Flight of the Heron read-along: Part V chapter 5 and Epilogue

[regshoe]

Better loved ye cannae be...

The final chapter.

I'm planning to do a sort of wrap-up post in a couple of days' time for any last thoughts, and to recommend some Flight of the Heron fic and some other books that may be of interest. I will say goodbye and thank you properly then!

Comments

[luzula]

Oh, good points. I think Lachlan is given a bit short shrift by the narrative possibly because he's of a lower social class? He's devoted, but it's his place to be so, because he's a loyal clansman and foster-brother. And then his devotion goes out of bounds, and is punished...

By the way, you might enjoy the first chapter of my fic The Greater Happiness. The fic as a whole isn't Lachlan-centric, but in the first chapter, the canon ending happens a little differently: Ewen thinks Keith died (in fact he didn't), but he and Lachlan both get on the ship and have to deal together with what Lachlan did. So it's kind of a fix-it for Lachlan. (Er, no obligation to read, obviously.)

[hyarrowen]

I might try that first chapter myself. As you know, the general premise is not my cuppa but I'd read E, K and L on the ship together.

[luzula]

To be clear: it's just E and L on the ship! Keith got left behind on the beach and Ewen thinks he died (though he didn't) and is grieving.