Book Review: An Echo in the Bone

Alright, trying to figure out where to start on this one really. Just wow. How to review without spoiling and giving away anything...and still not sound like a blathering idiot. Maybe the simplest thing to do would be to say that this is my favorite book in the series since Dragonfly in Amber? It is amazing and kept me on my toes the whole time. There were some parts that were foreseeable, but that's to be expected when dealing with historical events. But the parts of the personal interactiong of characters, could see the conflict coming, but most of the time she took it in a different direction that was expected.

There were some parts, especially near the end that did seem a bit forced. Characters seemed a bit pushed into holes they didn't quite fit in, and some of the relationship stuff seemed a bit soap operaish. But this is a very very minor complaint. The rest of the book was amazing. The research that Gabaldon puts in is beyond words fantastic. So much historical accuracy, but told in ways that make it nailbiting and fun beyond words to read.

It was a bit hard to follow at first as well. Alot of skiping around, people in different places, at different times, and the same time, working in the same direction. And alot of perviously minor characters from several books ago coming back with new importance. But I will admit, this could just be because it has been a while since I've read the series, and that could just be a personal thing. But the way that Gabaldon does the jumping around in this book is much more fluid than when she was doing it in Voyager. It just seemed less random, and not as cliched as some parts of Voyager.

Alright, not sure I can go on much more without sounding completely idiotic. Go read this book. I loved it. After a bit of a slump in the last book, Gabaldon is back on form in this one.