A review by chirson
Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon
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.