Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon

11 reviews

meilanon's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

not as fun/surprising as the first but the plot points were very satisfying and made a lot of sense. kinda talky but i still had a blast

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, and Sexual content

Minor: Miscarriage

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

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

kellymoroney's review against another edition

adventurous emotional slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, War, Physical abuse, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Miscarriage, Child death, Torture, Death, Murder, Violence, and Sexual assault

brownieboo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Rape, War, and Violence

Moderate: Chronic illness, Genocide, Gore, Infertility, Murder, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Death of parent, and Torture

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Gun violence, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Abortion, Alcohol, Cursing, Drug use, and Grief

hannahbailey's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

3.5

I enjoyed this a lot more than the first one; perhaps I was coming in with lower expectations. Rich in its historical setting, we travel from Scotland to Paris and back again. Really enjoyed learning more about the politics of the time and the Jacobite rebellion. Hated seeing the English win ofc, we're always the villains 😫

This was a comfort read as the story and characters were familiar. However I was kept engaged by the high stakes not only of Paris aristocracy but civil war too! There is something quite mesmerising about Gabaldon's writing, despite the smut scenes.

TW: r*pe, SA, misogyny, murder, death, PTSD, miscarriage, violence, kidnapping, torture

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Misogyny, Grief, Medical trauma, Medical content, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Torture, Sexual violence, Sexism, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, War, Violence, Sexual assault, Rape, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Colonisation and Classism

infjill's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Torture, and War

linnylionheart's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Medical content, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Vomit, and Cursing

Moderate: Addiction, Infertility, and Xenophobia

Minor: Animal death, Dementia, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

sslovesbooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? N/A

5.0

This is a re-read for me, I wanted to take 2022 to delve back into some of my favourite series and I read book 1 when it was called Cross Stitch (now Outlander) and I love being back in Jamie and Claire’s world.

This book, the second in the series mainly follows their lives together in the past as the head to France to attempt to change the path of history. I think in this book Jamie’s character develops and for me he is one of the best male characters ever. His relationship with Claire grows and the love between them is strong.

There are some difficult themes throughout this series so if your ready to take on these big chunkers then just take care with some of the content.

It is without doubt one of my favourite series of all time, I love the characters, the setting, although through most of this book I wanted them to return to Scotland. I am probably just biased though being a Scot Inevitably, as history shows their return does not end well for Scotland and the Highland clans.

If you haven’t picked this series up and you love historical, time travelling romance then you can not go wrong with this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

suz_n_van's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship