Go Tell the Bees that I am Gone

Seven years after [b:Written in My Own Heart's Blood 11710373 Written in My Own Heart's Blood (Outlander, #8) Diana Gabaldon https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1365173799l/11710373.SX50.jpg 16657990], I no longer have the patience or energy for a 900+ page saga. But I couldn't NOT read it. Although it had its moments, overall I was underwhelmed. I liked spending time with most of the characters, but the book needed more plot (the action doesn't really kick in until well past the halfway point), and fewer scenes of people rehashing and processing events from the first eight books. Plus there was one incident involving what I would consider a traumatic event for a child that was inexplicably glossed over (Ian travels to New York to find his Indian former wife, whose husband has died. She hands over her oldest child, who is obviously Ian's, but there is no mention of how the boy feels about being separated from his mother and everyone he knows. I guess being adopted into the Jamie Fraser family cures any and all emotional distress) I skimmed the last 200 pages because I was sick of it all by that point.