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3.98 AVERAGE
3.98 AVERAGE
I am having a love / hate relationship with this series of books. Hear me out ! Maybe it's because I'm in a personal race to finish
this book series. I've read one after the other since April or May. The Frasers have become like 'family' to me. They are with me when I read going to and coming home from work on the tram, they are with me before I turn off the light at night. I look forward to reading about them everyday, but at the same time I get a little tired of them. Claire exhausts me. She's so perfect, making penicillin from mold, she never loses a patient, no matter what the illness she can cure it with a plant. There are almost too many characters in this series of novels now to keep track of who is who. But I still keep coming back for more everyday. I know I will be lonely when I read the last book.
this book series. I've read one after the other since April or May. The Frasers have become like 'family' to me. They are with me when I read going to and coming home from work on the tram, they are with me before I turn off the light at night. I look forward to reading about them everyday, but at the same time I get a little tired of them. Claire exhausts me. She's so perfect, making penicillin from mold, she never loses a patient, no matter what the illness she can cure it with a plant. There are almost too many characters in this series of novels now to keep track of who is who. But I still keep coming back for more everyday. I know I will be lonely when I read the last book.
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
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
Not much happens in this installment of the saga, but it made for calm, pleasant reading during a tough fall.
I LOVE this series and highly reccomend it. The author goes into great description detail and makes you feel a part of the time.
This book was the hardest for me to get thru out of the series though. Every other book before I would gobble up, but the pace in this was MUCH slower with less excitement and mystery. There was also some problematic discussions, which fit the characters in the time, but it could have easily been a "teachable" moment in the book instead.
Still a great read.
This book was the hardest for me to get thru out of the series though. Every other book before I would gobble up, but the pace in this was MUCH slower with less excitement and mystery. There was also some problematic discussions, which fit the characters in the time, but it could have easily been a "teachable" moment in the book instead.
Still a great read.
This book got me back into the series. I was more into the oncoming revolutionary war and most definitely with all of the little things that ignited the flame. I found it to be very interesting, historically speaking, as well. There wasn't as much action, but it still held my interest. I was surprised to see such a low rating on Amazon, but once I read a few of them, I figured out why they didn't like it as much... not enough sex and too much history. Well, I thought it was good and a must read for those interested in the series.
I thought this was the most tedious of the 7 written to date, but felt i had to keep going to stay with the story. Glad I did.
As always, Diana Gabaldon offers readers beautifully written prose with beloved characters and in exquisite detail. However, The Fiery Cross was easily the weakest book in the series thus far. There were multiple plots in place that were entirely disconnected. Where there was a plot, it was minimal to non-existent, and by the time the it reached its conclusion, I'd forgotten where it had started. The minutiae of these characters' lives was the only consistent "plot" in this novel, leading it to read more like an extremely well written and detail journal than a novel. If you're into this series for love of the characters, it's a lovely deep dive into their inner musings and working. If you're into this series for the historical lore, mystery, or adventure, it's sadly lacking in this particular book.
July 2020 -- I did enjoy this book, although my favorite will always be the first book. It's just the best in the series. Sometimes I struggled a bit more with the changing perspective of the book. My favorite was when we followed Claire, but there are so many stories to tell that she just isn't involved in so I understand the changing perspective but it was often hard to get into it. There were times when this book felt like it was three different books. In addition something that has always bothered me about the books as a whole is that sometimes there felt like there was way more information than we needed at times which made the book as long as it was and made it drag at parts but there is just so much to the story and so much told about a there different time.
Diana's writing is brilliant. Although I found the first half of The Fiery Cross to be quite boring, her writing is gorgeous and exquisite and I can easily appreciate her attention to detail on every single subject matter.
But that second half. Wow. Starting with Jocasta and Duncan's wedding is when everything picked up for me. The battle of Alamance with Rogers hanging? My god, I was gripping the book needing to know everything immediately. Jamie's snakebite, Stephen Bonnets appearance, Lillywhite's fight with Jamie and Roger, and especially Ian's return! Also, what a great way to end the book. We are given the knowledge that even though young Jemmy can travel through the stones-- Roger, Brianna and Jemmy would not return to the 20th century.
Book 6, here I come!