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Drums of Autumn (Outlander, #4)
by Diana Gabaldon (Goodreads Author)
by Diana Gabaldon (Goodreads Author)
Books one and two were so very good, the third "Voyager", became quite the travelogue, and dragging in places, but because I loved the first 2 I wanted to keep going with the series.
I decided to try listening to it instead of reading and it's a good thing! This book was much flatter than the third so I am sure listening to it was much funner than reading it.
I'm stopping here with the series.
Though I wanted to see Jamie and Claire's story continue and didn't want to give the characters up, I think I'd rather go back and reread the first two books than struggle through books 5 and 6. I don't want to see Jamie & Claire die or read about them at 70 years of age.
Due to its heavy violence, often disturbing subject matter, and "romantic" scenes - I am hesitant to recommend this (or any of the series)to anyone.
I decided to try listening to it instead of reading and it's a good thing! This book was much flatter than the third so I am sure listening to it was much funner than reading it.
I'm stopping here with the series.
Though I wanted to see Jamie and Claire's story continue and didn't want to give the characters up, I think I'd rather go back and reread the first two books than struggle through books 5 and 6. I don't want to see Jamie & Claire die or read about them at 70 years of age.
Due to its heavy violence, often disturbing subject matter, and "romantic" scenes - I am hesitant to recommend this (or any of the series)to anyone.
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The fourth DOA was over the top! Too many characters seemed stereotypical and she spends too much time droning on about the sex. I am a huge fan of historical fiction and her descriptions of the the way of life are fantastic, but she misses the mark with shallow characters drifting around Jamie and Claire.
A good example is Fergus. She has Jamie come down for the trial that turns out to be just a lame excuse to get Bree hooked up with her Da.
I could go on but you get the drift. She could have told the same story in two thirds the pages and had a book that would not bore the average person to death.
I will for the sake of finding out what happens to read the next book, but if things do not change I will not be reading the sixth.