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A review by littlefoot10
Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
I'm having a hard time being not critical of this book after finishing it at 3:30 this morning.
I loved books one and two. Even book three was decent. This one just pissed me off.
I felt like NOTHING happened....the ENTIRE NOVEL !!!
How can this be OVER 1000 pages....and I feel like nothing happened. It's freaking wild.
Honestly my favourite part of this book was when Bree and Roger were in Boston; which was maybe 2 chapters ?
Lizzie was such a prominent character towards Bree after her going through the stones and the second half of the book she is gone until the second last chapter. And the reason was she just went to Fergus' house to help out with his baby.
Fergus was barely around, other than his trial which was just an excuse to get Jamie into town for Bree to hopefully meet her father.
Claire and Jamie didn't even feel the same spark with their characters.
Rollo and Ian were probably the best part of this book and then his character gets shipped off and traded.
I just feel like if you're going to write a world of almost 30 books; they should at the very least have more than two plot points...and each book should actually be good? And enjoyable? I feel like I'm being so mean but I feel like I wasted my time.
SOOOO many chapters were just building and taking care of the land. That's great. But not why I started reading these books. It's not even in a setting that I want to honestly really be reading about.
All the conflicts within this book could have been solved with simple conversation. Or if you felt the need to write this book it could have been 200-300 pages max and we would have accomplished the same thing.
I think it also pisses me off that the 'go to plot pusher' is rape. I understood and felt the reasoning in the previous books made sense to where the characters were and their traits. This just felt forced and as a way to try and keep the book "interesting" because now there will be an ongoing mystery as well as bringing Bonnet into each of the main characters lives. It's unnecessary.
I will probably eventually read the next book; but honestly I would rather read every other book on my TBR plus all the other books I want to buy before I jump back into this world.
I loved books one and two. Even book three was decent. This one just pissed me off.
I felt like NOTHING happened....the ENTIRE NOVEL !!!
How can this be OVER 1000 pages....and I feel like nothing happened. It's freaking wild.
Honestly my favourite part of this book was when Bree and Roger were in Boston; which was maybe 2 chapters ?
Lizzie was such a prominent character towards Bree after her going through the stones and the second half of the book she is gone until the second last chapter. And the reason was she just went to Fergus' house to help out with his baby.
Fergus was barely around, other than his trial which was just an excuse to get Jamie into town for Bree to hopefully meet her father.
Claire and Jamie didn't even feel the same spark with their characters.
Rollo and Ian were probably the best part of this book and then his character gets shipped off and traded.
I just feel like if you're going to write a world of almost 30 books; they should at the very least have more than two plot points...and each book should actually be good? And enjoyable? I feel like I'm being so mean but I feel like I wasted my time.
SOOOO many chapters were just building and taking care of the land. That's great. But not why I started reading these books. It's not even in a setting that I want to honestly really be reading about.
All the conflicts within this book could have been solved with simple conversation. Or if you felt the need to write this book it could have been 200-300 pages max and we would have accomplished the same thing.
I think it also pisses me off that the 'go to plot pusher' is rape. I understood and felt the reasoning in the previous books made sense to where the characters were and their traits. This just felt forced and as a way to try and keep the book "interesting" because now there will be an ongoing mystery as well as bringing Bonnet into each of the main characters lives. It's unnecessary.
I will probably eventually read the next book; but honestly I would rather read every other book on my TBR plus all the other books I want to buy before I jump back into this world.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape