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4.2 AVERAGE
4.2 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
DNF at about 25%. I'm really disappointed in this book, especially after waiting so many years for it.
adventurous
emotional
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:
Complicated
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Jamie and Claire Fraser with an ever-expanding group of family and friends rebuild life on the Ridge while mainly dodging the war. To be continued.
There are so many characters and stories now that at times it was hard to follow. The beginning was a slower start but my goodness is she great at writing a cliffhanger!!!
As always I was swept away and I appreciate that fully as it was much needed.
As always I was swept away and I appreciate that fully as it was much needed.
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Lots happens in this book.
Yet also, nothing happens?
There is no feel of a story arc. No-one is redeemed, no-one fulfills a quest.
Events happen, and Diana obviously wants us to know about them, so reasons are created to send people all over the Eastern seaboard.
There are so many characters that some completely vanish - we don't hear about Lizzie and the rest of the Beardsley family for so long that when Lizzie is mentioned in the closing pages, I wondered who she was for a moment.
And despite the dramatics of her life as presented in the story, Dottie also almost completely vanishes, having only one scene, and that confusing.
I will read this again, as I know I will have missed things. I want to know what happens next to the Greys, as they actually have what feels like the most interesting story line at the end.
Lots of little errors and issues that could have done with editing and simplifying, but for heavens sake, NOTHING is closed off in this book.
We are still waiting on the resolution of things from several books ago, but with even more convoluted issues added.
I know that in real life, we don't get tidy quest narratives and resolutions, but this is a novel. We're all waiting to see how the series ends. If it ends on a cliff hanger with the next book, I think many people will be very angry at the time they have given it.
2022 Re-Read: Listened to this in audiobook and a lot of it seemed to make more sense and be less annoying.
But I'm still fucked off that Jamie Fraser did not die like he was forecast to, and like the book spent its near entirety building up to.
Yet also, nothing happens?
There is no feel of a story arc. No-one is redeemed, no-one fulfills a quest.
Events happen, and Diana obviously wants us to know about them, so reasons are created to send people all over the Eastern seaboard.
There are so many characters that some completely vanish - we don't hear about Lizzie and the rest of the Beardsley family for so long that when Lizzie is mentioned in the closing pages, I wondered who she was for a moment.
And despite the dramatics of her life as presented in the story, Dottie also almost completely vanishes, having only one scene, and that confusing.
I will read this again, as I know I will have missed things. I want to know what happens next to the Greys, as they actually have what feels like the most interesting story line at the end.
Lots of little errors and issues that could have done with editing and simplifying, but for heavens sake, NOTHING is closed off in this book.
We are still waiting on the resolution of things from several books ago, but with even more convoluted issues added.
I know that in real life, we don't get tidy quest narratives and resolutions, but this is a novel. We're all waiting to see how the series ends. If it ends on a cliff hanger with the next book, I think many people will be very angry at the time they have given it.
2022 Re-Read: Listened to this in audiobook and a lot of it seemed to make more sense and be less annoying.
But I'm still fucked off that Jamie Fraser did not die like he was forecast to, and like the book spent its near entirety building up to.