Take a photo of a barcode or cover
april_does_feral_sometimes 's review for:
Go Tell the Bees that I am Gone
by Diana Gabaldon
‘Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone’ by Diana Gabaldon is a frustrating novel! While well written, it is basically a recapitulation of the previous 8 books in the Outlander series for 700 of the 832 pages!
> : @
Well.
At least a number of small plot threads left over from previous books are neatly wrapped up. And there are the usual detailed descriptions of domestic life in America, this time during the Revolutionary War, which are obviously based on meticulous research.
Readers who are fans of in-depth historical descriptions of daily life in the eighteenth century and who love the style of domestic-genre fiction reads will be ecstatically happy with ‘Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone’. Plus, Claire and Jamie are still powerfully in love despite that decades have passed since they married. Also, a battle takes place between American rebels and British loyalists which is a turning point in the Revolutionary War, which I had never heard of before. But a STUPENDOUS cliffhanger begins in the last hundred pages. The book stops without conclusion in the year 1781…
( > _ < )
Apparently, we fans are promised a book ten, not yet available, which will be the end of the series.
My rating does not reflect my disappointment with this novel, which is HUGE, but instead I am rating it four stars because of my admiration for the author’s research and writing talent. And maybe also because I am irrationally committed to finishing what I started after sticking with the series for so long, irritated as I am with what seems a book to me that simply treaded water for 700 pages….
If you want to start the series, start here: [b:Outlander|10964|Outlander (Outlander, #1)|Diana Gabaldon|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1529065012l/10964._SY75_.jpg|2489796]
> : @
Well.
At least a number of small plot threads left over from previous books are neatly wrapped up. And there are the usual detailed descriptions of domestic life in America, this time during the Revolutionary War, which are obviously based on meticulous research.
Readers who are fans of in-depth historical descriptions of daily life in the eighteenth century and who love the style of domestic-genre fiction reads will be ecstatically happy with ‘Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone’. Plus, Claire and Jamie are still powerfully in love despite that decades have passed since they married. Also, a battle takes place between American rebels and British loyalists which is a turning point in the Revolutionary War, which I had never heard of before. But a STUPENDOUS cliffhanger begins in the last hundred pages. The book stops without conclusion in the year 1781…
( > _ < )
Apparently, we fans are promised a book ten, not yet available, which will be the end of the series.
My rating does not reflect my disappointment with this novel, which is HUGE, but instead I am rating it four stars because of my admiration for the author’s research and writing talent. And maybe also because I am irrationally committed to finishing what I started after sticking with the series for so long, irritated as I am with what seems a book to me that simply treaded water for 700 pages….
If you want to start the series, start here: [b:Outlander|10964|Outlander (Outlander, #1)|Diana Gabaldon|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1529065012l/10964._SY75_.jpg|2489796]