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Go Tell The Bees That I Am Gone by Diana Gabaldon

19 reviews

seasonofreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I couldn’t put it down. I am an Outlander fan through and through and feel so strange about getting to the end of the available books in the series. Book 10 is apparently coming, but not soon enough for me! I loved the intricate journeys and stories that this book took on. At some points the plots stretched from New York to Georgia and every place in between. As a history lover, I was enchanted by the level of detail and specificity. I learned things I never knew about the Revolutionary War. I also fell deeper in love with all of the characters of the book. This one is a nail biter for the last 150 pages especially!! What a great job Diana Gabaldon did weaving together the huge cast of characters in a way that made me equally invested in all of their stories. Makes me want to pick up the book and start all over again!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Vomit, Medical content, and War

bell4trixx's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Slavery, Vomit, and Pregnancy

ecarson's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Violence, Vomit, Pregnancy, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape and Sexual violence

Minor: Slavery

buttermellow's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and War

Moderate: Homophobia, Infidelity, Slavery, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Outing

Minor: Antisemitism

savshanae's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring slow-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

4.75

She’s done it again, ladies & gents 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 
I love every character, I loved every moment, and of course, she left us on a cliffhanger. 
I’m not sure how I’ll tide myself over until the next and “final” book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Animal death, Chronic illness, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Vomit, Grief, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, Classism, and Deportation

Minor: Ableism, Child abuse, Suicide, Terminal illness, Antisemitism, and Sexual harassment

joa_price's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

azebrareads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

leirben's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense slow-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Slavery, Violence, Grief, and Colonisation

cglharmony's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual violence and Sexual harassment

pagesfromhome's review against another edition

adventurous reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

I think Diana Gabaldon has an incredible way of bringing you back into a story, even if it's been a while since you've immersed yourself in it. I loved the effort spent on Lord John and William and the travels of Ian and his family. There was a lot more time spent with characters that I wasn't expecting to spend with, and I enjoyed that, which led to my 4-star rating.

As with all Outlander books, it's exceptionally long, has tons of historical moments that can be hard to keep track of, and is almost entirely character-focused (even when it's dealing with the plot, it feels like the story is only being moved by the characters rather than the other way around). But if you've been around for the last 8, there's no reason not to dig through this one as well.

I did hit a wall with reading it about halfway through because it was just moving so slowly, but the second half really picks up the pace and the action and, of course, in true Gabaldon fashion, teases the scene you've been waiting for for the whole book.

Content warnings abound! To the point that it's actually very hard to keep track of them all so just proceed with caution.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, and War

Minor: Rape