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4.27 AVERAGE
4.27 AVERAGE
Enjoyable read. This one felt like it had more sexual violence than needed, and the pacing felt a little off at times. But I'm still going to continue reading the series.
A Breath of Snow and Ashes disappointed me in one thing and one thing only - I liked all the Frasers at one and the same point in history, thank you. My heart is a little broken (not as broken as after Outlander, obviously) and I am still hooked (please write at least 18 more books, D. Gabaldon).
The impending deaths of Claire and Jamie Fraser, the vengeance on Stephen Bonnet, and the missing French gold story-lines wrapped, I cannot wait what the new plot arcs will bring.
The impending deaths of Claire and Jamie Fraser, the vengeance on Stephen Bonnet, and the missing French gold story-lines wrapped, I cannot wait what the new plot arcs will bring.
adventurous
tense
slow-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I still don't know how to write a review for this book, even after I finished it a couple of days ago. So this is more just general thoughts about the book then a 'real" review.
- the book drags, alot. This one just seems really slow going.
- the story line seems to circle a lot. (spoiler) Claire gets kidnapped, and raped, then she and Jaime get dragged off all over the place, and then Brianna gets kidnapped by the reoccurring bad guy. Really? All in one, albeit very long, book?
- Roger out of nowhere decides to become a minister, and just coincidentally can become one conveniently close, the exact same faith that he is. Gee, what are the odds?
- good thing the big murder of the book gets solved right at the end. Ooh, coincidence!
- I still love reading about Jaime and Claire, but man oh man does she ever worship him and man oh man, is he ever always perfect. It's getting a little old.
- I think this book is really where I feel the series starts to decline. I still really liked this one, and will most likely reread it (again), but I don't love the series like I did
- the book drags, alot. This one just seems really slow going.
- the story line seems to circle a lot. (spoiler) Claire gets kidnapped, and raped, then she and Jaime get dragged off all over the place, and then Brianna gets kidnapped by the reoccurring bad guy. Really? All in one, albeit very long, book?
- Roger out of nowhere decides to become a minister, and just coincidentally can become one conveniently close, the exact same faith that he is. Gee, what are the odds?
- good thing the big murder of the book gets solved right at the end. Ooh, coincidence!
- I still love reading about Jaime and Claire, but man oh man does she ever worship him and man oh man, is he ever always perfect. It's getting a little old.
- I think this book is really where I feel the series starts to decline. I still really liked this one, and will most likely reread it (again), but I don't love the series like I did
This one was a struggle y'all, but at least not as much of a pain as Fiery Cross. I'm at the point wish I didn't love Jamie and Claire as much as I do cause, man, the plot since they've arrived in America has been terrible.
As evident by my reading activity updates, I can not overstate how much I Do Not Care about Fraser's Ridge, to the point I actively cheered at the end of this book with the long foretold disaster occurs, because it means we can finally move on with the plot.
Gets a higher rating than Fiery Cross for two reasons - 1) As much as I loathe the violence that happens to Claire, and I really wish that sexual violence was not a device Gabaldon returns to book after book, I think the emotional recovery and response from Claire was incredibly well done, and 2) Lizzie and her perfect polyamory with Beardsley twins. God bless.
Here's to An Echo in the Bone, hopefully the start of the revolution will be the spark this plot needs.
As evident by my reading activity updates, I can not overstate how much I Do Not Care about Fraser's Ridge, to the point I actively cheered at the end of this book with the long foretold disaster occurs, because it means we can finally move on with the plot.
Gets a higher rating than Fiery Cross for two reasons - 1) As much as I loathe the violence that happens to Claire, and I really wish that sexual violence was not a device Gabaldon returns to book after book, I think the emotional recovery and response from Claire was incredibly well done, and 2) Lizzie and her perfect polyamory with Beardsley twins. God bless.
Here's to An Echo in the Bone, hopefully the start of the revolution will be the spark this plot needs.
So... I had to take a long, long break from Outlander after book 5. To recap, book five was a thousand pages of breast-feeding filler with maybe four chapters of important plot. So... let's over-correct it by making way too many dramatic/melodramatic storylines. It was good, a page-turner, but SO MUCH HAPPENED. And some of it was dwelled on for ages, and some would be a throw-away comment and you'd be like, wait, what? Roger's friendship with widows, for example. You don't realize there's trouble until Jamie's like, hey Roger, why don't you stay home every now and then? Or there are issues like Fergus's newborn child, which Fergus has a good cry over but barely any mention afterwards. But let's bring up the one time Louis XIV hit on Claire (didn't remember that from the second book, I'll take your word for it.) Lots of WTH moments, BUT Ms. Gabaldon got the memo that no one wanted another book full of breast-feeding and day-to-day without a little excitement. Maybe too much excitement, but hey! Revolution!!
Very slow beginning. Should we as a white writer use the n-word even when writing as a black character in 1700s America? Nope.
WOW! So my last review of The Fiery Cross was pretty harsh, but going back, I won’t change a thing because I still stand by that review. ABOSAA though is a completely different matter. If Diana Gabaldon seemed to have lost her way and let her writing wander around aimlessly in The Fiery Cross, she found her way again in this book. Up until now Voyager has been my favorite book in the series. Since Voyager, the series started going downhill for me and I was starting to regret continuing. I am SO glad I pushed through and made it to A Breath of Snow and Ashes! What a beautiful, well-written story. It’s a long one, definitely an investment of time, but completely worth it. All of the characters came to life in real and complex ways. The book was chalked full of mystery, adventure, romance, and suspense. Closure was brought to many circumstances left open from previous books. Heartstrings were pulled on. This book was the whole package.
As a side note, I took a break and read other books between reading The Fiery Cross and ABOSAA. I think that helped a lot in regards to enjoying ABOSAA. I usually like to read entire series in one go, but these books are so long that I think a break every once in a while is a good thing. I don’t recommend reading them back-to-back.
As a side note, I took a break and read other books between reading The Fiery Cross and ABOSAA. I think that helped a lot in regards to enjoying ABOSAA. I usually like to read entire series in one go, but these books are so long that I think a break every once in a while is a good thing. I don’t recommend reading them back-to-back.
I liked this book, although not as much as some of the others in the series. I will say this, Gabaldon sure knows how to make you want to pick up a sequel! I also think she does the emotional scenes really well. That ending; I felt the sadness and love and that part is always so wonderful.