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jokapy's review against another edition
3.0
Kertomusten taso vaihteli paljon. Lordi John novellit olivat tosi tylsiä. En edes tajua miksi luin ne. Lehtenä pyhäinpäivän tuulessa oli mielenkiintoinen ja suurin syy miksi luin tämän kokoelman. Eniten tykkäsin Välitila nimisestä tarinasta.
shireen's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
svw89's review against another edition
3.0
[b:A Leaf on the Wind of All Hallows|13634927|A Leaf on the Wind of All Hallows (Outlander, #8.5)|Diana Gabaldon|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1351354006s/13634927.jpg|19245708] - ★★★☆☆ (2.5 rounded up).
I'm torn with this first novella in the collection. It wasn't awful but there wasn't anything really that new. There was surprise!Frank which no one asked for EVER (although I kind of get why he was included). Apart from that the only really new thing was a change at the end and I think I'd kind of guessed that before getting to that part. Most of the stuff was already included in Echo (I could have sworn before reading this that the Jerry stuff was mentioned in MOBY but the later books do tend to merge together. I guess Roger's parents were cute and I suppose it was sad (if you don't have a cold, dead heart like me) but I think that a lot more could have been done with this story. I know it's a novella but there could have been more depth, it could have been a little bit longer.
I did spend times confused about when this was taking place. I knew that Roger had to be old enough to remember his mother and that she'd died in the Blitz (which I thought was around 1940 - 1942) but then Roger was only a baby when Jerry went on his mission, and he'd already been injured a year beforehand and it frustrated me trying to work out when it was taking place but then maybe it was just me not knowing my way around a library.
Authors note on chronology at the very end tells that this takes place in 1940 and 1942. So we now know that Roger was born in 1940 although this is subject to change between books.
[b:The Custom of the Army|13422194|The Custom of the Army|Diana Gabaldon|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1335868520s/13422194.jpg|18852525] ★☆☆☆☆
YAWN. I don't know why I try with the LJG books and novellas. The only one I've even halfway liked was [b:The Scottish Prisoner|8533018|The Scottish Prisoner (Lord John Grey, #3)|Diana Gabaldon|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1372562277s/8533018.jpg|13400250] and that was because it was half Jamie. I've never really warmed to Lord John. He's had his moments, and I have enjoyed some of his interactions with various characters in the main books, but I just can't bring myself to care about him as a main character. This was pretty boring. I'm not even sure what really happened. An eel party, near death experience, and then that resulting in him going to Canada and getting caught up in the Battle of Quebec. Oh and the first meeting of Manoke.
[b:A Plague of Zombies|17620728|A Plague of Zombies|Diana Gabaldon|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1403173683s/17620728.jpg|24587461] ★☆☆☆☆
YAWN. Another LJG novella. This time he's in Jamaica and there's something going on with live Zombies. Or something. I did get a little confused because I thought LJG went to Jamaica BECAUSE he was the governor of Jamaica but there seemed to be a different governor there. My brain can't handle it when I'm so not interested in the characters. There was a bit that I did quite like involving a meeting with a certain Mrs Abernathy. Mostly, I do not care.
Edit: Okay, just found out this was set in 1761 not 1766 so 5 nearly 6 years before Voyager. So that explains the governor thing but in Voyager, Mrs Abernathy/Geillis had only been there 2 years? I think? And her husband died 6 months later. And so he would have been alive in 1761. (I honestly don't know why I bother trying to work this out.)
[b:The Space Between|21418017|The Space Between (Outlander, #7.5)|Diana Gabaldon|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1395125614s/21418017.jpg|40721190] ★★★★☆
I actually really liked this novella. It interested me and I'd love to read more! It didn't even matter that I was spoiled for one of the revelations about le Comte St Germain due to a really stupid article a couple of months ago for Season 2 of Outlander. Poor Michael Murray. He's the one Fraser-Murray kid I always forget about. I really felt bad for him with the grief he was going through. I don't understand the timing. It's June 1778 but the times off. Ian happened in March so this is 3 months later but Jamie would have already been in France by then, it would have made more sense to this being set in April. I've mostly given up on timelines and such in the books and can mostly ignore and go about with my own timeline in my head but it's much more irritating in a little novella. I really liked Joan. Not sure how Leoghaire ended up with two likeable daughters but I won't complain. Le Comte - I'm not sure what to think. He's so strange. I want to read more. AND I HAVE EVEN MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT MASTER RAYMOND NOW. I love this time travel stuff. And Mother Hildegarde is amazing. She must be approaching 150 by now. How does she do it?!
I'm torn with this first novella in the collection. It wasn't awful but there wasn't anything really that new. There was surprise!Frank which no one asked for EVER (although I kind of get why he was included). Apart from that the only really new thing was a change at the end and I think I'd kind of guessed that before getting to that part. Most of the stuff was already included in Echo (I could have sworn before reading this that the Jerry stuff was mentioned in MOBY but the later books do tend to merge together. I guess Roger's parents were cute and I suppose it was sad (if you don't have a cold, dead heart like me) but I think that a lot more could have been done with this story. I know it's a novella but there could have been more depth, it could have been a little bit longer.
I did spend times confused about when this was taking place. I knew that Roger had to be old enough to remember his mother and that she'd died in the Blitz (which I thought was around 1940 - 1942) but then Roger was only a baby when Jerry went on his mission, and he'd already been injured a year beforehand and it frustrated me trying to work out when it was taking place but then maybe it was just me not knowing my way around a library.
Authors note on chronology at the very end tells that this takes place in 1940 and 1942. So we now know that Roger was born in 1940 although this is subject to change between books.
[b:The Custom of the Army|13422194|The Custom of the Army|Diana Gabaldon|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1335868520s/13422194.jpg|18852525] ★☆☆☆☆
YAWN. I don't know why I try with the LJG books and novellas. The only one I've even halfway liked was [b:The Scottish Prisoner|8533018|The Scottish Prisoner (Lord John Grey, #3)|Diana Gabaldon|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1372562277s/8533018.jpg|13400250] and that was because it was half Jamie. I've never really warmed to Lord John. He's had his moments, and I have enjoyed some of his interactions with various characters in the main books, but I just can't bring myself to care about him as a main character. This was pretty boring. I'm not even sure what really happened. An eel party, near death experience, and then that resulting in him going to Canada and getting caught up in the Battle of Quebec. Oh and the first meeting of Manoke.
[b:A Plague of Zombies|17620728|A Plague of Zombies|Diana Gabaldon|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1403173683s/17620728.jpg|24587461] ★☆☆☆☆
YAWN. Another LJG novella. This time he's in Jamaica and there's something going on with live Zombies. Or something. I did get a little confused because I thought LJG went to Jamaica BECAUSE he was the governor of Jamaica but there seemed to be a different governor there. My brain can't handle it when I'm so not interested in the characters. There was a bit that I did quite like involving a meeting with a certain Mrs Abernathy. Mostly, I do not care.
Edit: Okay, just found out this was set in 1761 not 1766 so 5 nearly 6 years before Voyager. So that explains the governor thing but in Voyager, Mrs Abernathy/Geillis had only been there 2 years? I think? And her husband died 6 months later. And so he would have been alive in 1761. (I honestly don't know why I bother trying to work this out.)
[b:The Space Between|21418017|The Space Between (Outlander, #7.5)|Diana Gabaldon|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1395125614s/21418017.jpg|40721190] ★★★★☆
I actually really liked this novella. It interested me and I'd love to read more! It didn't even matter that I was spoiled for one of the revelations about le Comte St Germain due to a really stupid article a couple of months ago for Season 2 of Outlander. Poor Michael Murray. He's the one Fraser-Murray kid I always forget about. I really felt bad for him with the grief he was going through. I don't understand the timing. It's June 1778 but the times off. Ian happened in March so this is 3 months later but Jamie would have already been in France by then, it would have made more sense to this being set in April. I've mostly given up on timelines and such in the books and can mostly ignore and go about with my own timeline in my head but it's much more irritating in a little novella. I really liked Joan. Not sure how Leoghaire ended up with two likeable daughters but I won't complain. Le Comte - I'm not sure what to think. He's so strange. I want to read more. AND I HAVE EVEN MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT MASTER RAYMOND NOW. I love this time travel stuff. And Mother Hildegarde is amazing. She must be approaching 150 by now. How does she do it?!
chrisiant's review against another edition
3.0
I liked the bigger books better than these little space-fillers (plus the jumping around of four novellas in one book took some getting used to) but I'm glad she's having fun writing them.
It has begun to feel like she's started tying ends together from various story lines in various books just because the ends are there and she's curious if she can find a way to semi-logically tie a to b (no of course that guy didn't really die back there but has been time-traveling over here and is now back and is really so-and-so's father, etc). It starts to feel somewhat contrived, like the stories are being told to see how tangly she can get the threads rather than the feel in the earlier books that these characters just happened into rather cleverly-constructed and tangly story lines.
Still, I find all her work vastly more enjoyable than I ever expected to, which is to say, pretty enjoyable, all things considered.
It has begun to feel like she's started tying ends together from various story lines in various books just because the ends are there and she's curious if she can find a way to semi-logically tie a to b (no of course that guy didn't really die back there but has been time-traveling over here and is now back and is really so-and-so's father, etc). It starts to feel somewhat contrived, like the stories are being told to see how tangly she can get the threads rather than the feel in the earlier books that these characters just happened into rather cleverly-constructed and tangly story lines.
Still, I find all her work vastly more enjoyable than I ever expected to, which is to say, pretty enjoyable, all things considered.
fire89's review against another edition
4.0
So awesome book and this whole series is so good. I have read this so many times, but maybe I will read again this whole Outlander-series. I read this one in Finnish and those characters are quite interesting and some facts what this books gives to reader.
Ihan mahtava tietoisku Matkantekijä-sarjaan liittyen ja ne pienet "novellit". Tämän innostuksen vuoksi kaivoin esille minun omat 4 ensimmäistä osaa Matkantekijä-sarjasta kirjahyllyjen ja pahvilaatikoiden syövereistä ja täytyykin varmaan miettiä, ostaako mahdollisesti jatkoakin vielä. On varmaan mukava vuosien tai jopa vuosikymmenien jälkeen palata tähän maailmaan. Ainakin Tulivanaa lukiessa se kiinnostus tuntui edelleen olevan voimissa, mikä siihen historialliseen Skotlantiin on minulla aina liittynytkin.
Ihan mahtava tietoisku Matkantekijä-sarjaan liittyen ja ne pienet "novellit". Tämän innostuksen vuoksi kaivoin esille minun omat 4 ensimmäistä osaa Matkantekijä-sarjasta kirjahyllyjen ja pahvilaatikoiden syövereistä ja täytyykin varmaan miettiä, ostaako mahdollisesti jatkoakin vielä. On varmaan mukava vuosien tai jopa vuosikymmenien jälkeen palata tähän maailmaan. Ainakin Tulivanaa lukiessa se kiinnostus tuntui edelleen olevan voimissa, mikä siihen historialliseen Skotlantiin on minulla aina liittynytkin.
sabrinadarcy's review against another edition
4.0
Great read of 4 short stories that randomly fit in with the larger Outlander series. Only problem is that I didn't remember a lot of the minor characters involved, other than to remember that I should know who they are... But as always, very entertaining.
I think the first I've read that truly leaves out all major characters completely. (Unless you consider Lord John a main character)
I think the first I've read that truly leaves out all major characters completely. (Unless you consider Lord John a main character)
kayo32's review
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
chockymousse's review against another edition
3.0
A Leaf On The Wind Of All Hallows: 5 Stars
The Custom Of The Army: 3 Stars
Lord John And The Plague Of Zombies: 3 Stars
The Space Between: 4 Stars
The Custom Of The Army: 3 Stars
Lord John And The Plague Of Zombies: 3 Stars
The Space Between: 4 Stars
mibookobsession's review against another edition
5.0
I was so excited to see this on the shelf at the library...a new book by one of my favorite authors!! Only to get home and realize it was a collection of novellas that I've already read. Oh well, they're just as good the second time!
larisa2021's review against another edition
4.0
Thrilled to have the three previously released short stories from other disparate anthologies *and* the additional new story wrapping it up.
"A Leaf on All Hallow's" is even more poignant the second time.
"The Space in Between" is heart-breakingly gorgeous.
"A Leaf on All Hallow's" is even more poignant the second time.
"The Space in Between" is heart-breakingly gorgeous.