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4.15 AVERAGE
4.15 AVERAGE
Ik was echt aan het genieten van de Outlander serie, maar dit deel was toch frustrerend om te lezen! Letterlijk het hele plot is gebaseerd op miscommunicatie.
Not often that the fourth book in a series is as good as the first one, but somehow this one was. I found myself thinking about the characters even when I wasn't reading, hoping things worked out a particular way. Very hard to put down.
Superb
This is my absolute favorite series. Part historical fiction, part time travel, part romance... completely well-written and insightful. Gabaldon writes the settings as though she is intimately familiar with them, and the characters as though they are her closest family and friends. The stories are endlessly interesting and interwoven with universal truths that will take aback the reader with their poignancy. This book, like the previous three in the series, was so lovely, and had me thinking of it any time I was not reading it.
This is my absolute favorite series. Part historical fiction, part time travel, part romance... completely well-written and insightful. Gabaldon writes the settings as though she is intimately familiar with them, and the characters as though they are her closest family and friends. The stories are endlessly interesting and interwoven with universal truths that will take aback the reader with their poignancy. This book, like the previous three in the series, was so lovely, and had me thinking of it any time I was not reading it.
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
emotional
slow-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
update 11/15/19: 3.75/5 stars. I definitely like book Brianna more than show Brianna, but I still don't like Roger at all. And I have no interest in their relationship. I don't like their relationship and really don't want upcoming books to start to focus on them.
update 11/11/19: I'm about 70% done with the book at the moment and just feel the need to share how I feel about Diana's books so far in this series. There have been times while reading that I wish I could skip descriptions or long drawn out scenes and it seems that whenever I'm not reading these books I dread picking them back up, but once I do I get so lost in the world that's been created. I think it's their daunting size that makes me reluctant to read. I've just realized why I love them, despite being scared off by them. They come across as historical contemporaries in a way (an oxymoron, I know) . The everyday lives of the characters are so detailed and well thought out. Every mundane thing shines through and I really enjoy reading about the lives of the characters. I like learning about the history from the time period these books take place and I'm fascinated by the ways in which people lived. I don't read contemporary novels. They're just not my cup of tea. I live in my world every minute of everyday and I enjoy picking up a fantasy novel and being somewhere else. But the historical context of the Outlander novels makes me feel apart from my world while also putting me in a position to relate to the characters more. (I don't know if any of this makes sense. I can't seem to find the words to describe how I feel).
update 11/11/19: I'm about 70% done with the book at the moment and just feel the need to share how I feel about Diana's books so far in this series. There have been times while reading that I wish I could skip descriptions or long drawn out scenes and it seems that whenever I'm not reading these books I dread picking them back up, but once I do I get so lost in the world that's been created. I think it's their daunting size that makes me reluctant to read. I've just realized why I love them, despite being scared off by them. They come across as historical contemporaries in a way (an oxymoron, I know) . The everyday lives of the characters are so detailed and well thought out. Every mundane thing shines through and I really enjoy reading about the lives of the characters. I like learning about the history from the time period these books take place and I'm fascinated by the ways in which people lived. I don't read contemporary novels. They're just not my cup of tea. I live in my world every minute of everyday and I enjoy picking up a fantasy novel and being somewhere else. But the historical context of the Outlander novels makes me feel apart from my world while also putting me in a position to relate to the characters more. (I don't know if any of this makes sense. I can't seem to find the words to describe how I feel).
These books are my guilty pleasure. They're certainly not everyone's cup of tea, and I get why they could be seen as boring, but I enjoyed this one much more than Voyager. I think I just have an aversion to ships as a setting. I could read about Jamie and Claire's minor adventures in settling down and not ever really get bored though. Also, I think I'm going to have to read some of the John Grey books next, because he's a lovely character.
Really 3.5 Stars
The best thing about Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander Series is thedescription for everything. This is one series where the depth of the world created is extra ordinary. I feel like I know what the clothing felt like, how everyone’s typical day is, how to travel across the sea as a sailor, how to prepare for the winter, how to build a cabin in the woods, what it is like to run a plantation and much much more. It is almost like taking a history class when you read one of her books. I totally get pulled into the story she tells. It can also be the worst part as sometimes it takes and incredibly long time to get anywhere.
I enjoy this series very much, it isn’t happiness and rainbows all the time as Gabaldon doesn’t seem to pamper any of her characters. They have all been put through the ringer a time or two or twelve depending on the character. She is great at writing about situations, she does it better than any other historical writer I’ve read. Her plotting is a little weak but I get so caught up in the stories that I sometimes forget that nothing is really happening.
Jamie and Claire are still my favorite; they have tender loving moments that are so beautiful. I love reading about them starting their lives in the Colonies.
“Your face is my heart Sassenach, and the love of you is my soul”
This story also covers the love story between Bree and Roger as well. While I felt Gabaldon was trying to give them just as epic a love story it took a little too long to get there in my opinion and Bree wasn’t as easy to like as Claire.
This is our time. Until that time stops - for one of us, for both – it is our time. Now. Will you waste it, because you are afraid?”
Bree and Roger both end up traveling through the stones to find Jamie and Claire. They go through two very different and very traumatic experiences to get there. But they can never replace Jamie and Claire in my heart.
The two characters in the book I wanted to slap upside the head were Jamie and Bree. Both had extremely stupid moments and were stubborn beyond belief. Many of the situations that occurred were due to lack of communication and could have been avoided. Roger I loved, he was everything you would like in a love interest and Gabaldon put him through hell in this book but he persevered.
I will say this gets extremely long and my one complaint is that main characters disappear sometimes for 200 pages. I was engaged in the book trying to find out what happened to them but you had to read almost an entire novel written by someone else to find out. I got a little bored at the end as I waited for some resolutions to happen.
Lord John was a high point and his character really grew on me after not liking him a lot in the last book. His interactions with the Fraser clan really fleshed out his character for me. In this book I will say that Roger and John were the highlights. I do wish maybe it had been whittled down a little though.
I will need a big breather before I start the next one in this series. It isn’t quite as good as some of her other books in this series but I have high hopes as the story goes on.
The best thing about Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander Series is thedescription for everything. This is one series where the depth of the world created is extra ordinary. I feel like I know what the clothing felt like, how everyone’s typical day is, how to travel across the sea as a sailor, how to prepare for the winter, how to build a cabin in the woods, what it is like to run a plantation and much much more. It is almost like taking a history class when you read one of her books. I totally get pulled into the story she tells. It can also be the worst part as sometimes it takes and incredibly long time to get anywhere.
I enjoy this series very much, it isn’t happiness and rainbows all the time as Gabaldon doesn’t seem to pamper any of her characters. They have all been put through the ringer a time or two or twelve depending on the character. She is great at writing about situations, she does it better than any other historical writer I’ve read. Her plotting is a little weak but I get so caught up in the stories that I sometimes forget that nothing is really happening.
Jamie and Claire are still my favorite; they have tender loving moments that are so beautiful. I love reading about them starting their lives in the Colonies.
“Your face is my heart Sassenach, and the love of you is my soul”
This story also covers the love story between Bree and Roger as well. While I felt Gabaldon was trying to give them just as epic a love story it took a little too long to get there in my opinion and Bree wasn’t as easy to like as Claire.
This is our time. Until that time stops - for one of us, for both – it is our time. Now. Will you waste it, because you are afraid?”
Bree and Roger both end up traveling through the stones to find Jamie and Claire. They go through two very different and very traumatic experiences to get there. But they can never replace Jamie and Claire in my heart.
The two characters in the book I wanted to slap upside the head were Jamie and Bree. Both had extremely stupid moments and were stubborn beyond belief. Many of the situations that occurred were due to lack of communication and could have been avoided. Roger I loved, he was everything you would like in a love interest and Gabaldon put him through hell in this book but he persevered.
I will say this gets extremely long and my one complaint is that main characters disappear sometimes for 200 pages. I was engaged in the book trying to find out what happened to them but you had to read almost an entire novel written by someone else to find out. I got a little bored at the end as I waited for some resolutions to happen.
Lord John was a high point and his character really grew on me after not liking him a lot in the last book. His interactions with the Fraser clan really fleshed out his character for me. In this book I will say that Roger and John were the highlights. I do wish maybe it had been whittled down a little though.
I will need a big breather before I start the next one in this series. It isn’t quite as good as some of her other books in this series but I have high hopes as the story goes on.
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated