A review by shannoninnis
The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon

5.0

Loving the entire series. Some of it has been a re-read for me, but Book 5 is new to me. It's a slog, but I look at it as a comfort, a warm quilt to cuddle up with; and don't take issue with the length or detail. I embrace it. Finding out that the "Fiery Cross" call to clan was the origin for the KKK, as well as the Klan of the KKK was an ewww moment, but as Roger said in the book, everything has it's origin, good and bad. I'm just ashamed to see that pop up from a piece of my heritage (the Scot part, not the KKK part) I also think my rating has gotten kinder in my "old age" as I use a "school grading" system of A=5, B=4, etc. I had to giggle when relating this to my college-aged daughter who said she notices this "kinder grading" in her older professors! I guess with age comes the equanimity of realizing what's important in life; kindness being one of those things. Yet, truly, if I were grading the book, I'd give it an A.