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linddykal 's review for:
A Breath of Snow and Ashes
by Diana Gabaldon
This book is wonderful! I think it's definitely the best in the series since the first one. In some ways it's almost better because the characters have grown and matured and by this point I as the reader know them so much better.
The Fiery Cross was hard to get through, and Diana Gabaldon really got back on track with this one. The pace and melodrama mixed in with a factual historical novel about the Revolutionary War makes this engaging, educational, and above all an entertaining and romantic read.
Jamie and Claire....I just love Jamie, and that's all there is to it. At this point in the series he's in his early fifties and he's still absolutely adorable, and very human. I think he rates right up there with Rhett Butler and Mr. Darcy. Claire's as feisty and practical as ever. I love that they have a mature, married love which is rarely shown in books and movies.
Roger and Bree and Jem really grow as a family. I love seeing them together. Roger gets ordained as a minister and really holds the community together when they are dividing between Loyalists and Americans. I like watching his strength where it's not physical fighting.
I really loved Fergus's arc. I've loved him since he was an eleven year old street urchin. Seeing him as a grown man in his thirties with a wife and children is something rare in books. Again, you get to see him grow. He gets very depressed and tries to take his life because he can't support his family with one hand. I found it very very touching.
But what really got to me was Ian. He's really come into his own as a character and I've loved him since he was introduced as a fifteen year old following after his uncle Jamie. I think his absence was sorely missing in The Fiery Cross. Bree and him have a wonderful interlude in the woods and he tells everything that happened between him and his Indian wife he lost due to several miscarriages. Well, I'm not ashamed to say that I may have cried a little, and I as a rule am not the type that gets weepy during books and movies. I think Ian could be the lead character in his own book, he's that magnetic. I hope he gets a happy ending in the next book.
All in all, I give it my highest recommendation. DG says she has written these books in a way that can be read out of order, but I wouldn't recommend it. After spending years and thousands of pages with these characters, it's a real treat to see them age and mature and grow together and grow apart.
The Fiery Cross was hard to get through, and Diana Gabaldon really got back on track with this one. The pace and melodrama mixed in with a factual historical novel about the Revolutionary War makes this engaging, educational, and above all an entertaining and romantic read.
Jamie and Claire....I just love Jamie, and that's all there is to it. At this point in the series he's in his early fifties and he's still absolutely adorable, and very human. I think he rates right up there with Rhett Butler and Mr. Darcy. Claire's as feisty and practical as ever. I love that they have a mature, married love which is rarely shown in books and movies.
Roger and Bree and Jem really grow as a family. I love seeing them together. Roger gets ordained as a minister and really holds the community together when they are dividing between Loyalists and Americans. I like watching his strength where it's not physical fighting.
I really loved Fergus's arc. I've loved him since he was an eleven year old street urchin. Seeing him as a grown man in his thirties with a wife and children is something rare in books. Again, you get to see him grow. He gets very depressed and tries to take his life because he can't support his family with one hand. I found it very very touching.
But what really got to me was Ian. He's really come into his own as a character and I've loved him since he was introduced as a fifteen year old following after his uncle Jamie. I think his absence was sorely missing in The Fiery Cross. Bree and him have a wonderful interlude in the woods and he tells everything that happened between him and his Indian wife he lost due to several miscarriages. Well, I'm not ashamed to say that I may have cried a little, and I as a rule am not the type that gets weepy during books and movies. I think Ian could be the lead character in his own book, he's that magnetic. I hope he gets a happy ending in the next book.
All in all, I give it my highest recommendation. DG says she has written these books in a way that can be read out of order, but I wouldn't recommend it. After spending years and thousands of pages with these characters, it's a real treat to see them age and mature and grow together and grow apart.