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4.15 AVERAGE
4.15 AVERAGE
adventurous
funny
I preferred this book of the series to both Dragon Fly in Amber and Voyager, but I find these books consume me and I'm glad that I've finally finished. It will be some time before I pick up another.
I FINALLY finished this book. I am pretty sure I am done with this series too. I loved the first book but with each new installation I have two repeating thoughts - there is a need for better editing and the books have become silly bodice rippers. The central conflicts of these 800+ pages is based on a complete lack of a little basic maturity and communication in relationships, sprinkled with fits of temper. Maybe a 100 pages - okay... 800 - not so much. I think I will just wait to see how it ends, when the series updates on Netflix.
The Outlander series continues to thrill and confound me.
In keeping with my accidental tradition of reading one book in this series a year, I picked up Drums of Autumn after catching up on the first three seasons of the show and declaring an end to my reading slump. I never learn. (This copy was well over 1000 pages).
Outlander has this rare ability in a franchise to be one of my absolute favorites while simultaneously making me want to burn every book I own. I love it, and the first book in the series is undoubtedly one of my all time favorites. Despite this, the following books have done nothing but make me want to tear my hair out. They're exceedingly long, with ridiculously intricate plots and a million characters that I cannot keep straight for the life of me. At the same time, they're full of romance, adventure, and an air of historical whimsy that I cannot seem to find in another book. I love them. They drive me crazy, but I love them.
It was lovely to get to see this cast come full circle has Brianna finally joined the mix. If you like stories that take you through the hum-drum, day to day life that we don't always get in other stories, then you'll like Outlander. Still packed with crazy twists and turns (definitely the epitome of "can anything good ever happen to these people?!"), it gives a lot in terms of both sweet and cozy with wild adventure. As with the other books in this series, it doesn't come without it's own trigger warnings, so I would tread with caution. At the end of the day though, Jamie continues to be the Scotsman of every woman's dreams, and Claire continues to hilariously put him in his place.
In keeping with my accidental tradition of reading one book in this series a year, I picked up Drums of Autumn after catching up on the first three seasons of the show and declaring an end to my reading slump. I never learn. (This copy was well over 1000 pages).
Outlander has this rare ability in a franchise to be one of my absolute favorites while simultaneously making me want to burn every book I own. I love it, and the first book in the series is undoubtedly one of my all time favorites. Despite this, the following books have done nothing but make me want to tear my hair out. They're exceedingly long, with ridiculously intricate plots and a million characters that I cannot keep straight for the life of me. At the same time, they're full of romance, adventure, and an air of historical whimsy that I cannot seem to find in another book. I love them. They drive me crazy, but I love them.
It was lovely to get to see this cast come full circle has Brianna finally joined the mix. If you like stories that take you through the hum-drum, day to day life that we don't always get in other stories, then you'll like Outlander. Still packed with crazy twists and turns (definitely the epitome of "can anything good ever happen to these people?!"), it gives a lot in terms of both sweet and cozy with wild adventure. As with the other books in this series, it doesn't come without it's own trigger warnings, so I would tread with caution. At the end of the day though, Jamie continues to be the Scotsman of every woman's dreams, and Claire continues to hilariously put him in his place.
Oh my goodness!! This book, even longer that those before it, was just as amazing!! This part of the story, more that the others so far, makes me miss all my years of Scottish Country Dancing (RSCDS) at the Stone Mountain Highland Games (in Georgia) and the Grandfather Mountain (in North Carolina). I miss that Royal Tattoos I preformed in. Most of all I miss the sense of family these events always held for me. Thank you Diana for giving me a bit of that feeling back with the ending to this book!
I liked this installment better than the previous one. Enjoying noticing the similarities and differences between the novels and the television series.
adventurous
challenging
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
The beginning of this book was slow. But the end has me emotionally confused and making me look at things in a new light. The 2nd half of this book, especially the end, were too good to give it anything less than a 5.
The name of this books should have been, "Things That Happen in the Daily Life of Jaime and Claire" subtitled "Brianna and Roger are in this too."
Gah, 600 pages of this book were sooooo boring. Did the Jaime and Claire story line have a plot, am I missing something? Because to me it read like a settler's wife's diary:
****THERE BE SPOILERS BELOW******
And also, what the fuck Diana Gabaldon? Some of the sex nearly turned my stomach. Nobody is reading this stuff for the realism, and I hope to god this isn't realism anyway. There is literally a part where Brianna is about to go down on Roger and he's all like, "Ach no, lassie, I haven't washed me willie in at least two days!" and Brianna's all like, "YOLO! nomnomnomnomnom." Then somewhat later Roger kisses Brianna and he can tell she'd eaten onion that day. Nope, that's your skanky ass onion dick homie. Wash yo ass.
NO. Just no.
Now, I do occasionally like the scenes where things aren't so romance novel picture perfect, like in the last book where Claire walks in and Jaime is scratching his balls with a look of intense satisfaction on his face, and Claire is like, "Um, should I come back later?" I laughed out loud. These things are ok. But when it comes to the sex part, can't we leave out the sweaty balls? Please? I understand that we're in the late 1700s and not everyone's ass is going to be fresh as a summer's breeze across a wildflower field but, Jesus doing jumping jacks, let us just not go into details.
I will say I did enjoy the last 200 or say pages, where there was, you know, a purpose to the story.
Gah, 600 pages of this book were sooooo boring. Did the Jaime and Claire story line have a plot, am I missing something? Because to me it read like a settler's wife's diary:
January 18th, weather: poor
Pa had to put the pig in the pantry cause she's nearin' to drop. Lost a bag of beans to mold after accidentally being left out in the rain. Hope Pa gets that extra room built soon cause I sure am tired of listening to Ian snore and violate himself nightly. Monday week Pa is gonna hunt us up some venison for the new smokehouse, right now I'm using it to hold my soap making supplies. I'll need to find a new place for all that. He would of got to the smokehouse sooner exceptin he put his back out the last time he went hunting and was feelin' poorly for a few days.
****THERE BE SPOILERS BELOW******
And also, what the fuck Diana Gabaldon? Some of the sex nearly turned my stomach. Nobody is reading this stuff for the realism, and I hope to god this isn't realism anyway. There is literally a part where Brianna is about to go down on Roger and he's all like, "Ach no, lassie, I haven't washed me willie in at least two days!" and Brianna's all like, "YOLO! nomnomnomnomnom." Then somewhat later Roger kisses Brianna and he can tell she'd eaten onion that day. Nope, that's your skanky ass onion dick homie. Wash yo ass.
NO. Just no.
Now, I do occasionally like the scenes where things aren't so romance novel picture perfect, like in the last book where Claire walks in and Jaime is scratching his balls with a look of intense satisfaction on his face, and Claire is like, "Um, should I come back later?" I laughed out loud. These things are ok. But when it comes to the sex part, can't we leave out the sweaty balls? Please? I understand that we're in the late 1700s and not everyone's ass is going to be fresh as a summer's breeze across a wildflower field but, Jesus doing jumping jacks, let us just not go into details.
I will say I did enjoy the last 200 or say pages, where there was, you know, a purpose to the story.
adventurous
emotional
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:
Complicated