A review by beedew
The Outlander by Gil Adamson

3.0

Upon opening it, I was delighted to enter a world written with the depth and beauty of early Cormac McCarthy. The lyricism of the writing never fails. The story itself was the problem for me. It started out fine and tense, but I began to feel like Adamson was afraid she'd never have a chance to write another novel. She seemed to cram every idea she's ever had into this one. As a result the reading got tedious. This was a case of too much of a good thing. The characters were good and plenty, but they slowed down the plot rather than enhanced it. I was ready to quit between 1/2 and 2/3s of the way through. Instead I skimmed. I'm glad I did. The ending resembled a bright, puffy bow too much for my liking. This would have been a near perfect novel if Adamson had kept to the simple and tense plot she started with. She certainly has the writing chops to accomplish this.