Cam *tactile seeker*'s Reviews > Into the Wilderness
Into the Wilderness (Wilderness, #1)
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I'm so surprised that the majority of the reviews for Into the Wilderness are most concerned about explaining why it has nothing to do with the Outlander series or why, on the contrary, its author, Sara Donati, is Ms. Gabaldon's perfect little disciple, just because she's friends with her and writes HR.
Guys, get over Outlander! Not even Ms. Gabaldon wrote the same book twice, why would another person - another author - with her own writing style and brain, and voice and ideas, want to replicate that? Sometimes I swear, people just don't make sense to me. I'd hate to read the same thing over and over again, what makes a book special is that it is unique and cannot be duplicated.
Now, I adored Into the Wilderness. It was beautifully written and the fact that half the characters were Native Americans, only made the experience more exciting and interesting. I'll never repeat it enough, we don't study much about America's history, back in the Old World.
I'm about to order the next books online, because this story felt like magic to me, and I can't break the spell now. Not before I read everything Ms. Donati wrote for us.
You should really just forget about Outlander, Jamie and Claire, Scotland, and relax. This is another story, as well as another world. At least for now.
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Cam *tactile seeker*'s review
bookshelves: historical-romance, historical-fiction, romance
Feb 16, 2015
bookshelves: historical-romance, historical-fiction, romance
Reading for the 2nd time. Most recently started July 29, 2022.
I'm so surprised that the majority of the reviews for Into the Wilderness are most concerned about explaining why it has nothing to do with the Outlander series or why, on the contrary, its author, Sara Donati, is Ms. Gabaldon's perfect little disciple, just because she's friends with her and writes HR.
Guys, get over Outlander! Not even Ms. Gabaldon wrote the same book twice, why would another person - another author - with her own writing style and brain, and voice and ideas, want to replicate that? Sometimes I swear, people just don't make sense to me. I'd hate to read the same thing over and over again, what makes a book special is that it is unique and cannot be duplicated.
Now, I adored Into the Wilderness. It was beautifully written and the fact that half the characters were Native Americans, only made the experience more exciting and interesting. I'll never repeat it enough, we don't study much about America's history, back in the Old World.
I'm about to order the next books online, because this story felt like magic to me, and I can't break the spell now. Not before I read everything Ms. Donati wrote for us.
You should really just forget about Outlander, Jamie and Claire, Scotland, and relax. This is another story, as well as another world. At least for now.
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Reading Progress
November 5, 2012
– Shelved
(Other Paperback Edition)
February 16, 2015
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Started Reading
February 16, 2015
– Shelved
February 16, 2015
– Shelved as:
historical-romance
February 16, 2015
– Shelved as:
historical-fiction
February 16, 2015
– Shelved as:
romance
February 17, 2015
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60.5%
"My eyes hurt, I've read this book any chance I got, in the last 24 hours.
This is magic and I can't break the spell."
page
530
This is magic and I can't break the spell."
February 18, 2015
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Finished Reading
July 29, 2022
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Started Reading
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Me too, I really liked the first one and then liked the sequels a little less every time, because of the characters, until I couldn't go on anymore.
These guys here are less "brave" and more human, with all their fears and instincts prevailing a lot over common sense. Also, I appreciated the fact that sex was described only when it meant something deeper for them. No pages and pages of them going at it in every chapter. And love, it was shown, rather than publicly professed.
Yeah!
Thank you, Barbara. ;)
I loved it, I think this is even better than Outlander and the characters more realistic.
The heroine turned into a real badass, a dramatic change from the well-mannered English spinster she was at the beginning. It lost a little of its magic toward the end, but I think you'd like it. :)