littlefoot10's review against another edition
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.
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.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape
novelesque_life's review against another edition
5.0
4 STARS
"It began in Scotland, at an ancient stone circle. There, a doorway, open to a select few, leads into the past--or the grave. Claire Randall survived the extraordinary passage, not once buy twice. Her first trip swept her into the arms of Jamie Fraser, an eighteenth-century Scot whose love for her became legend--a tale of tragic passion that ended with her return to the present to bear his child. Her second journey, two decades later, brought them together again in frontier America. But Claire had left someone behind in the twentieth century. Their daughter Brianna...
Now, Brianna has made a disturbing discovery that sends her to the stone circle and a terrifying leap into the unknown. In search of her mother and the father she has never met, she is risking her own future to try to change history...and to save their lives. But as Brianna plunges into an uncharted wilderness, a heartbreaking encounter may strand her forever in the past...or root her in the place she should be, where her heart and soul belong..." (From Amazon)
Don't get me wrong I loved this novel but I found it a little slow at times - too much detail/descriptions. I also found Brianna really annoying this book and could not figure out if I liked her or not. I am so glad we get more Roger as he is one of my favourite characters.
"It began in Scotland, at an ancient stone circle. There, a doorway, open to a select few, leads into the past--or the grave. Claire Randall survived the extraordinary passage, not once buy twice. Her first trip swept her into the arms of Jamie Fraser, an eighteenth-century Scot whose love for her became legend--a tale of tragic passion that ended with her return to the present to bear his child. Her second journey, two decades later, brought them together again in frontier America. But Claire had left someone behind in the twentieth century. Their daughter Brianna...
Now, Brianna has made a disturbing discovery that sends her to the stone circle and a terrifying leap into the unknown. In search of her mother and the father she has never met, she is risking her own future to try to change history...and to save their lives. But as Brianna plunges into an uncharted wilderness, a heartbreaking encounter may strand her forever in the past...or root her in the place she should be, where her heart and soul belong..." (From Amazon)
Don't get me wrong I loved this novel but I found it a little slow at times - too much detail/descriptions. I also found Brianna really annoying this book and could not figure out if I liked her or not. I am so glad we get more Roger as he is one of my favourite characters.
kenshinj12's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
acompton's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
rebeccakriz's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
informative
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? It's complicated
5.0
chirson's review against another edition
2.0
Intermittently immensely satisfying, engrossing and even creepily scary and terribly annoying, twee and offensive. Brianna and Roger are infuriating and bland at the same time - a real treat! - and the issues with race and colonialism and othering are too many to list. The plot twists based on lack of information - need to be gone last year. Everything about Claire's attitude to Lord John sets my teeth on edge. Also, I think Gabaldon occasionally forgets characters who are not the two main couples exist.
But the bear killing! And Jaime and Claire building theirMcMansion Dreamhouse Hill House of Horror real estate! And maggots, and scarcity. I really enjoyed that.
Now let's see if I read the next volume soon or traditionally, wait for the next season of Outlander to remind me I meant to get round to it.
But the bear killing! And Jaime and Claire building their
Now let's see if I read the next volume soon or traditionally, wait for the next season of Outlander to remind me I meant to get round to it.
sarahsays's review against another edition
4.0
I really can't give this book fewer than 4 stars because, as with any other Outlander book, I really couldn't put it down. It was beautiful in parts, descriptive, immersive. And i'll be picking up the next book right away.
That said, it did have its flaws. Some of the characters, especially Jamie IMO, seemed a bit more two dimensional than before. His reactions, and Bree's too when she's with him, didn't feel realistic.
That said, it did have its flaws. Some of the characters, especially Jamie IMO, seemed a bit more two dimensional than before. His reactions, and Bree's too when she's with him, didn't feel realistic.
mckdawg3030's review against another edition
5.0
As always, Diana Gabaldon writes an eloquent, detailed story involving the lives of Claire and James Frazier. This time, there were a few more characters and a huge misunderstanding that paved the way for the next books to come. Some reviews are low because of this misunderstanding which I honestly think i extremely unfair. This book laid the groundwork for their life and the involved characters lives in the following book(s). While this book was slightly less exciting, I thoroughly enjoyed the story line and the slight break from the chaos of the lives of the Frazier’s.
sara_evaney's review against another edition
5.0
It started off a little slow, but once the thing happened everybody knew was gonna happen (or I at least hoped very much it would), it really started to pick off. And there’s so much drama happening! Also I was very glad we didn’t have another slave scene on Jamaica, because that stuff was way too weird!
danskireads's review against another edition
4.0
I’m slowly creaking my way through this this series. It’s a favourite of many people I dearly love and this summer I’ll be driving my aunt around Scotland… and her list of places she wants to see is HEAVILY Outlander based, so I’m speeding up my consumption of the series.
This book was much better than the last, which I didn’t like much at all. As usual, there’s a lot of all-too-neat coincidence and a completely meandering and aimless plot, but I did enjoy a second generation of the family travelling through the stones to have their own adventures.
It was nice to enjoy reading Gabaldon again, after the one.
This book was much better than the last, which I didn’t like much at all. As usual, there’s a lot of all-too-neat coincidence and a completely meandering and aimless plot, but I did enjoy a second generation of the family travelling through the stones to have their own adventures.
It was nice to enjoy reading Gabaldon again, after the one.