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katiewhiteley's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
smbeck22's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
fast-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
4.75
allcavesin's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
mysterious
tense
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? It's complicated
4.0
Minus one star for the only "modern" native character becoming a villain. Would have liked if the native peoples were represented as full characters/people. LOVED how Roger and Ian were portrayed from Forbes' perspective near the end to show that yes, these are men who are broken, have had tragedies happen to them, and are "soft"we than some of the other men in the books, but they are still heroes in their own rights, and will fuck you up if you mess with the people they love.
aheinicke27's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
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
3.5
This audiobook was a tough one to get through, and not just because it was 56 hours long. Claire really goes through it in this one. In some ways, it was interesting to see Claire go through such personal conflicts, such as getting abducted, raped, beaten, severely ill, slandered, and blown up because she is typically the steadfast hero of each story ready to care for everyone else. This also made it hard to read about all of her strife, because I’m so accustomed to her saving the day that I really worried about her (Jamie is great and all but like…who is supposed to heal Claire when she catches a weird freak illness that almost kills her?? ). I liked the resolution with Steven Bonnet, but hated that Bri and her family had to return to the future . This is the first book I’ve read beyond what I’ve watched in the show, so it was fun being surprised more often than previous books in the series. I’m hopeful that the next book won’t be quite so dark and depressing…but I think the revolutionary war is likely going to be in the next book so who knows?
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, and Murder
Moderate: Pregnancy and Colonisation
Minor: Incest, Infertility, and Suicide attempt
misszoehatter's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
informative
inspiring
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
brandidean's review against another edition
3.0
OK, well. If nothing happened in the last book, plenty did here. One thing after another after another. It still wasn’t very well organized, but it did have a plot. But Gabaldon completely ignores a fact to make the plot work — she said previously (in Drums of Autumn) that the newspaper article was in the February 1776 edition of the paper and said Jamie and Clare died in January 1776. But now it was all just a typo ... except how could the paper be reporting news that happened in December 1776 in February 1776?
There also just some lazy editing mistakes. Fergus’ hands (plural) are mentioned at one point. She has things dated out of sequence. She lets a first person “I” slip into a passage from Roger’s point of view. And she says that the Roanoke colony vanished a hundred years earlier, when it would have been more like 200. The Bugs’ sudden treachery — she didn’t set that up at all. How did Jamie get Gideon back after the ambush? And why did Malva try to kill Claire and her father before she was present — that whole thing was pretty convoluted and hard to swallow.
And was there a reason we needed to find another stone circle and learn a special way to walk around it? What was wrong with the one Roger found where they lived? And there were no special walks necessary before. (The whole gem stone thing has always seemed like a random addition to the equation, too, but that’s a few books old, and has done some good things for the plot here and there.)
I’m so glad to finally be rid of Bonnett. Gah. I don’t know why he had to hang around for so long. The end in general drug on forever. And honestly, I’m glad Brianna and Roger have gone back. I like them, but I hope it should tighten up the story a little bit to get back to focusing on Claire and Jamie. But I’m really sincerely glad that they found a way to leave the letters for Bri.
These books are definitely not perfect, but I am still enjoying them and have the next one ready and waiting! Also, even though I consider myself a reasonable, well grounded person, I gotta admit, I’ve started comparing men around me to Jamie, to their general disadvantage.
There also just some lazy editing mistakes. Fergus’ hands (plural) are mentioned at one point. She has things dated out of sequence. She lets a first person “I” slip into a passage from Roger’s point of view. And she says that the Roanoke colony vanished a hundred years earlier, when it would have been more like 200. The Bugs’ sudden treachery — she didn’t set that up at all. How did Jamie get Gideon back after the ambush? And why did Malva try to kill Claire and her father before she was present — that whole thing was pretty convoluted and hard to swallow.
And was there a reason we needed to find another stone circle and learn a special way to walk around it? What was wrong with the one Roger found where they lived? And there were no special walks necessary before. (The whole gem stone thing has always seemed like a random addition to the equation, too, but that’s a few books old, and has done some good things for the plot here and there.)
I’m so glad to finally be rid of Bonnett. Gah. I don’t know why he had to hang around for so long. The end in general drug on forever. And honestly, I’m glad Brianna and Roger have gone back. I like them, but I hope it should tighten up the story a little bit to get back to focusing on Claire and Jamie. But I’m really sincerely glad that they found a way to leave the letters for Bri.
These books are definitely not perfect, but I am still enjoying them and have the next one ready and waiting! Also, even though I consider myself a reasonable, well grounded person, I gotta admit, I’ve started comparing men around me to Jamie, to their general disadvantage.
jenn_reads_everything's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
sad
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? No
5.0
kgriffin3227's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
informative
reflective
tense
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
4.75
hjswinford's review against another edition
5.0
Well, this is my favorite installment in the series so far. It had the same unapologetic insanity of Dragonfly in Amber, but lacked the immaturity issues of young Jamie and Claire. It was exciting all the way through with lots of surprises and tons of drama. There really wasn't a moment of boredom in this read for me.