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4.2 AVERAGE
4.2 AVERAGE
adventurous
Great storytelling! Love this narrator!
Good. I always enjoy the series. It just seems strange to me that there's no real plot in this mammoth of a book. It's a string of small events, obviously all setting up for the next book, with no central theme of its own. I wonder how long we'll have to wait for the next book to see where all this is going? Seven years of waiting for this one only to find it's all a set up for more waiting! Still, it was a thorough pleasure to catch up with everyone on the Ridge.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
lighthearted
mysterious
relaxing
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:
No
I love this series. This book could be a stand alone, but you'll want to keep reading.
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
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Everything at the end felt rushed :(
adventurous
emotional
sad
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
318 pages. I’m done. I think I’m done with this world and this series. I can’t push myself through this.
Authors must earn our trust and the KEEP it. I’m not kept. I skipped the entire first half of Firey Cross because reviewers I trusted said it wasn’t worth it. I’m not doing this again.
What is even going on?
I want to understand the magic! I want to know why some can travel and others can’t!
I’m so bored with the William and John chapters. I’m sorry…. Snore. All the pining for Jamie… from EVERYONE. He’s not like other boys… I guess?
Okay. I gave it a good shot. I can’t keep swimming through this.
Authors must earn our trust and the KEEP it. I’m not kept. I skipped the entire first half of Firey Cross because reviewers I trusted said it wasn’t worth it. I’m not doing this again.
What is even going on?
I want to understand the magic! I want to know why some can travel and others can’t!
I’m so bored with the William and John chapters. I’m sorry…. Snore. All the pining for Jamie… from EVERYONE. He’s not like other boys… I guess?
Okay. I gave it a good shot. I can’t keep swimming through this.
adventurous
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Almost a thousand pages long, and the first third can skipped over without missing anything. The only thing that happened was Even if an editor had done the job of tightening this book up, it still would have taken me a long time to read. Something about Gabaldon's writing style makes it impossible for me to read at my normal pace, but I don't know what it is.
I love Outlander. I do. The first two novels of the series are ranked fairly high among my favorite novels. But, and what I'm about to say is blasphemous, the most boring parts of Book 9 were with Jamie and Claire at Fraser's Ridge. Sure, the last 50 pages were exciting and nerve-wracking as the Revolution finally comes to Fraser's Ridge, but the rest? Meh.
Roger, Bree, William, Lord John, and Young Ian take up the majority of the novel, and honestly that's all that it needed to be. Might have saved us all half the pages and several years of waiting for this.
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a VERY minor character was killed by a bear.I love Outlander. I do. The first two novels of the series are ranked fairly high among my favorite novels. But, and what I'm about to say is blasphemous, the most boring parts of Book 9 were with Jamie and Claire at Fraser's Ridge. Sure, the last 50 pages were exciting and nerve-wracking as the Revolution finally comes to Fraser's Ridge, but the rest? Meh.
Roger, Bree, William, Lord John, and Young Ian take up the majority of the novel, and honestly that's all that it needed to be. Might have saved us all half the pages and several years of waiting for this.
I've been extremely nice by giving this book a 1* rating and if I could of rated it lower I would of.This book felt like a chore to read and at one point I was struggling to keep my eyes open it was that bad and it took me nearly 6 weeks to finish it.Claire and Jamie feel more like background characters in this book than the main characters.If I didn't read the previous books I'd of probably gave up about 10% into the book.For a book at nearly 900 pages long and 7 years in the making you'd expect a strong story and a page turner book.
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