megansgc's review against another edition
4.0
I was thinking I was over the outlander series, feeling it was getting a bit same-y. Then I finally got back to it and clearly I had forgotten how well Gabaldon writes her characters and the suspenseful goings on that makes you desperate to find out what happens next!
kcoccia's review against another edition
4.0
I'm sensing a pattern with these books... I get bored somewhere around 200-300 pages and then somewhere around 600 pages it picks back up and drags me in so that I cant stop. This has happened for just about every book except for the first one which I was super in to for the entire thing. I still love them. I just wish it kept me entertained the entire time instead of forcing boredom on me.
lindaunconventionalbookworms's review against another edition
4.0
I am actually a little confused right now, having finished what I thought was the last book about Jamie and Claire, Brianna, Roger, Jem and Mandy... This book did not at all have any final rings to it! And I am wondering if the Lord John Grey books have more about my new friends...
I did like this book a lot, but it was compartimentalized a lot, since we learnt of William, John, Claire and Jamie, Jenny and the others in Scotland, Arch, Bree and Roger in 1980 etc
I think I would have liked it more if there was less about John and William, but more about Claire and Jamie, as well as Bree et al. I might change my mind later, and also maybe I'll change my review if that is the case.
So many lose ends here, that I do not at all feel satisfied, as I have been with the other books in this series. Really, where (or when?) did Roger and Buck end up? When will Brianna find out where Jem is? Will Mandy tell her through her bond with Jem? What will happen with Jamie, John and Claire? Will Rachel and Ian marry? How will Jenny fare in America? What will Jamie think of the fact that Claire had thought him dead, and swiftly married John? Will Roger be able to come back to Lallybroch again? See what I mean? Really, too many lose ends for such a LONG series to end like this!
OK, now I feel folish! I just realized that there are more books to come :D I will change this review soon!
I did like this book a lot, but it was compartimentalized a lot, since we learnt of William, John, Claire and Jamie, Jenny and the others in Scotland, Arch, Bree and Roger in 1980 etc
I think I would have liked it more if there was less about John and William, but more about Claire and Jamie, as well as Bree et al. I might change my mind later, and also maybe I'll change my review if that is the case.
So many lose ends here, that I do not at all feel satisfied, as I have been with the other books in this series. Really, where (or when?) did Roger and Buck end up? When will Brianna find out where Jem is? Will Mandy tell her through her bond with Jem? What will happen with Jamie, John and Claire? Will Rachel and Ian marry? How will Jenny fare in America? What will Jamie think of the fact that Claire had thought him dead, and swiftly married John? Will Roger be able to come back to Lallybroch again? See what I mean? Really, too many lose ends for such a LONG series to end like this!
OK, now I feel folish! I just realized that there are more books to come :D I will change this review soon!
marloureads's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
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
3.5
restlessranda's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
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
4.0
gettygirl's review against another edition
4.0
Some romance, some supernatural, some sci-fi, some historical fiction, with a nice crime novel twist at the end.
elizabethrhanlon's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
rebeccatc's review against another edition
4.0
In this installment of the Outlander series, Claire and Jamie Fraser encounter everything from adventure on the high seas, to a Revolutionary War battlefield, to a return to the Scottish Highlands. Enjoyable as always.