tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193939705192575193.post1854583005856845596..comments2024-03-27T16:39:57.485-04:00Comments on My OUTLANDER Purgatory: Sail On...Honey... Good Times Never Felt So... Hmm...Purgatory Carolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04206226666250028550noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193939705192575193.post-17439773347977999262010-04-16T21:08:10.415-04:002010-04-16T21:08:10.415-04:00Tracey, I agree with your rather veiled reference ...Tracey, I agree with your rather veiled reference to the later William sections. ;)<br /><br />Carol--I found that the whole Outlander-on-the-Sea in Voyager was a lot better on the repeat reads. Maybe because you know what's coming (creepy plantation, Gellie, Stephen Bonnet, etc.) and so you relish the relative calm of the ocean voyages!Jo Mhttp://bookreadingbookworm.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193939705192575193.post-32266084864196858492010-04-16T21:01:13.259-04:002010-04-16T21:01:13.259-04:00Sirena--completely agree with you re: the two styl...Sirena--completely agree with you re: the two styles of DG-someone somewhere called Echo "a Lord John book within a Jamie/Claire book," and that description is so true! The Lord John books are very traditional mystery--LJ will go to interrogate someone about something, and that person will go on for 7 pages describing what happened to whatever event LJ happens to be investigating. We are told what happens rather than actually witnessing what happens. It's very different in the J/C books--in those, it's more of a traditional storytelling structure, where we see everything through someone's POV. The mix of styles has been a little bizarre sometimes, IMO.<br /><br />As for Willie...well, given that I'm about 150 pages from the end, I will refrain from saying what I think of him now and wait for Carol to catch up...Tracey R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06775331935448970772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193939705192575193.post-20560004050543707632010-04-16T19:28:00.815-04:002010-04-16T19:28:00.815-04:00Re: William, I know! I want to be as into him as h...Re: William, I know! I want to be as into him as he deserves (I mean, he is Himself's son). It especially worries me that someone like Tracey, who read the lord john books, isn't that into that part! Sometimes I feel like there are two DG styles: the lord john style (percy, the LJ books, william) and the Jamie and Claire style (that is so spectacular, and includes bree/roger, etc..)<br /><br />I feel devastated when I think of Claire's fine medical supplies box and all the stuff they lost in the fire :-( they're always starting all over again...Sirenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07622232908141767076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193939705192575193.post-22223738254733583552010-04-15T19:17:02.365-04:002010-04-15T19:17:02.365-04:00I like the way Claire has to figure out how to tre...I like the way Claire has to figure out how to treat patients with little or now medical equipment - like sticking the thing in the guy's lung so the fluid can drain out - and he lives! Crazy!Nelson-n-Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13239068215988355571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2193939705192575193.post-76657254693304996402010-04-15T19:13:17.046-04:002010-04-15T19:13:17.046-04:00Totes agree re: being on the boat. "On the Wa...Totes agree re: being on the boat. "On the Water" was one of my favorite sections of Voyager, and this new boat section is just as tasty. What I really loved about it is that after two mildly-interesting-tho-not-really-that-riveting (cough WILLIAM cough) parts, part 3 on the boat is back to CLASSIC, edge-of-your-seat, canna-turn-the-pages-fast-enough-to-see-what-happens, Claire-and-Jamie fun. SQEEEEE!!Tracey R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06775331935448970772noreply@blogger.com