tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379581147262228210.post5087490311000807952..comments2024-03-26T13:17:29.405-04:00Comments on Outlandish Observations: My review of THE SCOTTISH PRISONERKaren Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07635855088490793965noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379581147262228210.post-91428337486596707072014-09-07T06:38:07.603-04:002014-09-07T06:38:07.603-04:00Well, a few years on, and I've just read SP. ...Well, a few years on, and I've just read SP. So I wish I was as enthusiastic. To be sure, I love Lord John and was happy to start "his" series with this book (because I naturally love JAMMF, too, and figured twice the fun, you know?) but I wasn't so totally taken with the story. I very much appreciated the relationship bits, if you know what I mean, and DG does bring these people so to life for me whenever they're interacting. But I couldn't bring myself to care much about the other characters and found it oddly easy to put the book down and be distracted to something else (which otherwise never happens to me with her books). <br /><br />I'll go on to "Blade" just to see if there's something else to keep me with the LJ side series, besides the presence of Jamie. But I was disappointed. It was worth a read, but I don't feel compelled to reread as I always do with her other books.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379581147262228210.post-19234261519025751652011-12-11T09:14:44.132-05:002011-12-11T09:14:44.132-05:00I agree - I don't quite understand how any fan...I agree - I don't quite understand how any fan of the series could miss out on the Lord John books.<br />Great review, Karen!Deniz Bevanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17134553551048836979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379581147262228210.post-19536958136600417902011-12-06T10:27:13.085-05:002011-12-06T10:27:13.085-05:00Terrific review! I just finished TCP, and agree wh...Terrific review! I just finished TCP, and agree wholeheartedly that this book is a part of the whole (and for that matter, so are all the Lord John books). I've always found the first part of Voyager to be incredibly moving, as we discover what Jamie went through during the twenty years after Culloden. TCP expands on what we already know, and really lays the groundwork for the depth of friendship between Jamie and John which we see in later books. <br /><br />While I enjoyed the mystery and adventure in TCP, it was the character development (Jamie & Willie! Amazing!) that really made this an incredible reading experience. Anyone who skips the Lord John books and TCP is missing some key parts of the story!Lisa Wnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379581147262228210.post-34501720600590351832011-12-05T00:07:10.472-05:002011-12-05T00:07:10.472-05:00I just finished TCP and your insightful review is ...I just finished TCP and your insightful review is right on the money, I agree 100% with it! Jamie makes it, but all the characterizations are great (I love Tom too!). His interaction with John's family is fascinating in London - this is a whole new world and side to Jamie we haven't seen before. It's vintage Jamie - he's in fine form and I loved the way he was able to be "himself" again - a laird, a gentleman, as he was before Culloden. Yes, his yearning for Claire was heartwrenching, I felt the same you did. Interesting about Minnie, I wonder if Diana will ever write a short piece including that hearth rug moment! ;)Julie at Outlandish Dreaminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16595989966510183531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379581147262228210.post-33604640926857809302011-12-04T19:13:10.929-05:002011-12-04T19:13:10.929-05:00Herself is right... this is a wonderful review! I...Herself is right... this is a wonderful review! I very much enjoyed this story, and will reread it... just as soon as I finish rereading Echo. I loved what you said about his separation from Claire, that you kept wanting to assure Jamie that he'd see her in a few years. I found that I had to go straight to my copy of Voyager and read where she finds him in Edinburgh. Neither is whole without the other, and I felt her absence as well. I did love how he kept using her expressions, even when they were from her time and not his. Thank goodness we know they'll be together again, because reading this story without that knowledge would make his heartache even more heart-wrenching than it already is. <br /><br />And Lord John... the more I read about him, the more appealing he becomes. I only got into his series this past summer and have been pleasantly surprised with how much I have come to love him as a character. I certainly enjoyed having so much Jamie in this book, but I'll continue to read any other Lord John books for Lord John's sake alone. <br /><br />I guess we're back to waiting for the next book... thank goodness Diana gives us those daily lines, which really should be labeled what they are... daily excerpts!! And aren't we lucky that shares?!?Barbienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379581147262228210.post-59613890661435497962011-12-04T13:16:30.088-05:002011-12-04T13:16:30.088-05:00Thanks to all of you! I sent the link to this blo...Thanks to all of you! I sent the link to this blog post to Diana Gabaldon, and she has retweeted my review to all 10,000+ of her Twitter followers! Wow. Her comment on Twitter was, "Thank you, Karen! Wonderful review! <g>"<br /><br />KarenKaren Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07635855088490793965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379581147262228210.post-40303314110507303222011-12-04T12:43:42.531-05:002011-12-04T12:43:42.531-05:00Can't wait to read this! Wonderful review.
R...Can't wait to read this! Wonderful review. <br /><br />Regards, <br />Kimberely<br />@unshakable soulkimberelyhttp://unshakablesoul.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379581147262228210.post-33970304551882160002011-12-04T11:42:30.928-05:002011-12-04T11:42:30.928-05:00I really enjoyed your review Karen!! I downloaded...I really enjoyed your review Karen!! I downloaded it right away onto my Kindle but am waiting to read it. Have a LONG flight coming up on Thursday and am thinking The Scottish Prisoner will help make the hours fly by. Your review helped with the wait!Jane Greaneynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7379581147262228210.post-72631705946407922282011-12-04T11:14:24.814-05:002011-12-04T11:14:24.814-05:00Great review, Karen! I, too, loved the book, and ...Great review, Karen! I, too, loved the book, and it's got me to go back and start the LJG books again. As you said, there is just so much richness to enjoy about this GIANT, interrelated story. TheresaOutlander Kitchenhttp://outlanderkitchen.comnoreply@blogger.com