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travelling_cirque OP t1_jdril6r wrote

Reply to comment by Superb_Tiger_8376 in (TW: DV) What is with all the super popular contemporary novels featuring violence against women? by travelling_cirque

“The show is tamer… every main character gets raped”

That’s an accurate assessment for the book given I believe multiple main characters get raped multiple times in the book, right?

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tecphile t1_jdrji5d wrote

Yes, I believe Claire has three instances in the first book some.

I will say this; I think Gabaldon is a talented writer and she creates great characters. But she uses her parlour trick too many times.

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Superb_Tiger_8376 t1_jdrnwku wrote

>Superb_Tiger_8376

Oh, she is very talented, and she does a lot of research. I respect that, but I think the book series should have been finished with book 6. I think she is just dragging it out unnecessarily.

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Superb_Tiger_8376 t1_jdrnsbe wrote

It is tamer in the sense that there are less scenes in the show with rape and often the scenes are better portrayed on screen than in the books.

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