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*Because this is a review of a book in a series, there are some spoilers regarding the previous books in the series, not this one.*
At this point in the Outlander series, I'm becoming quite torn about them.
I was able to defend the series when I had already read the first one. Outlander was unlike anything else I had read at the time and I was definitely hooked. It was romance, it was adventure, historical fiction, and science fiction. It was basically everything without being too crazy.
Dragonfly in Amber was a struggle with France but I still enjoyed it and wanted to continue.
Now with Voyager it was back to being an adventure and it was still enjoyable, but now I have found myself having a hard time defending this book against those who call it drivel or far-fetched.
"Well, Jamie survived Culloden, and then he went and lived in a cave. But he kept living and then became a smuggler and now they're dealing with pirates..."
There's no way for it to not sound ridiculous. Which unfortunate because it's still enjoyable book, it's just no longer at the same level as the first book.
Another thing that detracted from my full enjoyment is the way the language seemed to skip to me. I know that I have the tendency to read paragraphs out of order, but I swear that too often I thought the characters were in one place only to learn that they were somewhere else. It was like certain details were missing.
All that said, I loved the return to high adventure and I went ahead and bought the next book in the series. Because I'm a sucker for Jamie (as he was manufactured to be irresistible).
At this point in the Outlander series, I'm becoming quite torn about them.
I was able to defend the series when I had already read the first one. Outlander was unlike anything else I had read at the time and I was definitely hooked. It was romance, it was adventure, historical fiction, and science fiction. It was basically everything without being too crazy.
Dragonfly in Amber was a struggle with France but I still enjoyed it and wanted to continue.
Now with Voyager it was back to being an adventure and it was still enjoyable, but now I have found myself having a hard time defending this book against those who call it drivel or far-fetched.
"Well, Jamie survived Culloden, and then he went and lived in a cave. But he kept living and then became a smuggler and now they're dealing with pirates..."
There's no way for it to not sound ridiculous. Which unfortunate because it's still enjoyable book, it's just no longer at the same level as the first book.
Another thing that detracted from my full enjoyment is the way the language seemed to skip to me. I know that I have the tendency to read paragraphs out of order, but I swear that too often I thought the characters were in one place only to learn that they were somewhere else. It was like certain details were missing.
All that said, I loved the return to high adventure and I went ahead and bought the next book in the series. Because I'm a sucker for Jamie (as he was manufactured to be irresistible).