Reviews

Go Tell The Bees That I Am Gone by Diana Gabaldon

bookworm_713's review against another edition

adventurous informative slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

friendly's review against another edition

5.0

Look, all of these books are meandering messes with barely a plot thread and TONS of forgettable and sometimes abandoned characters and rabbit holes. But this is the first one that I felt really stuck the right balance between action and life-on-the-ridge and the first time I’ve been sad to leave them after 900+ pages!

ereilly151's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

shellytaftreads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

ladyk1483's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

linzthebookworm's review against another edition

3.0

I hate that I'm giving this a three. I love Outlander, and I enjoyed this latest installment of Claire and Jamie's story. However, I felt like a lot of foreshadowing gave away some of the significant events in the last part of the book, which is where all the action was. It felt like a lot of hype, and I didn't feel like the ending lived up to it because of how predictable some aspects were. There were so many different perspectives being told, which felt rushed. The best way I can explain it is the book felt very transitional. We had to get through this part of the story to get through the rest, and it lacked some of the heart that was in the other books.


For my full review, check out: https://linzthebookworm.blogspot.com/2021/12/Book-Review-Go-Tell-the-Bees-that-I-am-Gone-by-Diana-Gabaldon.html

veganheathen's review against another edition

3.0

When I first started reading this book, it felt a bit like rediscovering your favourite cozy sweater in the fall. I fell right back into life on Fraser’s Ridge. The book went a little off the rails, though. There were way too many people brought in as main and secondary characters. A few were quite far-fetched, like Sylvia Hardman. What reason to bring her back into the narrative? It was messy and got boring in parts when all these new people were given their own chapters. This was such a long book, too. I don’t mind that, but it really could have been pared down a bit.

cclift1114's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

I might have liked this book more if Diana Gabaldon hadn’t spent a significant amount of the first portion of the book recapping and retconning previous books. It took so long for something new to happen that this book could have been half as long as it was. Also, do the Frasers have to go about collecting all the sad souls in the colonies and bringing them home? And do we have to always conveniently run into characters just when we need them in towns and cities literally up and down the entirety of these colonies? I was really only interested in the bits with Hal and John, as well as Brianna and William. The sibling relationships are what’s keeping me going with these books, I guess. 

debralewi's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

booksadoodle's review against another edition

5.0

As always, her books do not disappoint!! Love them best on Audible!! Ready for the next chapter in the story.