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Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone by Diana Gabaldon

16 reviews

buttermellow's review

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Kidnapping, Blood, and War

Moderate: Infidelity, Homophobia, Medical content, Pregnancy, Outing, and Slavery

Minor: Antisemitism

savshanae's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring slow-paced

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

4.75

She’s done it again, ladies & gents 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 
I love every character, I loved every moment, and of course, she left us on a cliffhanger. 
I’m not sure how I’ll tide myself over until the next and “final” book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Blood, Murder, War, Violence, Colonisation, Sexual content, and Death

Moderate: Deportation, Misogyny, Sexism, Chronic illness, Grief, Gore, Animal death, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, Classism, and Vomit

Minor: Suicide, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Ableism, Antisemitism, and Terminal illness

joa_price's review

adventurous dark emotional informative slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Death

azebrareads's review

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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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Xenophobia, Violence, Trafficking, Torture, Sexism, Racism, Blood, Alcohol, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Homophobia, Grief, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Death, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Racial slurs, Rape, Murder, Medical content, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, and Excrement

leirben's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Colonisation, Death, Rape, Slavery, and Violence

cglharmony's review

fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual violence and Sexual harassment

pagesfromhome's review

adventurous reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

I think Diana Gabaldon has an incredible way of bringing you back into a story, even if it's been a while since you've immersed yourself in it. I loved the effort spent on Lord John and William and the travels of Ian and his family. There was a lot more time spent with characters that I wasn't expecting to spend with, and I enjoyed that, which led to my 4-star rating.

As with all Outlander books, it's exceptionally long, has tons of historical moments that can be hard to keep track of, and is almost entirely character-focused (even when it's dealing with the plot, it feels like the story is only being moved by the characters rather than the other way around). But if you've been around for the last 8, there's no reason not to dig through this one as well.

I did hit a wall with reading it about halfway through because it was just moving so slowly, but the second half really picks up the pace and the action and, of course, in true Gabaldon fashion, teases the scene you've been waiting for for the whole book.

Content warnings abound! To the point that it's actually very hard to keep track of them all so just proceed with caution.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Blood, Violence, and Death

Minor: Rape

lizinthelibrary's review against another edition

4.5

Enjoyed this book more than the previous volume. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Minor: Sexual assault

tiinamaa's review

adventurous emotional hopeful informative slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual assault, Violence, Rape, and Gun violence

lashlees's review

adventurous informative relaxing 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Slavery, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual content, War, and Colonisation