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4.39 AVERAGE
4.39 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Kidnapping
Minor: Animal death
An Outlander novel that held me firmly in its grasp all month. The 7th book left some cliffhangers so we dove straight back in to find out what happened which was slightly jarring at first as I left 3 years between the books. But I soon remembered who/what was going on and the stakes were high.
Some time travelling curveballs were thrown and I absolutely lost my mind over it. Characters that I had grieved long ago in the series were suddenly thrust back into the mix and it was incredible! My heart hurt a lot.
The American Revolution was a bit lost on me tbh, but I tried not to get caught up in the details I didn't understand, and just followed the story of the characters. William and Lord John have definitely grown on me.
There's a couple of devastating tragedies in this book too which hurt big time.
The ending was beautiful and felt like it could easily be the end of the series, even though it still left me desperate to dive straight into the next book, because we always want more.
I've had a great month reading this and so glad I didn't rush it.
Some time travelling curveballs were thrown and I absolutely lost my mind over it. Characters that I had grieved long ago in the series were suddenly thrust back into the mix and it was incredible! My heart hurt a lot.
The American Revolution was a bit lost on me tbh, but I tried not to get caught up in the details I didn't understand, and just followed the story of the characters. William and Lord John have definitely grown on me.
There's a couple of devastating tragedies in this book too which hurt big time.
The ending was beautiful and felt like it could easily be the end of the series, even though it still left me desperate to dive straight into the next book, because we always want more.
I've had a great month reading this and so glad I didn't rush it.
adventurous
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
slow-paced
The Series Is Coming To An End
This Book Was Soo Good
I Loved The Characters And The Setting Of The Entire Story
I´m So Sad That I Will Be Reading The Last Book Of The Series For Now
This Book Was Soo Good
I Loved The Characters And The Setting Of The Entire Story
I´m So Sad That I Will Be Reading The Last Book Of The Series For Now
Warning...this is not a spoiler free review.
WOW! It takes a lot for a book to make me gasp out loud, and even more for it to make me cry, but the latest installment in Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series managed to do both!
Rollo! Henri-Christian! Those tragedies back-to-back were enough to make me both gasp and cry. I really did enjoy this one. The 800-odd pages were not tedious as sometimes books of this length can get.
Also, the ending made me smile like crazy! I can't wait to see what happens next, even though I know Diana is still writing ninth book!
WOW! It takes a lot for a book to make me gasp out loud, and even more for it to make me cry, but the latest installment in Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series managed to do both!
Rollo! Henri-Christian! Those tragedies back-to-back were enough to make me both gasp and cry. I really did enjoy this one. The 800-odd pages were not tedious as sometimes books of this length can get.
Also, the ending made me smile like crazy! I can't wait to see what happens next, even though I know Diana is still writing ninth book!
So much going on in this one! Beautiful ending that gave me chills. So much love for this series- it’s the best!
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Well shoot. What do I read now?
The Lord John books, obviously. Still....
The Lord John books, obviously. Still....
I liked this one as much as I liked Dragonfly in Amber and Drums of Autumn. A definite improvement over the last several books, although I did enjoy #7 as well, if not quite as much. I'm officially caught up on this series now, and that feels weird! These books are so long, and they're still not done!
Not even going to try and sum up what happened in this book. It was a lot. There was a lot of drama, but unlike in past books, pretty much everything that happened was relevant and non-objectionable (a point in this book's favor, for example, over both of the other books listed above is that there is an un-Gabaldon-like lack of rapes threatening our characters, and I appreciated this). Though, that doesn't mean tons of bad stuff doesn't happen. Claire learns Jamie is not actually dead, and then Jamie proceeds to be a dick to John Grey for most of the book. Willie has also just learned that Jamie is his father, and Ian and Rachel are attempting to get married. All of this in the middle of the British leaving Philadelphia, and the Battle of Monmouth.
I actually liked the Bree and Roger sections of the book the best, though there is much less of them this time around (perhaps why I liked them?). I enjoyed Brianna's time in the present, and Roger's jumps into the past, where he encounters characters long dead to us. These sections made me mourn all over again the miscasting of Brianna in the show. She just doesn't cut it, for how much I like Bree in the books.
I guess now I wait for book nine!
Not even going to try and sum up what happened in this book. It was a lot. There was a lot of drama, but unlike in past books, pretty much everything that happened was relevant and non-objectionable (a point in this book's favor, for example, over both of the other books listed above is that there is an un-Gabaldon-like lack of rapes threatening our characters, and I appreciated this). Though, that doesn't mean tons of bad stuff doesn't happen. Claire learns Jamie is not actually dead, and then Jamie proceeds to be a dick to John Grey for most of the book. Willie has also just learned that Jamie is his father, and Ian and Rachel are attempting to get married. All of this in the middle of the British leaving Philadelphia, and the Battle of Monmouth.
I actually liked the Bree and Roger sections of the book the best, though there is much less of them this time around (perhaps why I liked them?). I enjoyed Brianna's time in the present, and Roger's jumps into the past, where he encounters characters long dead to us. These sections made me mourn all over again the miscasting of Brianna in the show. She just doesn't cut it, for how much I like Bree in the books.
I guess now I wait for book nine!