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- Publisher: Macmillan (1928)
- ASIN: B002QGLQ4U
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Different Pace, Perfect Finish, Mar 17 2012
By Hannah May - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Catriona (Hardcover)
Picture an upright, law-abiding young man as just about alone in the world, thrust into an unexpected fortune and a friend's rebel scrapes. Picture a bonny highland lass, the essence of innocence and loyalty. Picture Jacobite struggles, a negligent father, and a situation in which the only honorable course of action is that which appears the least honorable. Stevenson has done an exquisite job of weaving Davy's heartstrings into a knot--and, of course, the reader's as well. Can the tangle be unraveled without damage? By whom?I rarely enjoy a sequel as much as the story before it, but keeping Kidnapped and Catriona divided into two books is the same as slicing a standalone in half and buying both pieces separately. Kidnapped reads much more quickly, with a lot more fast-paced action. Catriona introduces more complex relationships. You can't have one without the other--they're opposite ends of the same arc.
So if you're a fan of R. L. Stevenson, please do yourself a favor and find a copy. If you haven't read Kidnapped yet, then do yourself a different favor and find them both. Best read out loud in a Scots brogue.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not Exactly "Kidnapped"..., Mar 8 2012
By Lane Crosby - Published on Amazon.com
I really enjoy Robert Louis Stevenson. Like Arthur Conan Doyle, he's got a surprisingly timeless voice. "Kidnapped" was my first introduction to R.L.S., and from the moment David Balfour met the narcissistic highlander Alan Breck Stewart, I was hooked. The plot was exciting, adventurous. The characters were surprising and fresh. When I heard there was a sequel, "Catriona", I settled in for what I imagined would be more swashbuckling, more pirates, more Scottish political intrigue.There's a fair serving of the latter, I suppose, but the vast majority of this book is a plodding romance between David Balfour and Catriona, daughter of rogue MacGregor James More. It's love at first sight for David, and the next 200 odd pages are rife with manufactured subplots and artificial bickering to keep them apart until the final chapter. (Yes, she's a Highland lass with a renegade father, but David, being an orphaned laird with a considerable inheritance, doesn't exactly have a lot standing in his way.) I spent much of the time waiting for the return of Alan. There'll be the excitement, the adventure, I thought. But nope. He just showed up as a perfunctory cameo, and played the role of matchmaker. Yeesh.
If you're looking for a tidy historical romance, "Catriona" might just hit your fancy. If you're looking for something more in the line of "Kidnapped," it's predecessor, you'll probably be disappointed. Apart from some crossover characters, there isn't a lot to tie these two together.
3.0 out of 5 stars
A disappointing sequel, Nov 11 2011
By JonC "JonC" - Published on Amazon.com
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Having enjoyed Kidnapped very much, I wanted to read the sequel too but found it rather tiresome in the end.The beginning and and ending are pretty good, and the characters are well-developed, but the author seems to be fabricating and drawing out the tension in rather contrived ways for nearly the entire book. The hero's foolishness gets him and Catriona into an awkward situation, at which point her highly unlikeable father comes on the scene and makes the final chapters very tedious reading.
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