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Go Tell The Bees That I Am Gone by Diana Gabaldon

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forte_forte's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

3.5

Not at all about bees....definitely should read the first 9 books in the series. A little too long for my liking but great world and character building

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buttermellow's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional informative mysterious slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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emalderwood's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

After where the last book left off I was honestly disappointed.

The writing was engaging and prose was good(?) as always with Gabaldon but I felt like this was Fiery Cross 2.0 - it went on and on about the domestic life plot lines and left us hanging the majority of the book on the big action pieces like the whole plot with the attackers that Brianna and Roger just dealt with, and also a pretty cool and exciting plot with Lord John that showed up in the last couple chapters only to wait until the next book. Don't get me wrong, I like the domestic plots and the character growth plots too, I just felt like more balance would have been great.

I will also say I'm... not liking Diana's lack of Black representation. She mentioned in her afterward about some corrections to accurate depictions of the Indigenous cultures she included and I appreciate her stepping up her efforts there. But given the history of the battle they're in and the sheer number of side characters introduced, I would think there would be more opportunity to bring in some Black characters that are on the Frasers' side. Instead we got the return of an old Black character in a very malevolent manner showing up as an antagonist, a mixed man presenting as Big Bad who wants to... stop slavery? But for some reason by trying to make the British win? (WHY is Gabaldon seemingly always on about the British rule being better for oppressed peoples?) and no other big characters to balance that out.

For people who were supposedly friends with a Black man in the 1970s, and who are willing to get involved in risking their lives in a whole war, you would think someone would be even a little interested in helping any of the enslaved folks... I get that's not the main plot Diana wants to feature but with the many other random sideplots and things the cast get into outside of the war I feel it's just laziness or a choice to not bother with Black people. Except of course as antagonists.

I'm just about to throw the series out the window if she doesn't find some way to redeem the absolute nonsense of that last 'big bad plot' reveal of 'Black man travels back in time to end slavery early by making the Americans lose the civil war and is definitely evil and is going to threaten to get a gay man outed and killed to achieve his ends.' If Gabaldon could put a bit of the effort she puts into describing home life into educating herself on racist tropes that would be GREAT, THANKS.

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azebrareads's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

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socialpsysteph's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Given that this is the 9th book in this series I can't really tell you a whole lot so I'll just say, wow. This one did not disappoint and I couldn't put it down. I saved this book to read while I was healing from surgery and it was perfect. I was able to escape and weirdly enough, parts of the story really helped with my emotional healing. If you are a fan of this series (which, if you're at book 9 I would hope you are), you are really going to love this one.

This book counts for Popsugar 2022 for a book with a misleading title.

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misguidedgoose's review against another edition

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adventurous slow-paced

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

3.0

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chloemakesbooks's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

Very repetitive of earlier books in the series (like hey, remember that time we did that thing in book 3?) and a lot less stressful than usual, which means there was a lot less plot. Not sure if there's just too much affection for the huge cast of characters we have to keep track of at this point, but mostly lacked the teeth of previous stories. Also the first time I listened as an audiobook instead of reading, which could have colored my experience.

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