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clementine_reading13 's review for:
Into the Wilderness
by Sara Donati
Frankly, this book was too much for me. When I read about the connections/similarities with Outlander, I was excited, and when I first started reading I was more enthralled than I had been so far with Outlander. I also LOVE The Last of the Mohicans so I was excited about that too. But that didn't last long.
What I expected was a natural progression of Nathaniel and Elizabeth falling in love with a sprinkling of ~ scandal ~ from Richard Todd or her father, but instead it was a zero-to-60 progression of scandal with Richard Todd sprinkled with romance. Nathaniel and Elizabeth spend so much of the first part of the book mad at each other, and in stupid ways -- they're mad because they HARDLY KNOW EACH OTHER and yet they're committing to marriage and, somehow, totally smitten -- which happened almost immediately. They don't know each other so of course their communication is crap. This is not appealing to me to read, at all.
To be honest I had to skip forward a few times because it was just too much for me. One of my issues with Outlander is that there's always some sort of drama going on, and it's exactly the same with Nathaniel and Elizabeth. Perhaps about halfway through they had the sort of relationship stability that makes a gal swoon -- but by then I was so annoyed with them and the book, it didn't mean much to me.
I also don't understand the point of involving the Last of the Mohicans characters but changing them slightly. Why not call Nathaniel Dan'l instead and leave the original names the same?
The thing I did like about this book -- which is what pulled me in, in the beginning -- is the author's attention to detail and the painting of the picture. It was clearly researched and I appreciated the descriptions of what life was like back then. I appreciate that Elizabeth was against slavery. I liked her aunt's character a lot. Actually I liked really all of the female characters. They were all interesting and compelling.
Maybe one day I will come back and read this book all the way through with more patience, but not for awhile.
What I expected was a natural progression of Nathaniel and Elizabeth falling in love with a sprinkling of ~ scandal ~ from Richard Todd or her father, but instead it was a zero-to-60 progression of scandal with Richard Todd sprinkled with romance. Nathaniel and Elizabeth spend so much of the first part of the book mad at each other, and in stupid ways -- they're mad because they HARDLY KNOW EACH OTHER and yet they're committing to marriage and, somehow, totally smitten -- which happened almost immediately. They don't know each other so of course their communication is crap. This is not appealing to me to read, at all.
To be honest I had to skip forward a few times because it was just too much for me. One of my issues with Outlander is that there's always some sort of drama going on, and it's exactly the same with Nathaniel and Elizabeth. Perhaps about halfway through they had the sort of relationship stability that makes a gal swoon -- but by then I was so annoyed with them and the book, it didn't mean much to me.
I also don't understand the point of involving the Last of the Mohicans characters but changing them slightly. Why not call Nathaniel Dan'l instead and leave the original names the same?
The thing I did like about this book -- which is what pulled me in, in the beginning -- is the author's attention to detail and the painting of the picture. It was clearly researched and I appreciated the descriptions of what life was like back then. I appreciate that Elizabeth was against slavery. I liked her aunt's character a lot. Actually I liked really all of the female characters. They were all interesting and compelling.
Maybe one day I will come back and read this book all the way through with more patience, but not for awhile.