Take a photo of a barcode or cover
foxynz 's review for:
Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone
by Diana Gabaldon
My first introduction to Jamie Fraser was in early 1997. I remember it vividly, as I was reading "Drums of Autumn", one of the most popular Christmas release books on the plane back to Uni, and I can still remember that frisson of excitement when I realised I had a fabulous book ahead of me to enjoy.
Even though I jumped into the middle of the saga, there was enough action and plot to immediately engross myself in. The same can't be said of "Go tell the Bees". The first half of this 912 page epic is rehashing old happenings and is very slow. The last half finally moves along, but erratically.
I love Jamie and Clare, and I was happy to be amongst all the characters of Frasers Ridge again. Part of the joy of these books is their leisurely pace and detailed minutiae. But as a series, Culloden was done in a book, Bonnie Prince Charlie was dealt with in a book, and yet the American revolution has been drawn out over several. It feels like Gabaldon is reluctant to let her characters go (understandably) and yet we know that Clare and Jamie must die in the end (hinted at several times). I'm not saying I'm ready for Jamie to go either, but there needs to be some movement in the story, and this one really dragged it out. Sure, things happened, people died, babies were born, there were a few medical procedures performed by Clare (although strangely with less gorey details than usual), but it all just felt like tidbits to placate us until the real meat of the story which will hopefully happen in Book 10.
Fans will still love this. I did enjoy it. I'd just hoped for more.
Even though I jumped into the middle of the saga, there was enough action and plot to immediately engross myself in. The same can't be said of "Go tell the Bees". The first half of this 912 page epic is rehashing old happenings and is very slow. The last half finally moves along, but erratically.
I love Jamie and Clare, and I was happy to be amongst all the characters of Frasers Ridge again. Part of the joy of these books is their leisurely pace and detailed minutiae. But as a series, Culloden was done in a book, Bonnie Prince Charlie was dealt with in a book, and yet the American revolution has been drawn out over several. It feels like Gabaldon is reluctant to let her characters go (understandably) and yet we know that Clare and Jamie must die in the end (hinted at several times). I'm not saying I'm ready for Jamie to go either, but there needs to be some movement in the story, and this one really dragged it out. Sure, things happened, people died, babies were born, there were a few medical procedures performed by Clare (although strangely with less gorey details than usual), but it all just felt like tidbits to placate us until the real meat of the story which will hopefully happen in Book 10.
Fans will still love this. I did enjoy it. I'd just hoped for more.