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Clanlands: Whisky, Warfare, and a Scottish Adventure Like No Other
by Graham McTavish, Sam Heughan
adventurous
funny
informative
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
I'm not exactly the target audience for this. I've seen one season of Outlander and have a broad interest in Scotland due to family heritage, but I'm not a super fan. And I don't really like whisky. So this was a bit of a rollercoaster ride for me. Overall interesting and entertaining, especially the history bits. But the buddy adventure tone got to be a bit much at times, especially when coupled with the casual sexism that went as far as wrapping up a narration about a horrendous (historical) rape and its horrifying, traumatizing affect, with a gleeful discussion about adding it to the already rape-filled script and a charming, twinkling comment about the old fox of a clan leader and "ravishings." Yuck. No.
Graphic: Alcohol
Moderate: Ableism, Death, Misogyny, Rape, Violence, Murder, War
Minor: Car accident