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A review by eantoinette285
An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon
5.0
This series has just fully engulfed me. Sometimes I wonder how this story can continue on after so long, but it's going strong and I'm not bored at all!
Yes, don't get me wrong, there's lulls in the book as you explore, but there has to be. There can't be action and romance filling the pages, there has to be an element of the mundane and everyday routine as well. It makes it much more realistic and relatable when something big does happen.. and boy, does it!
I wasn't particularly fond of the sudden changes in perspective that came with this story, but I knew Diana had a purpose in doing so. By including the POV from John Grey and his stepson, William, as well as Claire with Jamie, and Brianna with Roger, it all tied the piece together nicely the further I went into the story.
Revolution is bringing most of the main characters close... almost too close, and it leaves your heart in your throat to discover if their eventual meeting will be a good or a bad thing.
Brianna and Roger are back in the 20th century and staying close to Bri's parents through letters. Claire and Jamie are bound back to Scotland with Jamie's nephew Ian, but they keep having encounters with troops and also Lord John Grey, a part of Jamie's past that has very much become their present. With Grey comes William, the estranged and illegitimate son of Colonel Fraser.
It's quite hard to review these books without giving away too many spoilers. I know they've been available for years, but for the sake of my friends who are reading this as I do, (and are in various stages of the process) I'm going to keep this short and sweet.
Tomorrow morning, I head into book eight, the final book in the series, (at least until book nine is released.. which, I'm sure, is a long way off) and I do so with a mixture of pride and sadness. I'm proud I got through these monster installments while also being sad that all this time spent with these characters is coming to a close and I'll have to move on to a new book and a new series. I haven't had a series quite take over my life the way this one has, but I'm glad it did. I can't wait to see what book eight has in store!
Yes, don't get me wrong, there's lulls in the book as you explore, but there has to be. There can't be action and romance filling the pages, there has to be an element of the mundane and everyday routine as well. It makes it much more realistic and relatable when something big does happen.. and boy, does it!
I wasn't particularly fond of the sudden changes in perspective that came with this story, but I knew Diana had a purpose in doing so. By including the POV from John Grey and his stepson, William, as well as Claire with Jamie, and Brianna with Roger, it all tied the piece together nicely the further I went into the story.
Revolution is bringing most of the main characters close... almost too close, and it leaves your heart in your throat to discover if their eventual meeting will be a good or a bad thing.
Brianna and Roger are back in the 20th century and staying close to Bri's parents through letters. Claire and Jamie are bound back to Scotland with Jamie's nephew Ian, but they keep having encounters with troops and also Lord John Grey, a part of Jamie's past that has very much become their present. With Grey comes William, the estranged and illegitimate son of Colonel Fraser.
It's quite hard to review these books without giving away too many spoilers. I know they've been available for years, but for the sake of my friends who are reading this as I do, (and are in various stages of the process) I'm going to keep this short and sweet.
Tomorrow morning, I head into book eight, the final book in the series, (at least until book nine is released.. which, I'm sure, is a long way off) and I do so with a mixture of pride and sadness. I'm proud I got through these monster installments while also being sad that all this time spent with these characters is coming to a close and I'll have to move on to a new book and a new series. I haven't had a series quite take over my life the way this one has, but I'm glad it did. I can't wait to see what book eight has in store!