An Echo in the Bone: A Novel Review
After so many books in the series, I don't really feel like I'm reading, but that I'm following the lives of someone I actually know. I admit that I didn't enjoy the stories of Brianna and Roger, Lord John Grey and William, as much as I enjoy reading about Jamie and Claire. There are so many people and places to follow now that the writing has to jump around and get choppy.
There seem to be too many coincidences in this book....too many people who "just happen" to run into each other when they need each other.
What I hated the most about this book was the constant reminding that Jamie is getting old and that he is going to die soon.
An Echo in the Bone: A Novel Overview
Diana Gabaldon’s brilliant storytelling has captivated millions of readers in her bestselling and award-winning Outlander saga. Now, in An Echo in the Bone, the enormously anticipated seventh volume, Gabaldon continues the extraordinary story of the eighteenth-century Scotsman Jamie Fraser and his twentieth-century time-traveling wife, Claire Randall.
Jamie Fraser, former Jacobite and reluctant rebel, is already certain of three things about the American rebellion: The Americans will win, fighting on the side of victory is no guarantee of survival, and he’d rather die than have to face his illegitimate son–a young lieutenant in the British army–across the barrel of a gun.
Claire Randall knows that the Americans will win, too, but not what the ultimate price may be. That price won’t include Jamie’s life or his happiness, though–not if she has anything to say about it.
Meanwhile, in the relative safety of the twentieth century, Jamie and Claire’s daughter, Brianna, and her husband, Roger MacKenzie, have resettled in a historic Scottish home where, across a chasm of two centuries, the unfolding drama of Brianna’s parents’ story comes to life through Claire’s letters. The fragile pages reveal Claire’s love for battle-scarred Jamie Fraser and their flight from North Carolina to the high seas, where they encounter privateers and ocean battles–as Brianna and Roger search for clues not only to Claire’s fate but to their own. Because the future of the MacKenzie family in the Highlands is mysteriously, irrevocably, and intimately entwined with life and death in war-torn colonial America.
With stunning cameos of historical characters from Benedict Arnold to Benjamin Franklin, An Echo in the Bone is a soaring masterpiece of imagination, insight, character, and adventure–a novel that echoes in the mind long after the last page is turned.
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I have really enjoyed the whole series, but I was frustrated with the end of this volume. Too many things were introduced too close to the end and left us hanging!
In my opinion, it is ok to leave something unresolved to draw the reader toward the next book, but this time Gabaldon did not achieve the satisfying end of all the previous volumes.
Once again, it is a great series and I am an ardent admirer!
An Echo in the Bone - disappointed - Gabriella Martin - Western New York
Like the rest of the reviewers, I waited anxiously for this book to arrive. Then I waited a little longer, as it was a gift. I have to say i was disappointed, and the ending left much to be desired. Which is even tougher to deal with as there will be a three year wait until the next book.
I won't give anything away and there are plenty of plot summaries available in the reviews. When I first started this series, I loved to read about Jamie and Claire. They were larger than life for me, and often still are. Unfortunately, in many of the later books, there is less and less story about their relationship. As more family appears, they take up more and more of the story, which is hard for me. I understand the author wanted to explore the world and people around Jamie and Claire, but that isn't why I fell in love with the stories.
The ending for me was also hard to deal with. There wasn't really an ending for most of the characters, it was more of a cliffhanger. That really left me unsatisfied. With such a long wait between books, it is hard to stay interested in how the varies loose ties will be brought together. Say nothing of remembering the plot lines and the smaller characters that always make reappearances.
I have nothing against D. Gabaldon's writing and some of the lines her characters say can take your breath away, especially Jamie. I hope to read more of those magical lines in the next volume of this series.
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