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Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone by Diana Gabaldon

bcgg's review against another edition

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4.0

Always a good yarn with lots of interesting historical details. Thank you Ms. Gabaldon.

carleesi's review against another edition

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2.0

As usual, so much stereotyping, racism, sexism, whorephobia, ableism, fatphobia… you name it Diana loves writing about it.

kcoccia's review against another edition

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3.0

I've done it!

And now so everyone knows... I'm a bit disappointed in the book. I felt like very little was happening for the entire 900 pages. There were a few things here and there that upped the pace of things a tad but it was really just a day in the life book. If this had been the 2nd or 3rd book rather than the 9th... I would never had continued the series. The only reason I was able to finish this is because I love the characters. I'm very invested in their lives at this point and I'm kind of okay with the mundane. But I also think when you write a book there needs to be a clear plot with exciting events and I think that may have been forgotten.

Sad to give 3 stars but it needed to be done.

ali_runs_and_reads's review against another edition

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5.0

📚 Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone by Diana Gabaldon  
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I bought a hard copy of this book the day it came out in 2021. It’s a 900 page tome with small print. I much prefer reading on my Kindle so I have put off reading it. I wish I hadn’t! I decided it was time to tackle this one to fulfill the Popsugar Reading Challenge prompt: The longest book on your TBR. This is book nine of the Outlander series. These are my favorite books of all time and from the first page Bees felt like coming home to old friends. Like all of the Outlander books this one is long winded and overly descriptive. It doesn’t matter. They’re still the best stories ever written. Thankfully the cliffhanger at the end of Bees isn’t as bad as some of her past books. If the past is anything to go by it will be at least five years until we get the next one. Diana Gabaldon says book ten will be the last. If the length has been putting you off of reading this one, just pick it up and get started. You’ll be glad you did. 

mariahhanley's review against another edition

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3.0

Barely anything happens. It ends on a cliffhanger. As per usual, a lot of set up for the next book. There isn’t a lot of character development. It’s just….meditations on daily life in the late 1700s, which is interesting but for 900 pages I need a more developed plot rather than a whole bunch of barely related storylines- some of which I don’t know at all why they even exist. I have been reading pretty much only this series since August, books 2-9 and I am so very relieved that I’m done.

This book could have been a peaceful end- cover a longer period of time with less unnecessary fluff, end with peace in the colonies and peace on Fraser’s Ridge after the war. No need to drag it out until the character’s dying days. Jamie and Claire are old. We all know they’re old. They’re going to die. Why do we need a tenth book to get to that point?

It seems like she’s setting it up for another spin off series about William.

sasha_rvb's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-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

4.5

restlessranda's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? No

5.0

daniellesbooks1's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional informative slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

bryna's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny sad tense slow-paced

4.0

annathompson1010's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional informative slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0