Heather A. (heatheranding) reviewed on 9/30/2010 + 18 more book reviews

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Diana Gabaldon has a gift for storytelling. She tells stories with in stories as she unravels the mysteries of time, friendship, family and love. With a firm grasp of several time periods as well as the cultural significance of several different countries she continues her tale in this wonderful series. The strikingly different tone in Echo in the bone comes with Gabaldons intimacy with her characters. While there have always been additional story lines besides that of Claire and Jamie this 7th novel really diversifies itself in a very practical and yet very personal way. The novel encompasses the story lines and running plot of four sets of characters while remaining true to the original overarching story that we all fell in love with in the first books of the series. The unique difference here is that despite being tied up in four stories at once you never find yourself wanting to skip over one to get to the next- your intimacy and love for each character is so deep that you are unable to ever put the book down. She balances this very well- I cant wait to see her next novel in this series.

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