Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon

23 reviews

evtoh's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This one dragged at parts, and some sequences (graphic violence and sexual assault) were very painful to read. But, when outlander is good, it's GOOD. The characters are the core of the story and it's so interesting to see how their relationships grow and change. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual violence, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Incest

Minor: Pedophilia

sytaylor's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative mysterious tense slow-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Sexual assault, Sexism, Grief, Kidnapping, Child death, Death, Murder, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, and Medical trauma

Minor: Incest

ja_mehess's review

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault

bell4trixx's review

adventurous dark emotional informative slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Pregnancy, Infertility, Medical content, Rape, Miscarriage, Murder, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Sexual violence, Abortion, Alcohol, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Violence, and War

lochnessvhs's review against another edition

4.5

This might be my favorite in the series thus far (save the first)! Absolutely packed to the gills with domesticity, emotion, and medical content (which are the things I love about these books) and very light on the politics and battles, despite it happening during the American Civial War.

I was honestly shocked at the turn of events near the end. I likely should have expected it, but I was so cozy on Fraser's Ridge with everyone it hadn't crossed my mind.

The only thing that holds this back from a perfect score is the unfortunate amount of r*pe and SA that occur. Sadly not new themes in Outlander books, but truly the instances here added nothing to the story, and made no significant changes to character or plot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Rape

libby_herz's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Hate crime, Death, Incest, Pregnancy, and Physical abuse

linnylionheart's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Child death, Trafficking, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Incest, Ableism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Sexual content, War, Terminal illness, Gun violence, Infertility, Vomit, Alcoholism, Body horror, Chronic illness, Homophobia, Infidelity, Medical content, Pregnancy, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Violence, Xenophobia, Colonisation, Murder, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicide attempt, Animal death, and Confinement

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Genocide and Suicidal thoughts

keiram3003's review

adventurous dark emotional funny tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Rape, and Sexual assault

clairereadstoomuch's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-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? No

4.25

By now this has become such a comfort series for me that every time I pick one of these thick boys it's like receiving a warm hug. Which feels paradoxical to say, I know,  because the characters in this book are never comfortable. Not for long at least. 
This six book is set in 1772 and covers 4 years of adventures, or misadventures should I say, of our beloved Fraser-McKenzie family.
It is a LOT of time to cover and consequently, a LOT of stuff happens. A lot of it was interesting to read because it deals with the igniting of the American Revolution and the relationship between the English and the Indian tribes. Suffice it to say there's a lot of political and military talk which I don't usually mind but considering this was 1400-ish pages, there were times when it got a bit tedious.
As always, I really enjoy the focus on Claire's activity and practice and her explanations of plants and their different uses. This time we also have Brianna's engineering creation too which I didn't get in earnest but was fun to read anyway. 
Reading these books really puts the romantic out of time travel because reading about what poor Claire goes through just because she knows things. A woman? Knowing things? Not submissive to her husband? She must be a witch. 
It's heartbreaking to read and it made me dream less about being in a similar situation myself. Time traveling I mean.

The thing I like the most about Gabaldon's writing is that it's such an immersive experience that I feel like I'm getting a truthful and genuine insight into life in the 18th century. With all its gruesome reality and tough everyday activity and bigot mentality where reputation is everything and religion is the main explanation for everything.

Since, as I mentioned before, this book covers a long period of time, and they go through such hardships, at times it felt like too much. So many bad things happened to these people in such a short amount of time it feels unnecessary pain, you know what I mean? 

In the previous two books, I felt like Gabaldon had lost her way in the plot a bit. I didn't see a reason for some plotlines and certainly for the page number. This one felt a lot more balanced in my opinion.
It's true that you could stop reading after "Voyager" and you would be fine but the truth is that I've grown so attached to these characters that I like the fact that my time with them is prolonged. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Rape, Racism, Sexual violence, Violence, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Murder, Trafficking, and Medical content

Moderate: Racial slurs, Animal death, War, Panic attacks/disorders, Excrement, Vomit, Torture, Grief, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Hate crime, Infertility, Fire/Fire injury, and Blood

anelson6225's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny reflective relaxing 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Rape, Sexual assault, and Slavery

Moderate: Death, Gore, Blood, Child death, Kidnapping, and Murder