Take a photo of a barcode or cover
A review by ladyk23
Lord John and the Private Matter by Diana Gabaldon
3.0
Having listened to all eight of the currently released Outlander novels on Audible last year, I thought I would swiftly move on to the Lord John spin-off books, which I understand are to be read in the following order (in case this is useful):
•Lord John and the Hellfire Club, a short story.
•Lord John and the Private Matter, a novel.
•Lord John and the Succubus a novella,
•Lord John and the Brotherhood Of The Blade, a novel.
•Lord John and the Haunted Soldier, a novella.
•Lord John and the Custom of the Army, a novella.
•The Scottish Prisoner, a novel.
•Lord John and the Plague of Zombies.
I will admit that the Hellfire Club short story didn't exactly set my world on fire, but I love the character of Lord John in the Outlander books so I wasn't about to give up on him. Plus I'd already bought this next one - The Private Matter - on Audible, and so I was going to listen to it either way.
I'm glad to say I much preferred this one to the Hellfire Club. Obviously being that The Private Matter is a novel whereas Hellfire was only a short story, there is a lot more plot in this one, and a lot more character development. It's nice to see Lord John outside of the confines of the Outlander books and finding out what he does when he's not pining over Jamie and rescuing Brianna from being married off to someone her Aunt has set her up with.
I must say I was really quite shocked and surprised at the negativity in the other reviews - mainly revolving around the fact that Lord John is a gay character. People saying they don't want to read stories where gay men are the leads. In 2021 I am very shocked that this is the case. I mean hello people, there's nothing wrong with having some diversity in the characters you're reading about. If I only read stories about straight white women my choice of reads would not only be boring as hell but also rather limited to cheesy rom-coms. Please, for the love of literature as a whole, broaden your horizons a bit!
I for one already liked Lord John as a character and am glad to see that The Hellfire Club was not the extent of his character development, or an indication of the plot-lines in his stories to come. I thoroughly enjoyed this tale of murder, double crossing and intrigue. And if this is what the rest of the books are going to be like, I'll be more than happy to keep reading and recommending them.
•Lord John and the Hellfire Club, a short story.
•Lord John and the Private Matter, a novel.
•Lord John and the Succubus a novella,
•Lord John and the Brotherhood Of The Blade, a novel.
•Lord John and the Haunted Soldier, a novella.
•Lord John and the Custom of the Army, a novella.
•The Scottish Prisoner, a novel.
•Lord John and the Plague of Zombies.
I will admit that the Hellfire Club short story didn't exactly set my world on fire, but I love the character of Lord John in the Outlander books so I wasn't about to give up on him. Plus I'd already bought this next one - The Private Matter - on Audible, and so I was going to listen to it either way.
I'm glad to say I much preferred this one to the Hellfire Club. Obviously being that The Private Matter is a novel whereas Hellfire was only a short story, there is a lot more plot in this one, and a lot more character development. It's nice to see Lord John outside of the confines of the Outlander books and finding out what he does when he's not pining over Jamie and rescuing Brianna from being married off to someone her Aunt has set her up with.
I must say I was really quite shocked and surprised at the negativity in the other reviews - mainly revolving around the fact that Lord John is a gay character. People saying they don't want to read stories where gay men are the leads. In 2021 I am very shocked that this is the case. I mean hello people, there's nothing wrong with having some diversity in the characters you're reading about. If I only read stories about straight white women my choice of reads would not only be boring as hell but also rather limited to cheesy rom-coms. Please, for the love of literature as a whole, broaden your horizons a bit!
I for one already liked Lord John as a character and am glad to see that The Hellfire Club was not the extent of his character development, or an indication of the plot-lines in his stories to come. I thoroughly enjoyed this tale of murder, double crossing and intrigue. And if this is what the rest of the books are going to be like, I'll be more than happy to keep reading and recommending them.