Reviews

Um Eco do Passado - vol. II by Diana Gabaldon

wri316's review against another edition

5.0

Wow. Wow. Wow. Great book. Fast paced (even though it’s a thick book). All of the stories inside are interesting and melt together well. I’ve ordered the next book and can’t wait to dig in!!!

lmferron's review against another edition

3.0

Not her best

This was, by far, my least favorite in the series. It was disjointed and left too many dangling ends The storylines were jumbled and, at times, made no sense. I often felt like I "missed something" and found myself backtracking to figure it out. I'm hopeful that the series will right itself in the next book.

lydiaedwards's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

i don’t really care about the american revolution, but the rest of the book is incredible. 
the minute details i kept forgetting would be carefully braided back into the story. there were also a few times i caught myself saying “well what happened to x!!” only for it to be answered shortly after my exclamation.

absolutely capital story telling. 

kawaiikat's review against another edition

4.0

This book finally had the excitement I've been searching for since book 3! Definitely made me excited to start the next one.

Ranking of the books so far:
1. book 1 - Outlander (always)
2. book 3 - Voyager
3. book 7 - Echo
4. book 2 - Dragonfly
5. books 4-6 I literally can't tell them apart

juventina's review against another edition

3.0

I've given every book in the series five stars until now. This book was a chore to get through a lot of the time and the constant changing in POVs was dizzying. Also, the storyline became insane right at the end and everything felt rushed.

jlsykes323's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

sbreadsfantasy's review against another edition

5.0

This is by far the best book from the latter ones in the series (starting with The Fiery Cross, it all became a bit redundant). The action finally picked up and NEW things were occurring, while old mysteries were finally solved. I love the entire series, but this book invigorated my Outlander enthusiasm.

debz57a52's review against another edition

3.5

My biggest beef with this book is the sheer amount of limited 3rd person narration we get.  Claire still has her 1st person, but then we also get perspectives from Roger, Bree, young Ian, Jamie, Lord John, Willie, and maybe even Rachel or Denny?  And others?  It was ridiculous.  Plus, the pacing with Lord John and Willie's chapters were boring.  I get it - DG did her research, but I'm not really paying attention to which military man is on which side.  I infer what I can from the way they interact with the well-loved characters I know, and whose sides I grasp.  I also spent more pages in this book than previous individual books skimming over scenes when a character was lost in a forest, fog, mountain area, etc.  Since we followed all these different characters, the pacing was very different, because their circumstances were very different.  At some point (mostly Lord John or Willie's chapters), I wanted to skip entire chapters, but mostly resorted to skimming when I had to.

That being said, there were some messed up things that happened in the last few chapters of this book.  Cliffhangers abound, more so at the end of this book than in the last few.  The end of #6 seemed more settled.

hitchhikergal's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense

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

4.5

lesterb09's review against another edition

medium-paced

2.5