Date Posted:06:25:16 04/14/09 Tue Author: gstanley Subject: Drums of Autumn thoughts
I am rereading the books in anticipation of Echo in the Bone's arrival. I am just past the part in Drums where Brianna reveals her pregnancy to Claire and Jamie sells Roger down the river.
During the conversation between Bree and Claire, she tells her about her encounter with Roger and then about the rape by Bonnet. She seems very concerned that she has disappointed Claire with Roger, but glareingly absent is the hand-fasting with Roger prior to having sex with him. Now this would seem to me to be way up there on the list of things to tell her, not only to let Claire know that she was not just hopping in bed with him, but that she wanted a commited relationship before this action.
In this context the conversation with Jamie would certianly have been easier.
I do understand that it serves the action in the book, but seemed to me to be inconsistent with the character, Bree.
This truly is one of the more gut-wrenching (among so many) and I just had to read one page at a time to ease up onto this part. I, along with all of you guys. cannot seem to get enough of these characters.
I would enjoy some input here as to why Bree chose to omit this critical issue.
