distel 's review for:

Written in My Own Heart's Blood by Diana Gabaldon

4.5

adventurous challenging emotional funny 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

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I loved the whole book, except for what Gabaldon did at the end.

I absolutely hate, that she included Claire's Rapist at the end. It felt forced and not like it was supposed to be in the story. To me it seems like the Author need to bring in some drama before Bree and her family could appear and thats the only reason why she brought Claire having been kidnapped in Book 6 up again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Cursing, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Pregnancy, Alcohol

Minor: Rape, Slavery, Colonisation