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The story never slows for a moment. The beauty, almost poetry of the writing, grips you as measured against a cold brutality underlying the reality of the story being told. At first I thought it a story of courage, then realized it was simply dogged determination to continue putting one foot in front of the other, survival. Definitely a love story.


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The Outlander Gil Adamson 9780887842108 Books Reviews

First of all, this is a fantastic story about a young woman surviving and becoming stronger in the process. The setting is in rugged country in the Northwest, U.S. and western Canada. The people she meets along the way are very interesting in their own right. There are miners, horse thieves, people supporting the mining community such as a rather unorthodox preacher and an owner of the local store, a man living out on the land for years, Native Americans, a somewhat strange and kind lady, and more. Their daily life is there for you to see. The environment is described beautifully. The detail of every aspect of life in that place and time is there, yet it is not a detraction or boring. There is always the story moving right along. A totally remarkable book.
"The thing to be feared always came from within exhaustion, unsound thoughts, ignorance, starvation."

It is 1903 and 19 year-old Mary Boulton is on the run for her life. Afraid she was going to be a spinster, her father urges her to marry her first real suitor and she leaves her well-to-do life as a lawyer's daughter and ends up traveling to the wilds of Canada with her new husband and his twin brothers.

Her life becomes hellish quickly and she soon is fleeing for her life with the twin brothers close behind. At first, she is led by instinct to survive as her mind tries to cope with her past and as she gets stronger, the chase continues as she meets different people along her journey and heads high into the Canadian Rockies.

You can really feel the building of suspense page by page towards as Mary's secrets are exposed one by one. The prose is lyrical with haunting passages of the torment she endures, both emotionally and physically.

This was a superior tale of one woman's fight to survive and about the unforgettable characters she meets on her journey.
I am a member of a book club and as 'The Outlander' came highly recommended we chose it without hesitation. But what a disappointment. I couldn't believe that a book without a plot , a beginning , middle or end could possibly span six hundred pages. I did like the style of writing used by Gil Adamson in the book and in my opinion this was the only redeeming feature. The description of the wild open spaces and the natural beauty of remote Canada was excellent, but after about 100 pages of this it became boring in the extreme. I did not enjoy this book at all as it was grey, bleak and downbeat . I was very tempted to give up about half way through, but I thought it could only improve, so I persisted to the end . And what a stupid ending ... 'Find me' .It was probably the only book that we read in the club since we started two years ago, that got such a unanimous negative response.
Oh, this book. I don't like giving negative reviews or feedback because writing books is difficult. But reading this book was also difficult. Let me start by saying that I did not finish this book. Its still in my and I made it about less than half of the way in. The writing is great. The story...it was confusing to me.

Things that I liked about the book
-strong images via tight writing which flowed nicely
-believable characters
-awesome time and setting of the story

Things I did not like
-The main character being referred to simply as the "widow" instead of by her name. That actually really irritated me.
-Nothing exciting happening the entire time I read. The murder happened before the book's opening, but all we see is her running from her pursuers. She doesn't struggle. She doesn't think about what's happened. As a reader, I felt completely in the dark and it ruined immersion for me.
-It was difficult for me to keep going for the reasons mentioned above, so I stopped. I don't feel good about this. I like to give every book its fair shake. But this is one of few books that I just couldn't make it through.

*The thing about writing reviews is that it can sway people from buying/not buying a book. I'm not saying these things to keep anyone from purchasing it. It just wasn't for me. I like stories that captivate me from the beginning and never let me go. What I read was just lines upon lines of bla bla she's running away. There is nothing mentioned about why she killed her husband. No EMOTION shown of her lamenting the loss of him and that relationship. And how did his brothers know it was her? Without a clue is how this story left me. But a lot of other reviewers seemed to like it so perhaps its just me. Best wishes to the author for much success in writing anyway.
This is so sad. This book/story-line had great potential. But it doesn't get anywhere. There's no dialogue...it's all narration. There's no direction to the story. I mean, what on earth?!? I read upwards of four books a week and never...NEVER have I not finished a book. It's an OCD thing...I gotta finish a book or I feel like I'm on the verge of falling off a cliff or something. Well folks...I'm cured! I'm proud to say I got to chapter six and I think I deserve a trophy...or at the very least, a standing ovation...but I'm so bored I cannot go any further. Sorry...but I'm bored reading about a bull standing in a field with stars shining off it's back...or a copse of trees...the density of the forest...the leaves floating in a stream. Good golly. Thank heavens this was a freebie. Now I know why.
The story never slows for a moment. The beauty, almost poetry of the writing, grips you as measured against a cold brutality underlying the reality of the story being told. At first I thought it a story of courage, then realized it was simply dogged determination to continue putting one foot in front of the other, survival. Definitely a love story.