A review by christiek
The Outlander by Gil Adamson

3.0

This book ended really strongly, otherwise I wouldn't have liked it. I realized that Adamson has talent for writing words that feel like the action in the novel. While an excellent talent to have, the novel suffers from being slow and aimless for the first 150 pages when the protagonist is lost, frantic, helpless and starving. I had a terrible time getting into the book, then by the middle of the book I didn't have the patience to enjoy Adamson's descriptive style which began to feel wordy and in need of a heavy edit. By the time I came to the end, I was past ready to be done with the book, so I didn't really appreciate what was happening to the protagonist's capabilities until just about the last two words. By that point I was disappointed to have been slacking off in my attention (but still glad to be done). So ultimately I respect the book, but wish it had been more tightly written.