Hardcover, 825 pages
English language
Published Dec. 19, 2014
"In her now classic novel Outlander, Diana Gabaldon told the story of Claire Randall, an English ex-combat nurse who walks through a stone circle in the Scottish Highlands in 1946, and disappears into 1743. The story unfolded from there in seven bestselling novels, and CNN has called it "a grand adventure written on a canvas that probes the heart, weighs the soul and measures the human spirit across [centuries]." Now the story continues in Written in My Own Heart's Blood. 1778: France declares war on Great Britain, the British army leaves Philadelphia, and George Washington's troops leave Valley Forge in pursuit. At this moment, Jamie Fraser returns from a presumed watery grave to discover that his best friend has married his wife, his illegitimate son has discovered (to his horror) who his father really is, and his beloved nephew, Ian, wants to marry a Quaker. Meanwhile, Jamie's wife, Claire, and …
"In her now classic novel Outlander, Diana Gabaldon told the story of Claire Randall, an English ex-combat nurse who walks through a stone circle in the Scottish Highlands in 1946, and disappears into 1743. The story unfolded from there in seven bestselling novels, and CNN has called it "a grand adventure written on a canvas that probes the heart, weighs the soul and measures the human spirit across [centuries]." Now the story continues in Written in My Own Heart's Blood. 1778: France declares war on Great Britain, the British army leaves Philadelphia, and George Washington's troops leave Valley Forge in pursuit. At this moment, Jamie Fraser returns from a presumed watery grave to discover that his best friend has married his wife, his illegitimate son has discovered (to his horror) who his father really is, and his beloved nephew, Ian, wants to marry a Quaker. Meanwhile, Jamie's wife, Claire, and his sister, Jenny, are busy picking up the pieces. The Frasers can only be thankful that their daughter Brianna and her family are safe in twentieth-century Scotland, or not. In fact, Brianna is searching for her own son, who was kidnapped by a man determined to learn her family's secrets. Her husband, Roger, has ventured into the past in search of the missing boy never suspecting that the object of his quest has not left the present. Now, with Roger out of the way, the kidnapper can focus on his true target: Brianna herself. Written in My Own Heart's Blood is the brilliant next chapter in a masterpiece of the imagination unlike any other"--
What an amazing book! Again the Outlander series just does not stop to amaze. I am a bit sad that I won’t be able to immediately continue with book 9, but in time we’ll also get that release.
This book was really thrilling and I enjoyed every chapter. So many things finally resolved but still many mysteries open.
It took me a bit longer to finish this book because I just didn't want it to end. It was one of my favorites in the series, I think. It had a satisffy ending, but now I want to know what happens next.
It's been some time that I finished this one. That the review comes a month late, may show how much I was bored by this book. I didn't like the added Jamie viewpoint (is this new?), the story bored me over long stretches, because it's same-old, same-old and by now I don't think anything much can come between Claire and Jamie anymore. The conflicts are stale. Even the cliffhanger from the previous book turned out ... slow. The story should have switched back to Brianna and Roger for good, that might have saved it. But instead more supernatural stuff is introduced for that storyline. The complete William storyline was just flowing along, no real highs, no real lows ... so he hates everyone who lied to him and goes looking for his cousin and saves the whore's sister. This book opens up many new storylines but doesn't resolve a thing …
It's been some time that I finished this one. That the review comes a month late, may show how much I was bored by this book. I didn't like the added Jamie viewpoint (is this new?), the story bored me over long stretches, because it's same-old, same-old and by now I don't think anything much can come between Claire and Jamie anymore. The conflicts are stale. Even the cliffhanger from the previous book turned out ... slow. The story should have switched back to Brianna and Roger for good, that might have saved it. But instead more supernatural stuff is introduced for that storyline. The complete William storyline was just flowing along, no real highs, no real lows ... so he hates everyone who lied to him and goes looking for his cousin and saves the whore's sister. This book opens up many new storylines but doesn't resolve a thing except for the cliffhanger from the previous episode ... maybe the next one will be better or maybe I'll just not read the next one. I am rather disappointed with this.
