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jhbrattlof 's review for:
Into the Wilderness
by Sara Donati
Dear Mom,
You said [b:Into the Wilderness|72854|Into the Wilderness (Wilderness, #1)|Sara Donati|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1320395200l/72854._SY75_.jpg|3098033] would fill the gap between my annual [b:Outlander|10964|Outlander (Outlander, #1)|Diana Gabaldon|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1529065012l/10964._SY75_.jpg|2489796] reads. Per usual, you were absolutely right. [a:Sara Donati|41193|Sara Donati|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1267083400p2/41193.jpg]’s novel features unexpected love affairs, challenges to adaptability, and polarized prejudices that [a:Diana Gabaldon|3617|Diana Gabaldon|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1213918339p2/3617.jpg]’s epic series offers. She even mentions and alludes to a few of Gabaldon’s characters, like Ian (our fave Scotsman turned Native American). But I do think Sara Donati’s novel is a much better read when I’m not thinking of Outlander. Here’s a great review on the relationship between the two historical romances:
If you really want to appreciate Into the Wilderness, I suggest leaving Gabaldon on the shelf for the moment. Sara Donati introduces her readers to a complicated, recently established America (when has America not been complicated, though). As America decides what kind of country it wants to be, cultures clash in backwoods New York, 1792. In a world that values land over women, Donati chooses to tell this story through the lens of a stubborn, brave, quick tempered woman, Elizabeth Middleton, who aims to satisfy gender equality by any means. Elizabeth meets a new culture, the Mohawk tribe, that favors women’s ideas, thoughts, leadership even. Donati explores the suffocation of women’s empowerment that exists in late 18th century European culture and frees women through the Native American ideals.
A small trope in Donati’s first novel of the 5 book series suggests American women do not value themselves, and Donati blames their society, as the Native American often point out the American women’s lack of self-love:
Speaking to Elizabeth: “Many-Doves smiled. “You are not known for your kindness to yourself.”
Hey, Mom, I hope you feel appreciated and empowered.
You said [b:Into the Wilderness|72854|Into the Wilderness (Wilderness, #1)|Sara Donati|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1320395200l/72854._SY75_.jpg|3098033] would fill the gap between my annual [b:Outlander|10964|Outlander (Outlander, #1)|Diana Gabaldon|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1529065012l/10964._SY75_.jpg|2489796] reads. Per usual, you were absolutely right. [a:Sara Donati|41193|Sara Donati|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1267083400p2/41193.jpg]’s novel features unexpected love affairs, challenges to adaptability, and polarized prejudices that [a:Diana Gabaldon|3617|Diana Gabaldon|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1213918339p2/3617.jpg]’s epic series offers. She even mentions and alludes to a few of Gabaldon’s characters, like Ian (our fave Scotsman turned Native American). But I do think Sara Donati’s novel is a much better read when I’m not thinking of Outlander. Here’s a great review on the relationship between the two historical romances:
If you really want to appreciate Into the Wilderness, I suggest leaving Gabaldon on the shelf for the moment. Sara Donati introduces her readers to a complicated, recently established America (when has America not been complicated, though). As America decides what kind of country it wants to be, cultures clash in backwoods New York, 1792. In a world that values land over women, Donati chooses to tell this story through the lens of a stubborn, brave, quick tempered woman, Elizabeth Middleton, who aims to satisfy gender equality by any means. Elizabeth meets a new culture, the Mohawk tribe, that favors women’s ideas, thoughts, leadership even. Donati explores the suffocation of women’s empowerment that exists in late 18th century European culture and frees women through the Native American ideals.
A small trope in Donati’s first novel of the 5 book series suggests American women do not value themselves, and Donati blames their society, as the Native American often point out the American women’s lack of self-love:
Speaking to Elizabeth: “Many-Doves smiled. “You are not known for your kindness to yourself.”
Hey, Mom, I hope you feel appreciated and empowered.