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A Breath of Snow and Ashes
by Diana Gabaldon
The number of pages in this book is wrong on this counter - if you're looking for an under 1000 page book, you're going to be in for a shock with this one!!!!
This, I have to say, is a vast improvement over the Fiery Cross. Still dragged in a lot of places, particularly since I have minimal interest in medical or Claire's general disdain for a lot of people and... honestly I normally like Claire but she was terribly judgmental in this book. She's so willing to see the bad in good people, and then acts like she could never have seen things coming when bad people do things because... of course she sees herself as someone who sees the good in people. Claire's characterization frustrated me, and many of the criticisms of the previous books still stand. I'm going to touch on three main before I get onto a positive assessment to round this book out!
1) If you don't want to read a book where someone (I won't name names for spoiler's sake) attempts suicide, and it's completely glossed over by Claire's situation, general angst, and her rather cold treatment of this character... you might want to skip this book. Suicide is a big deal, and it was like a minor inconvenience to Claire.
2) All. The. Damn. Kidnappings. I've never liked kidnapping or kidnapping/rape plots. And we get multiple in one story. I felt like once in a book series was plenty, but Gabaldon definitely likes this plot device. Twice in one book. Other attempts.
3) I felt like most the surgery stuff I'd read before. Because Claire took on a protege I felt like probably a hundred or so pages of medical review were included in the book.
Overall though, definitely better than the last. This book finally started to wrap up and address plot points that had dragged on for literally thousands of pages with no address or conclusion, while managing to still leave avenues open for a great many new adventures! I look forward to what comes next.
This, I have to say, is a vast improvement over the Fiery Cross. Still dragged in a lot of places, particularly since I have minimal interest in medical or Claire's general disdain for a lot of people and... honestly I normally like Claire but she was terribly judgmental in this book. She's so willing to see the bad in good people, and then acts like she could never have seen things coming when bad people do things because... of course she sees herself as someone who sees the good in people. Claire's characterization frustrated me, and many of the criticisms of the previous books still stand. I'm going to touch on three main before I get onto a positive assessment to round this book out!
1) If you don't want to read a book where someone (I won't name names for spoiler's sake) attempts suicide, and it's completely glossed over by Claire's situation, general angst, and her rather cold treatment of this character... you might want to skip this book. Suicide is a big deal, and it was like a minor inconvenience to Claire.
2) All. The. Damn. Kidnappings. I've never liked kidnapping or kidnapping/rape plots. And we get multiple in one story. I felt like once in a book series was plenty, but Gabaldon definitely likes this plot device. Twice in one book. Other attempts.
3) I felt like most the surgery stuff I'd read before. Because Claire took on a protege I felt like probably a hundred or so pages of medical review were included in the book.
Overall though, definitely better than the last. This book finally started to wrap up and address plot points that had dragged on for literally thousands of pages with no address or conclusion, while managing to still leave avenues open for a great many new adventures! I look forward to what comes next.