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4.15 AVERAGE
4.15 AVERAGE
Absolutely love the writing style and the story is enough to keep me reading, but this is a series that started incredibly and then fizzled.
Took me forever to finish, was a bit of a slog with so much about Roger who i feel i was never given a reason to like or care about haha sorry
RATING: 3.5 stars
Hmm… didn't love it. Some parts dragged, I didn't like Brianna and her relationship with Roger just wasn't convincing. Gabaldon uses some plot devices that I believe are getting way too old (from repetition).
I loved the part of the book where Jamie and Claire were settling in the backcountry in America, building the foundations of their future. That was a 4.5 stars for me.
But the latter part with Brianna being abrasive and unlikable, the whole misunderstanding, the characters introduced just to further the plot and then forgotten (Lizzie… still wondering what was wrong with the poor girl).
Will try to start on book 5, but if it goes in the same vein I may just have to take a break. =/
Hmm… didn't love it. Some parts dragged, I didn't like Brianna and her relationship with Roger just wasn't convincing. Gabaldon uses some plot devices that I believe are getting way too old (from repetition).
I loved the part of the book where Jamie and Claire were settling in the backcountry in America, building the foundations of their future. That was a 4.5 stars for me.
But the latter part with Brianna being abrasive and unlikable, the whole misunderstanding, the characters introduced just to further the plot and then forgotten (Lizzie… still wondering what was wrong with the poor girl).
Will try to start on book 5, but if it goes in the same vein I may just have to take a break. =/
The least compelling in the series for me, so far. Focusing on newer characters didn't make anything feel fresher, only artificially distracted.
But duh, I'll keep reading.
But duh, I'll keep reading.
If you're this far into the Outlander books, you know what's happening. Drums of Autumn is the same, same old but now in "the New World", with continued adventures of Claire, Jaime, Brianna, Roger, et al. I am no longer really reading these books for pure enjoyment; it's more just to finish them, and I end up skimming because I'm not really engaged. I did like Drums of Autumn more than Voyager, but I wouldn't necessarily recommend it. (Anyone who has read the previous books knows what they're getting into and will probably feel the same way about the next ones.)
New fun things to look forward to in Outlander 4:
-More racism, but now against the Native Americans
-More woman on woman misogyny ("Her jealousy was a better reflection of my appearance, I thought, than any looking glass.")
-More stupid misogyny ("And he would lift her in his arms and carry her upstairs, on a night when virginity’s sacrifice was no loss of purity, but rather the birth of everlasting joy.")
-More assault ("She kicked and struggled, and he kissed her until he was good and ready to stop.")
-More extremely problematic relationship dynamics, communication edition ("I’ll take care of you, he’d said, and meant it. Was suppressing a dangerous truth the same as lying? Well, if it was, then he’d lie.")
-More extremely problematic relationship dynamics, physical violence edition ("He wouldn’t hurt me… surely? It occurred to me with a small shock that he could indeed stop me. If he broke my hand…")
New fun things to look forward to in Outlander 4:
-More racism, but now against the Native Americans
-More woman on woman misogyny ("Her jealousy was a better reflection of my appearance, I thought, than any looking glass.")
-More stupid misogyny ("And he would lift her in his arms and carry her upstairs, on a night when virginity’s sacrifice was no loss of purity, but rather the birth of everlasting joy.")
-More assault ("She kicked and struggled, and he kissed her until he was good and ready to stop.")
-More extremely problematic relationship dynamics, communication edition ("I’ll take care of you, he’d said, and meant it. Was suppressing a dangerous truth the same as lying? Well, if it was, then he’d lie.")
-More extremely problematic relationship dynamics, physical violence edition ("He wouldn’t hurt me… surely? It occurred to me with a small shock that he could indeed stop me. If he broke my hand…")
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
emotional
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
The fourth book in the Outlander series was just as interesting and well-written as the first three. Claire and Jamie are still main characters, but her daughter Brianna and her beau Roger Mackenzie Wakefield begin to take the stage as they join the time-traveling Claire in ~1773 in North Carolina. The personal stories and misunderstandings between Brianna, Jamie, and Roger are well told and quite believable, and the characterization of the pirate Stephen Bonnet as well as several Native American characters is absolutely stunning. I'm also fascinated by the descriptions of life on a very remote frontier in this time period, and enjoying all of the cultural bits and random references (like to a "small town named Lynchburg, VA") that are familiar to me.
dark
emotional
hopeful
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
adventurous
challenging
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced