The magnificent saga continues....It began in Scotland, at an ancient stone circle. There, a doorway, open to a select few, leads into the past--or the grave. Claire Randall survived the extraordinary passage, not once but twice. Her first trip swept her into the arms of Jamie Fraser, an eighteenth-century Scot whose love for her became legend--a tale of tragic passion that ended with her return to the present to bear his child. Her second journey, two decades later, brought them together again in frontier America. But Claire had left someone behind in the twentieth century. Their daughter, Brianna....Now Brianna has made a disturbing discovery that sends her to the stone circle and a terrifying leap into the unknown. In search of her mother and the father she has never met, she is risking her own future to try to change history...and to save their lives. But as Brianna plunges into …
The magnificent saga continues....It began in Scotland, at an ancient stone circle. There, a doorway, open to a select few, leads into the past--or the grave. Claire Randall survived the extraordinary passage, not once but twice. Her first trip swept her into the arms of Jamie Fraser, an eighteenth-century Scot whose love for her became legend--a tale of tragic passion that ended with her return to the present to bear his child. Her second journey, two decades later, brought them together again in frontier America. But Claire had left someone behind in the twentieth century. Their daughter, Brianna....Now Brianna has made a disturbing discovery that sends her to the stone circle and a terrifying leap into the unknown. In search of her mother and the father she has never met, she is risking her own future to try to change history...and to save their lives. But as Brianna plunges into an uncharted wilderness, a heartbreaking encounter may strand her forever in the past...or root her in the place she should be, where her heart and soul belong....From the Paperback edition.
I really liked this book a lot. It took me way longer unfortunately to finish but it was definitely not because of the great suspense. The end is a little boring because it doesn't make me wish to read the next book as strongly but at least everything is kind of cleared up again.
I think this was the most melancholic book of the series. The story is more intimate because they are in North America re-building their lives. It is full of sweet moments, reflections, losses but also joy. It was a delight to feel and understand the struggles of the characters and realize that they are only growing, becoming better and wiser.
I went into this knowing only that it would be a ride. At some point early on I spoiled myself by accident and found out that Brianna and Roger were going to be joining Claire and Jamie so I even though I didn't know what the book was about, I found myself waiting to get there. I spent a lot of this book wondering exactly what the book was about. What I think was the main plot didn't get started until at least 500 pages in, which is tiring for a reader like me who only has a modicum of patience to begin with. So while I enjoyed this, I also kind of struggled with it, because I couldn't see the plot, I couldn't see the book making any forward progress, the characters weren't working towards an obvious denouement . Also, because it was so long, some of the …
I went into this knowing only that it would be a ride. At some point early on I spoiled myself by accident and found out that Brianna and Roger were going to be joining Claire and Jamie so I even though I didn't know what the book was about, I found myself waiting to get there. I spent a lot of this book wondering exactly what the book was about. What I think was the main plot didn't get started until at least 500 pages in, which is tiring for a reader like me who only has a modicum of patience to begin with. So while I enjoyed this, I also kind of struggled with it, because I couldn't see the plot, I couldn't see the book making any forward progress, the characters weren't working towards an obvious denouement . Also, because it was so long, some of the easter eggs DG planted were completely missed by me. I totally missed that Bannon was the captain of Roger's ship. I also missed the bit about Baby Jemmy. Thank god other people are closer readers than I am, and have talked about this series extensively!
Oh, and about Brianna: The plot line about the baby was really hard for me because I knew the minute she agreed to go to Bannon's cabin she was going to get raped. What else could possibly have happened? I'm not slut-shaming her but I am moron-shaming her. I mean, that would have been a bad idea in 1970, so why she didn't think it was a bad idea in 1770, I'll never know. So sympathizing with her was difficult. I also think Roger is a moron for thinking he could just go steal something from a pirate and be a-okay, "no worries, I'll be back in 20 minutes". I actually, think he's a moron for chasing after her to begin with but I suppose there'd be no story if he hadn't.
I liked this one better than the 3rd part of the series. The story of Brianna and Roger makes it more exciting than the previous one.
