Last night I finished The Exile which is an additional (but not required) part of the Outlander Series. It's done in comic/graphic novel form, which is why I was drawn to it. I thought it was a nice change from the "written from the other main character's view" types of novels we've been bombarded with lately.
The Exile is written and listed as the story through Jamie's eyes but that's actually an incorrect statement. You aren't witnessing the story through Jamie's eyes - it's a shared telling by his godfather Murtagh and at times, through Jamie's eyes (like when they consummate the marriage and other things that only happen when they are alone).
Although the story wasn't technically through Jamie's eyes alone, I did enjoy the information it filled in. It definitely made Gellis look a lot worse than she did in the book. Worse than even the Starz series made her out to be. They introduced a new character who is ONLY in this version - Nathan. He was apparently Gellis' lover during her time and followed her through the stones. She killed someone to enter the stones while he killed a rabbit and a deer to open and seal them respectively.
The only issue I really had with the story was they over sexualized Claire A LOT!!! In the following pieces you'll see she's beyond buxom. Diana does talk about this a little bit at the end of the book when she says she asked Hoang to tone her bosom down a bit but apparently he decided not to.
To be fair though, there is also a shot of Jamie butt naked (from the back) to I guess downplay all of the pictures of Claire and her ladies.
Overall I thought the depiction of Jamie and Claire were pretty true to what I had in my head. I did not agree with his versions of Colum or Dougal. He has Colum depicted as a dwarf and he has both of the brothers as way too young for how they are written. They look as though they are in their 30s at most and Jamie's supposed to be 22? Hardly.
Overall it was worth the price I paid for it and I will keep it for my collection but I can honestly say if you aren't a huge fan, it's not worth the purchase as it won't add much to the story.
The Exile is written and listed as the story through Jamie's eyes but that's actually an incorrect statement. You aren't witnessing the story through Jamie's eyes - it's a shared telling by his godfather Murtagh and at times, through Jamie's eyes (like when they consummate the marriage and other things that only happen when they are alone).
Although the story wasn't technically through Jamie's eyes alone, I did enjoy the information it filled in. It definitely made Gellis look a lot worse than she did in the book. Worse than even the Starz series made her out to be. They introduced a new character who is ONLY in this version - Nathan. He was apparently Gellis' lover during her time and followed her through the stones. She killed someone to enter the stones while he killed a rabbit and a deer to open and seal them respectively.
The only issue I really had with the story was they over sexualized Claire A LOT!!! In the following pieces you'll see she's beyond buxom. Diana does talk about this a little bit at the end of the book when she says she asked Hoang to tone her bosom down a bit but apparently he decided not to.
To be fair though, there is also a shot of Jamie butt naked (from the back) to I guess downplay all of the pictures of Claire and her ladies.
Overall I thought the depiction of Jamie and Claire were pretty true to what I had in my head. I did not agree with his versions of Colum or Dougal. He has Colum depicted as a dwarf and he has both of the brothers as way too young for how they are written. They look as though they are in their 30s at most and Jamie's supposed to be 22? Hardly.
Overall it was worth the price I paid for it and I will keep it for my collection but I can honestly say if you aren't a huge fan, it's not worth the purchase as it won't add much to the story.
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