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Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon

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ereilly151's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Diverse cast of characters? No

4.75

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littlefoot10's review

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

2.0

I'm having a hard time being not critical of this book after finishing it at 3:30 this morning.

I loved books one and two. Even book three was decent. This one just pissed me off.

I felt like NOTHING happened....the ENTIRE NOVEL !!!

How can this be OVER 1000 pages....and I feel like nothing happened. It's freaking wild.

Honestly my favourite part of this book was when Bree and Roger were in Boston; which was maybe 2 chapters ?

Lizzie was such a prominent character towards Bree after her going through the stones and the second half of the book she is gone until the second last chapter. And the reason was she just went to Fergus' house to help out with his baby.

Fergus was barely around, other than his trial which was just an excuse to get Jamie into town for Bree to hopefully meet her father.

Claire and Jamie didn't even feel the same spark with their characters.

Rollo and Ian were probably the best part of this book and then his character gets shipped off and traded.

I just feel like if you're going to write a world of almost 30 books; they should at the very least have more than two plot points...and each book should actually be good? And enjoyable? I feel like I'm being so mean but I feel like I wasted my time.

SOOOO many chapters were just building and taking care of the land. That's great. But not why I started reading these books. It's not even in a setting that I want to honestly really be reading about.

All the conflicts within this book could have been solved with simple conversation. Or if you felt the need to write this book it could have been 200-300 pages max and we would have accomplished the same thing.

I think it also pisses me off that the 'go to plot pusher' is rape. I understood and felt the reasoning in the previous books made sense to where the characters were and their traits. This just felt forced and as a way to try and keep the book "interesting" because now there will be an ongoing mystery as well as bringing Bonnet into each of the main characters lives. It's unnecessary.

I will probably eventually read the next book; but honestly I would rather read every other book on my TBR plus all the other books I want to buy before I jump back into this world.

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maggie1875's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? No

5.0

This book was very jam packed with plot but also lots of characters and character growth you see Young Ian grow up as well as Brianna and Roger.

You get the pleasure of seeing Jamie be a father to Brianna and how that changes his personality to the reader. This with Claire and Brianna’s relationship playing a large role in the novel, makes you feel closer to Jamie and Claire than you did before.

This book induced lots of tears but also lots of perspective and growth. It was one of the best books in the later half of the series I believe.

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thebookenddiner's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional 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? Yes

4.0

Drums of Autumn 🍂

Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: 🎧
Audiobook Narration: ☆☆☆☆☆
Pub Date: 12.30.1996
Star Rating: ☆☆☆☆

"Forgiveness is not a single act, but a matter of constant practice."

Four books of Outlander down!

For those keeping track, I'm buddy-reading the Outlander series with my friend Sarah! Every other month, we attempt to tackle another book in the series on audiobook. It took me a while to get into Outlander (book one). I enjoyed Dragonfly in Amber (that ending!), and Voyager (book 3) was my favorite! But, book 4? Oh gosh, it was not fun at all.

I struggled to find a connection point within the story. So many different things were occurring, and characters added that I couldn't quite figure out what was happening for a good chunk of the book. My favorite storyline for Drums of Autumn was Bree and Roger - they added another dimension to the story, and I was excited to see more from them.

I hope The Fiery Cross will quickly get me back into the Outlander universe! We'll be starting that in October.

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