Outlander, Book 9: Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone

M A MACKIE: Once again you are drawn into a world described so vividly you can almost taste and smell the challenge they face. I cannot wait for the next chapter ...

United Kingdom on Nov 01, 2023

The Velvet Lounge Life on YouTube: As usual Diana Gabaldon did not fail us. The story of Outlander continued with much fanfare which was well deserved and excitement. I could go on and on about the story itself but this review is about the actual book I purchased. This is a standard paperback book just like the others in the series I will say a difference is this book is a little bit bigger in size and it appears to have every single page in it The pages are not tissue paper thin. It was a good price because I got it on sale with free shipping.

United States on Oct 30, 2023

Glamnan: I am still reading this book.I felt at first it was not up to standard a bit bitty, I persevered and now I am having trouble putting it down .if you wonder why I gave it 4 stars , that is simple I am still reading it

United Kingdom on Oct 18, 2023

Annette: Very good quality, and looks good...

Spain on Oct 17, 2023

Mrs. Pjm Knighton: As always with the Diana Gabaldon books I found it difficult to put this down. I have all her books about Jamie and Claire and she always manages to keep me engrossed in the story from beginning to end.
I loved the family stories within the book; from Ian and Rachel, with Ian's mother Jenny joining them, to the Hardman story.
I can't think of anything in particular that I disliked in the book.
I look forward to the next, with Jamie helping William to free Lord John Grey, and the two of them getting to know each other better.
I cannot imagine ever getting tired of these stories and I must admit, I find the books more satisfying than the tv series, which goes it's own way in places and doesn't keep to the books.
I will feel a bit lonely now with the story read but happy that it's not the end.

United Kingdom on Oct 03, 2023

Mayra FernandaMayra Fernanda: ATENÇÃO! SE VOCÊ NÃO GOSTA DE SPOILER NÃO LEIA ESSA REVIEW!

Tem muitos spoilers na minha review, então se você não quer perder a surpresa ao ler o livro, não leia a minha review!

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Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone foi uma leitura completamente envolvente e cativante por um todo. É um livro tão grande quanto o Livro 5, mas que você nem nota o tanto que leu até perceber que faltam poucas páginas para acabá-lo.

Há tantos momentos maravilhosos entre o Jaime e a Claire! Não só românticos, como DRs maravilhosas! hahahaha Eu amo quando eles brigam, pois é um barato como eles não baixam a bola um com o outro, e quando fazem as pazes é a coisa mais fofa do mundo hahaha

Temos alguns mistérios resolvidos nesse livro (pontos soltos do Livro 7 e 8), e novos mistérios ainda a serem resolvidos no último livro (que segundo o site oficial da Diana, o livro 10 será o último livro focado no Jaime e na Claire, ela vai fechar o ciclo).

Primeiramente, vamos começar com a volta de Bree, Roger e as crianças a Fraser's Ridge.

- Bree conta sobre Rob Cameron para o pai e ao primo Ian;
- Roger conta ao Jaime sobre ter...

Brazil on Dec 16, 2021

Susan Frank: Loved it. After such a long wait, "Bees" arrived on my kindle. With a trans-Atlantic flight ahead of me, I waited to start until I was on the plane. I've never had a flight pass so quickly as that one did. Of course, I came nowhere near finishing the book, and in a great test of willpower, spread the reading over the next week. This allowed me to savor what I'd read before moving on to the following chapters. The book never disappointed me, though I admit to a few bouts of frustration while reading. One of the biggest things I noticed about this book is that it doesn't move from one crisis to another as many earlier books did. It is more character-driven, with time spent watching those characters grow, change, adjust, and generally deal with day-to-day life and life-changing situations.

The story picks up where the previous book left off, with the return of the MacKenzies to Fraser's Ridge. Claire and Jamie's happiness is evident, but so is their concern over what the future holds. Though Jamie resigned his commission in the Continental Army after Claire's injury in MOBY, they know that the war will eventually spread to their area. Jamie already sees the writing on the...

United States on Dec 09, 2021

Kimberly Jo: After a 2,723 day wait (nearly 7 1/2 years), Go Tell the Bees I Am Gone is finally here. I've never wanted to finish a book and also not finish a book so much, since Book 10 will surely take another half a dozen years. I savored Bees as long as possible and spread it out over 10 days, with the bulk of my reading happening over the past few days. It was hard for me to put down toward the end.

In interviews, Diana has described the shape of Bees (all of her Outlander books have a shape in her mind) as a snake. I could see it and feel it as I read; the plot is sinuous and curving with the head of the snake at the end. Diana also gave some hints as to the events in Bees in interviews. I wouldn't go so far as to call them spoilers, but I was correct in my predictions as to some of the events based on her comments. It was probably a good thing that I had a hint as to what was coming, because my anxiety was high enough while reading parts of this!

Here is the Prologue:

"You know that something is coming. Something--a specific, dire, and awful something--will happen. You envision it, you push it away. It rolls slowly, inexorably, back into your mind.
You make what...

United States on Dec 03, 2021