Reactions to THE EXILE
Feel free to post your comments about THE EXILE here, either pro or con. Diana does not read my blog, as far as I know, and I promise not to pass your comments on to her unless you specifically ask me to do that.
September 3, 1705 - Jonathan Wolverton Randall is born (OUTLANDER)
September, 1744 - Claire and Jamie return from Paris to Lallybroch, bringing Fergus with them (DRAGONFLY)
September 20, 1745 - Jamie captures the 16-year-old Lord John, breaking his arm, but declines to shoot him (DRAGONFLY)
September 21, 1745 - The Battle of Prestonpans (DRAGONFLY)
September, 1756 - Jamie arrives at Helwater to serve as a groom on the Dunsany estate (VOYAGER)
September, 1757 - Lord John arrives in Germany to serve with Von Namtzen's regiment (HAND OF DEVILS)
September, 1758 - Lord John returns to London following the cannon explosion (BOTB)
September 13, 1759 - Lord John fights at the Plains of Abraham in Quebec (Custom of the Army)
September, 1764 - Jamie is officially pardoned by the Crown and returns home to Lallybroch (VOYAGER)
September 2, 1769 - Brianna and Roger are handfast; Jemmy is conceived (DRUMS OF AUTUMN)
September 4, 1769 - Bree is raped by Stephen Bonnet (DRUMS OF AUTUMN)
September, 1769 - Brianna and Jamie meet for the first time (DRUMS OF AUTUMN)
September 16, 1771 - Jenny writes to Jamie to forgive him for what happened to Young Ian (FIERY CROSS)
Late September, 1774 - Claire nearly dies from a mysterious illness (ABOSAA)
September, 1776 - William encounters Nathan Hale, and witnesses his execution (ECHO)
September 19, 1777 - Jamie is wounded at Saratoga; Claire amputates his finger (ECHO)
September, 1777 - Jamie encounters his cousin Hamish at Saratoga; Claire meets Benedict Arnold (ECHO)
September 18, 1778 - Henri-Christian dies; Fergus's printshop burns down (MOHB)
September, 1779 - The MacKenzies travel to Charles Town, to visit Fergus and Marsali and their family (BEES)
September 16, 1780 - David William Ian Fraser MacKenzie is born (BEES)
September, 1968 - At the hospital in Boston, Claire meets with Joe Abernathy and examines the skeleton of a murdered woman (VOYAGER)
September, 1970 - Roger discovers the newspaper clipping about the fire (DRUMS OF AUTUMN)
September, 1980 - Bree and Roger open Jemmy's box and read the first letter from Jamie and Claire (ECHO)
I was surprised, though, with how short it was. For some reason I was expecting a much longer book, a complete retelling of the entire Outlander book. I was really disappointed when it ended.
Well, Diana was very clear about that from the beginning, that it wasn't going to be a straight re-telling of the entire book. Maybe we'll see another OUTLANDER graphic novel sometime in the future, now that this one has proved successful (in terms of sales, I mean).
Karen
And yes I bought the book, The Exile all recently added to my collection. Even if it is in English, it is not so complicated to read.They are little phrase and I translate a few sentences to me more difficult to understand.
I just loved it!
But I probably would have never bought this book if the story had not turned around the Outlander series, is mostly out of curiosity as I do.
The images are superb! And I'm not shocked at all by doing that the characters are different than I had imagined.
I really enjoyed the story is somewhat different even if I found a little short. To see the story on another point of view, including that between Murtagh and some other thought Jamie. In the original novel, we know the feelings of Claire while in the latter we have confirmation of feelings for Jamie. I liked this approach.
Thanks,
Shamrock
Having said that, I am pleased for Diana to have honored her love of GN's and I'm glad for all who partiicpated in the creation that it's doing so well.
I probably won't read another one for a long time. :)
Can't please everyone all the time,after all..
Thanks
Evergreen
I would much rather spend the money on the books, especially since I am a LJG fan and want to be able to buy those also.
But I was generally confused with this book. I like the images at the beginning but not after they got cartoony and it was difficult to tell the men apart. I would have liked to have seen a more artistic wedding portrait vs the cartoony one that was in the book. The tartans had me confused.. why were Colum and Dougal wearing so much red instead of Mackenzie green? The overabundance of boobs was distracting. Gellie's eyes were wrong, Claire's eyes were wrong, Claire was missing her two wedding rings.
I did like the change in perspective.. but I didn't like the addition of Kenneth.. because he seemed to be too involved in everything to have not been noticed.