I can’t remember in which book Claire explains how she helped a patient die at hospital in Boston. After that they made her a personal manager. Anybody help me please ;)

Wow… Bree has a third child, a boy wee David?

I have to admit I wasn't thrilled with the long winding chapters on the Ridge in B9. I knew Claire would be getting 'healing' powers as the Indian woman told her in B4; maybe on second read I will warm up to these episodes or maybe I am just rambling but this regurgitation of Claire- Jamie- Frank- BJR- Murtagh moments didn't have a spark for me...maybe bc it was again left open...we STILL didn't find out for sure what exactly Frank knew and did he really 'write' this book to Jamie...

Most of all though I didn't understand Claire's choices to invite, befriend, tolerate, heal and harbor ppl who meant and did them outright harm: Cunningam's mother, Cunningham himself, the two English soldiers around Agnes (too many new faces!!), and finally Ulysses' captain...I get it she is a doctor, but these presentations felt annoying and unrealistic...it's a matter of life and death in these dangerous times, and her internal thoughts and worries sounded so fake to me when they contradicted her actions...and then Jamie followed her lead and extended the same kindness to the ppl who lay traps for him...bc he got too upset for hunting down the man who raped her ..really???..the Jamie who killed Dougal and didn't blink...I had to close the book many times for breaks from this unreasonableness....not impressed with these storylines at all!

Anyone else felt similarly?

I knew it...ever since B8 I was sure I would be falling in love with William and now it's a fact!

B9 has him develop into a smart and kind hearted young man, who struggles a lot, but finds his way, and I am thrilled. I confess I rush through the other developments to get to William and Brianna, William and his difficult budding romance with his cousin's wife, William and LJG and Hall....and as much as I prayed to get to see him with Jamie, we only got him wanting to renounce his title in an attempt to reconcile his true identity, and at the end knock on Jamie's door for help...yet again! Why did it have to end this way? Another 5-6 years now waiting to see him with his father on the same side of the fence.

I am almost half way through and cannot say this book reads any different than the rest (this is in relation to the talk that is would be!).

I also find it a little tough to read like B5, as if some of the details are just forced. There's so many fillers, and I don't mean subplots, but descriptive, overwhelming details that don't add value for me...at this stage of having waited so long for the action.

I love all the plots but have to plough pages of medical and nature details, and that's boring...apart from the above I love the Ian, Brianna and Roger lines, the Fanny subplot. I am a little nervous that Jamie and Clare keep rehashing old torments, and that William's search and rescue op is too slow....

So, here is my admission: I peeked forward and know that the William / Brianna chapters are just marvelous. I expect some Fergus action too, but have to get there...I am having thoughts of skipping forward....

Your thoughts?

Diana said that Dr McEwan is not Master Raymond... So is he the Comte St Germain? I remember it being mentioned very early on that Geillis Duncan had the Comtes grimoire in her attic room in Cranesmuir.

Hi! I am not sure if this is appropriate to post here, but I need some help and so I figured I would come to the experts! I have a business on Etsy selling re-designed dust jackets for popular book series. Some of you may have seen me on tiktok before (@EAcrafting), but I'm looking for some help! I have never read any of the outlander books but I have a ton of people asking me to design covers. I have seen the tv show so I am familiar with the characters and storyline, but I'm obviously missing a lot of details.

What I am looking for is help choosing a a symbol or image that best represents each book, or a meaningful quote from each book. I am looking to do all of the books in the series and I would love if I could get any kind of input on this.

Here are some ideas I have so far:

Book 1 - Craigh na dun rocks

Book 2 - jacobite symbol

Book 3 - a boat/ship?

after that I am lost!

Thank you so much in advance to anyone who responds!!

Extra info: the kind of thing I am looking for is a symbol that impacted the story in some way, or is easily recognized from the storyline. For an example I used The sorting hat for the first Harry Potter book, a trident for the first Percy Jackson book, and a Rose for the first ACOTAR book. Something minimal and easy to conceptualize and draw would be best!

I'm reading book 2 at the moment and something just struck me - during her pregnancy Claire is drinking constantly! I understand there was a pressure from society to participate in drinking during social functions, but I see mentions of wine or whisky literally in every other scene. Why would she do that if she's a medical proffesional? Also do you think it had an impact on what happened later?.

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Madame Blanche:

Itis said that Jamie sends money home to Jenny at Lallybroch.

During the 4 years from 1739 through May 2nd, 1743, Jamie was certainly up a creek without a paddle being incarcerated, hacked in the back of the head by axe wielding Dougal, recovering at the Abbey, living rough/eating grass and on the run from the British Redcoats, plus being lied to by Dougal about Jenny holing up with the Redcoat soldier, etc.

Some fans are angry with Jamie for not sending a note or some word to Jenny during this time and consider it irresponsible and outright rude of Jamie to just leave her uninformed of his whereabouts and/or situations.

I don't see how it was at all possible for Jamie to get any kind of information or money to Jenny during those 4 years. He was hiding out because of the price on his head, not to mention he wasn't at all in command of his life 99% of the time.

The fans say mercenaries in France made good money so Jamie was very capable of sending money to Lallybroch and notes to keep Jenny informed.

I say baloney. Where was he getting money in Scotland while he was being beaten to death, imprisoned, injured, at the Abbey, fighting in France, and all that. How was Jamie supposed to hire some dude to cross the English Channel, then buy a horse, ride to Lallybroch to deliver a note that would betray his whereabouts should the wrong person get hold of that note and or the money?

What's the verdict here amongst readers who know... not guess... who know if Jamie actually was able to send money to Jenny or notes during 1739 through May 2nd, 1743 and just didn't because he was a jerk?

Thanks

Miss Rocket

No spoilers please! I’m on page like 600 so like halfway through An Echo In The Bone, and I’m pretty lost on what Lord John is up to. I can’t understand what the whole deal with his brother is and who he’s writing and the 3 people and whatnot and I’m just lost. Wondering if anyone knows what the deal is? He’s like trying to solve a mystery or prevent a nefarious plot and I can’t figure it out. Can someone help?