This is a whopper of a book - 800+ pages. It was the perfect Christmas vacation read.
But...
This wasn't quite that book...again I wanted to love this
But...
It's true I couldn't put it down. The story pulls you in to the verra verra Scottish place right beside Claire and Jamie. To the world where people can travel from today to the past in the circles of Scottish stones. A world where honor and family are defended to the death. A world where a love can transcend time and space. A world where 'bodices' may be busted! :)
But...
This wan't quite that book. This book spends so much time on the history of the American revolution, the details of battles and the people involved that it forgets Jamie and Claire. There three different story lines - English soldier, American fighters and Briana and Roger's story in 1980 Scotland. But there are just too many pieces!
The story has strayed away from simply Jamie and Claire - it sort of reminds me of ER on TV. I watched it faithfully for the first several seasons. I fell in love with the characters and I really cared...and then the story line seemed to loose it's focus. The show moved beyond the characters and I lost my love. That is the Outlander series today.
But...
The worst of the worst of the worst is the end...how can a book of 800 pages just end with every single story line up in the air. I was FURIOUS!!! Every single story line. Nothing cleared up - not even a pause. Instead it just stopped.
ARGH!!!
But...
I know that I will wait around to read the next book. I know that I will look forward to the story continuing. I want to know how this love story ends. I want to see it through.
But...
I want a book I can fall into and LOVE!!! Where, oh where is it?
2 comments:
Amen Sista!
Hey..never read this book..but you're searching for a really good one...I recommend "After Dark" by Haruki Murakami and "Someone to love" by Jude Deveraux...they're both awesome...well, I like it.
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