no reason not to dig through this one as well.

I did hit a wall with reading it about halfway through because it was just moving so slowly, but the second half really picks up the pace and the action and, of course, in true Gabaldon fashion, teases the scene you've been waiting for for the whole book.

Content warnings abound! To the point that it's actually very hard to keep track of them all so just proceed with caution.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Blood, Violence, and Death

Minor: Rape

tiinamaa's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful informative slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual assault, Violence, Rape, and Gun violence

eleek0609's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Murder, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Rape, Domestic abuse, Death, and Colonisation

ridesthesun's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.75

**it's been 84 years**

I've missed these goobers so so much. I love these characters, and seeing them again brought me so much joy. This one ranks high in my "outlander scale;" a good story, beautiful family moments, beautiful healing from past hurts, all the angst and humor and drama and domesticity that comes with these stories. I'm so happy, and now I can't wait to reread some of my favorite passages from past books again ❤❤❤❤

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Child death, Colonisation, Death, Excrement, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Racism, Violence, and War

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Colonisation, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Gun violence, Grief, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Miscarriage, Murder, Outing, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, and War