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4.39 AVERAGE
4.39 AVERAGE
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!
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
lighthearted
sad
tense
fast-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
The 8th installment of the Outlander series was absolutely fantastic!! This book had quite a lot of intense and emotional events. I cried multiple times.
This book did have a lot of character point of views! At times it seemed like a bit much but for the most part, I did enjoy getting such a well-rounded story and getting to know what was happening with all of the main characters.
This novel had a ton of interesting historical information (as they all do). Diana Gabaldon has done a ton of research for these books and it shows! One of my favorite parts of the novels is Claire's medical practices and the items she utilizes to perform modern surgeries in the past.
These books are pretty long and at the end of each one, I am really impressed that Diana Gabaldon has managed to create a family saga that has kept my interest for thousands upon thousands of pages. I'm still not bored or tired of the Fraser/MacKenzie journey. As soon as I finished book 8, I immediately started book 9!
This book did have a lot of character point of views! At times it seemed like a bit much but for the most part, I did enjoy getting such a well-rounded story and getting to know what was happening with all of the main characters.
This novel had a ton of interesting historical information (as they all do). Diana Gabaldon has done a ton of research for these books and it shows! One of my favorite parts of the novels is Claire's medical practices and the items she utilizes to perform modern surgeries in the past.
These books are pretty long and at the end of each one, I am really impressed that Diana Gabaldon has managed to create a family saga that has kept my interest for thousands upon thousands of pages. I'm still not bored or tired of the Fraser/MacKenzie journey. As soon as I finished book 8, I immediately started book 9!