Drums of Autumn (original 1997; edition 1999)

Again, so many things have happened, and it's really nice to have Brianna and Roger in the same time with Claire and Jamie, even if there has been a lot of trouble for them all!! Poor Roger, he really didn't do anything wrong, but Lizzy thought he had, and that was enough for Jaime and Ian :(
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It still baffles me how powerful a saga this series is. Gabaldon brilliantly weaves together the lives of Claire, Jamie, and their now adult daughter Brianna and her lovable other half Roger.
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Well, this one was compelling. Some things I loved, some things I was like... reallyyyy....... mainly IAN WHAT NOOOOO COME BACK. but overall, enjoyed. It dragged a bit in the beginning; it really took me until at least 250 pages to get back into it, but when it started moving, the pages flew by. I still think I have enjoyed Voyager the most so far, but we shall see where book 5 takes me. ( )

There were parts of this book that I did not really enjoy to the point that I wanted to throw in the towel, but because I’ve been so invested in the series and I know how DG works I stuck with it. Thank God I did because I really enjoyed it towards the end…enough to give it 5 stars.

I didn’t really like Jaime and Claire in America, but it was interesting to hear about life back then and what was needed to survive. I did enjoy the beginnings of Roger and Bree’s relationship, but that slowly fizzled for me towards the middle of the book. I started out liking Bree but then towards the middle she came off as obnoxious and bratty to the point that I disliked her. I’ve since then slightly warmed up to her. I hope that in the next book she comes off better.

What made me give this book five stars were the last couple of chapters where everything came together in a full circle. There were a couple of revelations that confirmed to me why DG is a genius and has millions of loyal readers reading 1000 pages and eagerly waiting for more.
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Jamie and Claire lives now in America They have some lands in the middle of wilderness and they’re ready to settle to “normal” married life. The local Indians are relatively peaceful and Jamie’s nephew Ian becomes good friend with them.

In the 20th century Brianna is trying to find what happens to his parents. She’s also coming closer to Roger Wakefield, who helped Claire to trace Jamie. When Brianna finds old newspaper article about her parents she decides to go through the stones without telling Roger. When Roger finds out she has left, he’s determined to find her.

Yet another godd book by Gabaldon! I enjoyed it but still thought it to be the weakest book in the serie so far. But that doesn’t mean it was bad! I just found Roger so utterly boring. And there were too many pages from his point of view. He seemed more interesting in the future time.

I liked to see how Brianna and Jamie got to know each other and their relationship grow. AndI liked how well she get along with John Grey. But I didn’t understand how John could be so uninterested about his wife’s death.

The one thing I could have lived without was Brianna getting raped. I just didn’t see the point of it... ( )