I started trying to read English novels about a year ago. It was really hard at first, but I still persevered. With my level of English reading, I must say that Outlander is really readable! Because I only spent two weeks (not all day, after work every day, and weekends) to finish reading this 800-page novel.
Of course, there are still a lot of words that are unfamiliar to me, sometimes it is a stumbling block, sometimes it is a little sheep, but this does not affect the experience of the whole story at all. I think the writing is excellent and very fluent; even at my level of English, I can experience the distinctive character of the characters here, feel the magnificent scenery of the Scottish Highlands, and be amazed by the author’s meticulous treatment of those plants and ancient herbs. description. I saw the witty dialogue with a knowing smile countless times, and I couldn't help worrying about the fate of the hero and heroine when I read the worrying details. Moreover, this book is full of descriptions of smells, maybe because the author is a woman? The book talks about the forest, grassland, lake loch on the plateau, the unique smell of each character, and even the smell of Jack Randall. Now I don’t like lavender...
So, I want to read the original but I am worried that the English is not special. Good children's shoes encourage you, as long as you read it, you will definitely be able to read it!
The first season of the TV series is based on the first adaptation. Look at the two sides in contrast. Let me talk about my feelings.
First of all, in general, TV series are relatively faithful to the original. Although there are a lot of changes inside, I think most of them are to promote the needs of the plot or to enhance the effect of watching the movie. There are a lot of changes in details (such as when and what was said), so I won’t talk about it. A few more obvious changes are listed-but I am also getting older; P, if I remember it is inaccurate, you are welcome to take pictures. Brick:
1. In the book, Dougal and Claire went to Brockton to see Black Jack. There were still many changes. First of all, it was Dougal who took Claire to go there because she was suspected of being a spy. When the second Black Jack tried Claire, he didn't describe the process of whipping Jamie in detail as a preparation for psychological warfare. This description was later introduced to Claire when Dougal persuaded Claire to marry Jamie. But I personally think the adaptation of this TV series is pretty good.
2, S1E07, the wedding is the key plot, everyone knows, although there are a lot of XXOO shots, but I also think this is a plot need, and it is also a particularly beautiful place in this novel. This part of the book is very well written (chapters 14-16, if I remember correctly). The TV series interspersed the wedding process and the round room process of the two people very well, and did not describe it in the normal order of the novel. I think the adaptation is also particularly good. However, there are some more delicate depictions in the novel. Although two people were very close together on the night of the wedding, they became more cautious the next day. This process from intimacy to restraint to closeness and understanding, I personally feel that the writing is very real and I like it very much. However, if the TV series were to be performed in this way, it might be a bit procrastinated, so the TV series have been changed very well.
3. There is no plot in which Jamie and Claire wrote a petition to Duke of Sandringham. In the book, Jamie only raised his own questions when he was hunting with the Duke. Before he could ask the Duke to come forward, he heard that Claire and Geilie were arrested as witches, and rushed back to rescue Claire. So there is no petition in the book, and there is no plot in which the petition was intercepted by Jack Randall and shown to Jamie in prison. But I think this plot is also very good, strengthened the identity of the duke, and pave the way for the second season. Regarding this duke, Sandringham, he lived in Leoch in his early years. It was Jamie who was also in Leoch when he was 16 years old. Sandringham liked young and good-looking boys and harassed Jamie. He also found a reason to let Jamie be his footman. Jamie didn't want to ask Colum. He came out to offend the nobleman and didn't want to let himself be unlucky, so he lied and fled back to Lallybroch. This story was told by Jamie as a story during a dinner in the book, and it also made Colum and Dougal understand why Jamie suddenly left. It is mentioned in the book that many people have rumors that Jamie left suddenly, because Colum's child Hamish is actually Jamie's. I think this episode is very interesting.
4. In S01E11, Claire and Geilie were tried by a witch together. No one in Leoch came to watch the trial, except for Ned Gowan. The TV series didn't mention why people without Leoch came to the trial. The book explained that Colum let Geiliie be arrested as a witch and blocked Leoch from participating. But for a long time no one noticed that Claire was also taken away. It was Mrs.Fiz who found out that Claire was missing and panicked to ask someone for help. If I read this paragraph correctly, I think Leoch and Colum are really ruthless, no one wants to come out to rescue them, and Claire feels very sad inside. In the TV series, Jamie was exiled with Dougal (because of adultery with Geillie), but in the book Colum did not exile Dougal, but said that he would "handle this matter well". It was Jamie who accompanied the Duke of Sandringham to hunt. Before Jamie left, he asked Alex (the owner of the stable where he worked) to help him look at Claire. Alex learned that Mrs.Fiz couldn't find Claire and ran to report to Jamie overnight. This is what happened when Jamie arrived in time.
However, I think the adaptation of the TV series so far has been pretty good. However, in the TV series Geiliie said she was a witch in order to rescue Claire. Before she rescued Claire, she said two words to Claire, one was "I think this is possible." and the other was "1968". Later, Geiliie was dragged away by the mob and burned to death. In the book, Geiliie saved Claire in the same way, but she didn't say these two sentences at the time, and she was burned to death after the child was born in prison. Dougal visited her in prison and took away his illegitimate child. After Jamie was caught in Lallybroch, Claire and Murtagh met Dougal when they were looking for him. Dougal told Claire that when Geiliie was dying, Dougal told her to tell her these two sentences if they saw Claire. Only then did Claire know that Geiliie had traveled through 1968.
The TV series said that there is no major problem with this adaptation, but Geilie’s child survived in the book. That child is a descendant of Roger, the child adopted by the priest Reverend that Claire and her husband visited at the beginning of the book. The latter part of the book series should be an important role, because he later married the daughters of Claire and Jamie (I'm reading the second part now, if I'm not wrong.) If the TV series directly kills Geillie's children Now, how to change Nirvana?
5. The episode of S01E12 in Lallybroch is very easy to write whether it is a TV series or a book. In this part of the book, we talked a lot about Jamie’s parents’ generation, as well as the story of Jamie’s childhood and the beginning of his love story. It also depicts many details of the relationship between Jamie and Jenny’s son, Jamie. ,Lovely. To highlight the main line in the TV series, these details are not included, which is a pity. In addition, there have been some changes to the plot in the TV series. In the mill section, the book described Jamie wearing a pair of old red flannel underwear left by his father (loose and bursting with laughter~~~) in order to get into the water and dredge the waterwheel. Go into the water and let the tenant farmers see the lord's ass". It is not Jenny here to inform that the British army is coming, but Claire meets an old woman, hoping that Jamie and the others can arrange a job for their grandson Rabbie so that he can escape the brutal beating of his alcoholic father. It was the old woman who helped Claire prevaricate the British army. Later, during the rent collection gathering, Jamie and Rabbie's father "talked" and beat him up after failing to do so, and finally allowed Rabbie to stay in Jamie's stable to work. In this passage, Jamie told Claire that his inner entanglement was "sometimes there is only a thin line between justice and violence." Rabbie's father later took a grudge and sold Jamie's whereabouts to the Watch, and then Murtagh personally sold him-the tenant farmer betrayed the lord, which was indeed a serious crime at that time. I didn't mention it here in the TV series. I avoided it cleverly and asked Jenny to report the letter, and found the welt on Jamie's back. In the end, they understood each other, which was smooth and reasonable. In fact, Jenny knew from the book that Jamie was beaten badly, and he saw it as soon as Jamie returned to Lallybroch.
By the way, based on what I read, Jenny should be Jamie's sister (not the sister mentioned in the TV series subtitles). Because in the original work, Jenny mentioned to Claire how Jamie looked when she was a child and how she looked at Jamie in the cradle with her mother, it can be seen that Jenny is an older sister and took care of Jamie when she was a child. In addition, the book mentions that when Jamie's mother Ellen died, she was 8 years old. Jenny said that he started to be in charge at the age of 10. It can be seen that Jenny should have been in charge when his mother died. Jamie also had an older brother Willie, who was 5 years older than him. He died of smallpox when he was 11 years old. Jamie's mother died two years later. This makes sense. Willie died at the age of 11 when Jenny was 9 and Jamie was 6. Ellen died two years later, Jenny was 10 and Jamie was 8.
There is also a warm little detail that is different. There is a small snake carved in cherry wood in Jamie’s fur bag on the book. The back is engraved with Sawny (Jamie’s nickname), which was given to him by his brother when he was five years old. . This little snake, Jamie, has always been carried with him, and was not found by Jenny when he was in Lallybroch.
6. In S01E13, Jamie was forced to go out to rob with a group of the Watch. Their leader Macquarrie was also a soldier, and he had a bit of sympathy with Jamie. Because of Horrocks’ informants, the Watch was ambushed and Macquarrie was injured. Jamie couldn’t bear to leave him and was arrested. NS. Later, Jamie escaped again and was later caught by the British army. He was imprisoned in Wentworth Prison with Macquarrie. Macquarrie was hanged before Jamie. When Jamie was about to execute, Jack Randall rushed to postpone his sentence.
In the book, there is no such person as Macquarrie, and there is no such plot; in the book, Jamie and Jenny's husband, Ian, went out and met the Watch (should be a tenant's informant), recognized Jamie, and was taken away by the Watch.
Privately think that the plot of this TV series is well adapted. Using a kind of euphemism, Jamie's character is clearly presented. Before meeting Claire, Jamie went to France after being wanted. He used to be a soldier who fought in France. His background, good education, and very good military qualities are the reasons why Colum and Dougal value him very much. In the novel, all of these have been introduced bit by bit through other people's introductions, Jamie's own explanations and memories, etc. However, there is no suitable opportunity to show this before the TV series, so Macquarrie is added to the plot of this episode. He is a soldier and does robbery work, but he has his own moral standards-despite robbery, he will not betray. Comrades give to the enemy. Jamie's attitude towards this person also reflects Jamie's three views. Personally, I think the adaptation here is very good.
7. The episode of S01E16, what do you say, although Jamie agreed to Randall's abuse of Claire in order to let Randall release Claire, the plot is consistent with the book, and it is indeed Jamie who dictated the process to Claire in the book, but after all It’s dictation, it’s not spicy, isn’t it vivid~~~ I guess the TV series are filmed on such a large scale, one is to cater to the needs of the audience. The audience group is really interesting-so it is very Starz style, the second also aggravated the role of Jack Randall, in the TV series Jack Randall and Claire’s husband Frank are played by one person, this kind of role makes the role of the second man on the TV. The ratio is much larger, and the viewing effect is indeed different. But it’s a bit of abuse... Think about it quietly, if it’s really just dictating, ordering and so on, maybe it’s not as "savvy" as the current method...
However, with Claire’s rescue of Jamie in the book and the TV series The plot difference is quite big. In the TV series, Claire said to Jamie, "If you die, I don't care who you are" so that Jamie no longer wants to die, and he pulled Jamie back with two sentences, which was a bit blunt. In addition, Jamie really removed the heart demon and Claire reunited with each other, which was a few episodes later in the second season.
That's not how it is dealt with in the book. I personally appreciate the handling in the book more, I find it very exciting:
In the book, after being released by Randall, Claire was full of grief and anger. She drove through the snow and was attacked by a hungry wolf. She killed a wolf with incredible courage and was later rescued by Lord Macrannoch. Lord Macrannoch Sir Marcus didn't know who Claire was at first, but Murtagh who came to the door recognized Macrannoch and mentioned that they had met at the Gathering of the MacKenzie family last time. At this time Sir Marcus also recognized Murtagh and said "You are the one who killed the wild boar", which made Claire realize that the bracelet was given by Murtagh and that he was the secret admirer-I think it is written like this in the book, and it reflects Murtagh's character, he shouldn't be the kind of person who would confess to Claire that he once loved a woman. Sir Marcus then learned that Claire was saving the son of Ellen MacKenzie, the woman she had pursued. The pearl necklace was the same as in the TV series. Later, a few people used Sir Marcus’s cattle to break through the back door of the prison and rescue Jamie from the back door. At first, they hid in Sir Marcus’s house. Claire was here for Jamie to bone his crippled hand overnight and deal with the major wounds. , Jamie cut off his branded Randall's initials with the help of Sir Marcus. This part of Jamie has been sober and can say some words of encouragement to Claire. After a night of healing, they continued to flee to the monastery Ste. Anne de Beaupré, Jamie's uncle hosted there and could give them shelter. On the way to escape, they also encountered the British army (very thrilling). Claire caught up with a British army who was fleeing and killed him by herself. Before fleeing to the monastery, Jamie didn't even think Claire as Randall and lost his mind like in the TV series. I think it is more reasonable to deal with it in the book. Because he just escaped, Jamie must make himself sober and calm. He can't let his emotions dominate. When he flees, he is more like a fighter. No matter how bad the crime is, he can't let himself drag Claire and his companions to escape. This is also in line with Jamie's. character. But after arriving at the monastery, Jamie began to struggle to fall asleep every night, and when he fell asleep, he began to have nightmares, then began to contract a high fever, and was on the verge of a mental breakdown. Claire was actually afraid that someone would tell her what happened in Wentworth, because she knew exactly what happened in Wentworth, and she instinctively wanted to escape. But in order to save Jamie, she lets herself face Jamie and listens to him telling all this. She knows that only knowing Jamie's demon can really save him.
There is a detail at the front of the book that a doctor came to treat Jamie after he was beaten for the first time in Fort William, and left him with a small bible, which Jamie has been carrying with him since then. That Bible comes from another young man named Alex MacGregor who committed suicide in prison. Jamie knew that this young man committed suicide because of being assaulted by Jack Randall. He carried this Bible with him and wanted to send the Bible back to the young man’s hometown if he avenged the young man one day. But Jamie does not fully understand why Alex MacGregor committed suicide. After Jamie experienced the same experience, he told Claire that Randall tortured him over and over again with all kinds of despicable means, "He hurt me a little bit, then stopped to caress me and stimulate my senses... and then he violently tortured him. Hurt me, and then take possession of me, over and over again. During the whole process, he kept telling me about you and kept forcing me to think about you. I was struggling. I tried my best to make myself conscious. My body’s senses are separated from my thoughts. But over and over again, my defenses finally collapsed and I can’t tell..."..."I now know why Alex MacGregor hanged himself. I was not there yet. Knowing this is a moral sin, and if I knew it, I would do it. He made me a demon while I was alive, and I knew he couldn’t do it if I was in heaven.” In the second season Jamie has an important psychological confession to Claire, which is to say, "The most secret part of your heart is protected by a fortress... Now this fortress has been bombed... You seem to be naked and exposed between the heavens and the earth, just want to hide. Under the grass." This farewell was extremely touching, and it was actually said during this period.
Claire has a heart demon herself, she feels that she has killed someone, betrayed Frank, and brought pain to Jamie. But Claire got help from a monk Anselm, but through reading the Bible and confessing, she realized what she should do. Jamie lost his will to survive under the torture of a high fever, and the monks even prayed before his death. Claire had rethinked and decided to give it a go, either to die or to save. So she used opium and other drugs, as well as lavender oil (that is the signature smell of Jack Randall), so that Jamie thought she was still in Randall's hands in the dying hallucinations, recreating the scene of the heart demon, again in opium I heard Claire’s voice "Fight me! Fight Back" under the stimulus of. Finally, Jamie, who was dying, took Claire as Randall and fought back, and finally woke up and found his own Claire. Seriously, I think this paragraph is very well written.
Therefore, Jamie defeated the demons in the monastery and regained himself, not the same as in the TV series. I guess that the TV series are filmed like that. It uses some traditional methods to keep the audience paying attention to the second season, okay.
The writing at the end of the novel is also very touching, and the text is beautiful.
Jamie and Claire received a gift from Sir Marcus. It was a pearl necklace for Jamie. Jamie learned that Sir Marcus had also pursued his mother. He also understood that the necklace was actually for Clarie, because in Sir Marcus's opinion, "Send a necklace to someone Dear married lady is not very appropriate." What was given to Claire was actually a processed wolf skin, which belonged to the wolf that Claire had killed, and Jamie learned of Claire's heroic feat. Claire said that she didn't have any gifts to give to Jamie. After that, Jamie took Claire to a hot spring bath deep in the basement of the monastery. Earlier, after Claire told Jamie that he was from the future, Jamie made up his mind to send Claire back to Craigh na Dun (that's the small Stonehenge). Claire has been sitting at Stonehenge for a long time, thinking about the attractive places of modern society, trying to use reason to compare the advantages and disadvantages of herself. But she hadn't remembered herself before she realized that she was already walking in Jamie's direction. Claire told Jamie "Hot bath" and almost won. So Jamie knows that Claire likes hot baths. In the hot spring deep in the basement of the monastery, the two people once again merged into one, a blend of body and spirit. At this moment, Claire suddenly said, "I do have a gift for you." The
novel stopped here abruptly. We all know from the TV series that Claire is pregnant.
I think the end of the novel is really a rush of lingering sound.
8. There is one detail that is not mentioned in the TV series. I think the photo is an important clue buried in the first film. Jamie regained his sanity and recalled an incident with Claire about Randall, because he told Claire that it was Claire who found him a new habitat where his soul could shelter from wind and rain. Jamie was tormented by Randall and became delirious. He had fallen asleep several times, but Randall hadn't let him go. When Jamie tried to struggle, Randall hugged him and cried, forcing Jamie to say love him, which of course Jamie didn't say. But Randall tortured Jamie again, crying and saying, "Tell me you love me, Alex, tell me!" Jamie and Claire said, I don’t understand why Randall suddenly called Jamie’s second name (Jamie His full name is James Alexander Malcolm MacKenzie Fraser). But Claire suddenly thought of the genealogy of Randall that she had read before. Jack Randall was three brothers. His eldest brother was William. Jack Randall was the second child and became a soldier. The third child later became an assistant pastor named Alexander (that is, Alex). .
Does this mean that Jack Randall treats his brother Alex...? ? I don’t know, because I just started watching the second part, and I’m waiting for everyone to give me "spoilers".
9. In the TV series, especially in the second season, everyone always discusses that Claire is a bit okay, trying to put "our beloved Jamie" into danger... Honestly speaking, I feel a bit the same when watching TV series, maybe because I am Girls, it’s always easy to admire and hate the heroine O(∩_∩)O~ But in the novel, I don’t feel that way at all. On the contrary, I really like Claire’s character, strong enough to dare to face her. Tangled and painful, and know what to do. Of course, the Jamie in the novel is also perfect, with good looks, good attitude, brave and strong, humorous and good at thinking. But I think Claire in the book has great courage, and Jamie is a perfect match!
There are many different details and plots in the book, so I just picked the ones I think are more important and wrote about them. I won’t say much about the others.
I’ve never written such a long book review...
Seeing from my hard typing, everyone also praises and praises~~~~~~
View more about Outlander reviews
