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4.22 AVERAGE
4.22 AVERAGE
adventurous
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
I truly do love this series. This one took some time to get into, but once Claire and Jamie are reunited, their adventure gets pretty intense.
Historical fiction, well outside of the World War Two era. Honestly, who doesn’t love the Scottish highlands?
Historical fiction, well outside of the World War Two era. Honestly, who doesn’t love the Scottish highlands?
adventurous
emotional
informative
reflective
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:
Yes
Best one in the series so far. Lots of action! I never got bored.
adventurous
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
adventurous
dark
mysterious
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
adventurous
mysterious
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
adventurous
emotional
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
“These were people like that. The ones who cared so terribly much – enough to risk everything, enough to change and do things. Most people aren’t like that, you know. It isn’t that they don’t care, but that they don’t care so greatly.”
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This was absolutely an improvement on book 2, but still didn’t measure up to book 1 for me. I felt quite bored at the Claire/Frank introductory chapters, but really appreciated how Gabaldon switch to Jamie‘s POV when recounting his history. That definitely got me through that whole section of the book. I noted that it felt like Gabaldon was determined to make every sexual act Jamie had that wasn’t with Claire some kind of rape or coerced act, and wondered why subject him to such continual trauma/heartache?
Claire’s response to Laoghaire showing up and her deep, and frankly immature, self-pity felt so confusing to me. Why would Gabaldon write her female main character is so unlikable? Unless the author also doesn’t see what’s wrong with this behavior?
I liked how John Grey returned and his existence served almost as a foil for the dynamic with John Randall. Ned Gowan is still one of my favorite characters in the entire series. I felt like the coincidence of meeting the same naturalist Jamie knew was so far-fetched, as were many of the coincidences in this book.
I was uncomfortable with the slave owning storyline, and maybe that was because I didn’t fully trust where Gabaldon was going with it. The return of a book 1 character was intriguing, as was the theory about gemstones for the passage stones.
I really feel like Jamie, Fergus, and Lord John Grey were the saving graces of this book for me. Will continue the series but hoping for more from it.
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This was absolutely an improvement on book 2, but still didn’t measure up to book 1 for me. I felt quite bored at the Claire/Frank introductory chapters, but really appreciated how Gabaldon switch to Jamie‘s POV when recounting his history. That definitely got me through that whole section of the book. I noted that it felt like Gabaldon was determined to make every sexual act Jamie had that wasn’t with Claire some kind of rape or coerced act, and wondered why subject him to such continual trauma/heartache?
Claire’s response to Laoghaire showing up and her deep, and frankly immature, self-pity felt so confusing to me. Why would Gabaldon write her female main character is so unlikable? Unless the author also doesn’t see what’s wrong with this behavior?
I liked how John Grey returned and his existence served almost as a foil for the dynamic with John Randall. Ned Gowan is still one of my favorite characters in the entire series. I felt like the coincidence of meeting the same naturalist Jamie knew was so far-fetched, as were many of the coincidences in this book.
I was uncomfortable with the slave owning storyline, and maybe that was because I didn’t fully trust where Gabaldon was going with it. The return of a book 1 character was intriguing, as was the theory about gemstones for the passage stones.
I really feel like Jamie, Fergus, and Lord John Grey were the saving graces of this book for me. Will continue the series but hoping for more from it.