One personal pet peeve.In an interview about Echo, D.G.

We were hurried thru so much of the stuff that D.G. There were so many other things brought to the story in the end that could have been fleshed out during the meat of the story. I was very bored with the amount of time spent developing battles. I believe she tried to inspire in us the fear of father vs son on the battlefield.but it came across as so much of a history lesson that the drama we crave got buried. I believe Diana tried to convince us that William has the warrior instincts of Jamie, but not the boldness or passions as he was raised by John. I realize that Jamie & Claire cannot live forever and Echo is obviously a transitional book, moving us toward their ending and more into the lives of others that come after. Diana's books are always lengthy and so vividly detailed, her characters are three dimensional because she gives such lavish and loving attention introducing them to you.Echo is a let down as she spent more time on the battles that she did on the people. introduced me to the extreme novel.and I love them now because you get so involved with the characters.

'Echo' has been long awaited, and lives up to the expectations.ĭ.G. She really gets Jamie and Claire perfectly, along with the subsidiary characters. Davina Porter does her usual wonderful job with the narration and the voices. Most are in unabridged audiobook form - only 'The Fiery Cross' and 'A Breath of Snow and Ashes' have yet to be released 'Echo' is less a stand-alone than the other books, although Gabaldon does provide backstory. I strongly urge new readers to first read both the earlier 'Outlander' books and at least the 'Brotherhood of the Blade' about Lord John Grey. The story lines converge and separate, with a lot of cliffhangers at the end, which will obviously be concluded in the next, and possibly last book of the series. There are 4 storylines that weave throughout the book: Jamie and Claire's continuing adventures in the midst of the American Revolution Lord John and his son, who are on the British side Roger and Brianna and their children and Ian. The design on the book cover is intentional.

An echo in the bone paperback