Drums of Autumn

Rating:
Summary: Spellbinding romantic tale with lots of history thrown in.
Review: I was given Outlander as a retirement gift and have read the next two books so far. Spellbinding story-lots of passion and pretty gritty descriptions of everyday life in different places and times. It makes you feel somehow connected with these passionate people.

Rating:
Summary: Spellbinding, one by one all four books draw you in.
Review: I got Outlander on loan from a friend, and found myself needing the next before she got a chance to bring it to work. I went out and purchased the set of four and have reread them and loaned them out in between. Jamie has become a part of this twenty first century nurse's life,too. I have always loved this style of book but there are few words to really express the all encompassing thrill of running through the heather and smelling the fresh clean,preindustry air with these delightful and vibrant characters. They beckon you to delve through the stones.....

Rating:
Summary: I would like the storys to never stop
Review: I have not read it yet but I have it in my lap.I was wondering if any one was going to mention the characters,the frenchmen,Fergus and his new wife.Those are also important people in the past books.I will get back to you about "drums".I also want to say thanks to the author for having such a wonderful mind.Is this somewhat true in the books about the past in the 1700's with the Frasers if so I would love to find out about more on the Frasers because I am from scotish decent.

Rating:
Summary: Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series has changed my life!
Review: I don't have much to compare Outlander, Dragonfly in Amber, Voyager, and Drums in Autumn to because at the young age of 46 I have not been a reader. At the prompting of a dear friend I read Outlander. I was so intrigued with the story that I had to carry on and at the conclusion of Drums of Autumn could only wait for more. I say a change in my life because since picking up Outlander late in October I have read not only the 3 companion books, but 2 Dean Koontz, a Sidney Sheldon, started and put down 2 Stephen King (sorry Stephen, read a non-fiction by someone Anderson called The Four O'clock Murders, and am enjoying an Elizabeth George book right now. I think the key thing here is that without Gabaldon's Outlander I would not be reading today. What more can I say! Read them all!

Rating:
Summary: For anyone, man and woman, this is heart-stopping!
Review: It all started when my wife got it as a gift, and I being stubborn, was not interested in a romance. She said it's more than that. BOY WAS SHE RIGHT!! Sometimes all I can think about are these books and how Ms. Gabaldon has linked EVERYTHING together. I've just re-read book four and have noticed something that all our friends or people in this review have not noticed. Not to give it away, but look at the very last line in 'Drums" and keep that in mind when you read the series again. By the way, you all think that Claire won't go back to her time....I think there is the chance. Remember her what she found, It's her legacy, her "tica ba". For you readers who think the tension is gone, think on that one. These stories have me gripped. Anything can happen and if you think everything is going to be good remember what happen to Ian.. I do. It got me pretty choked up. I for one find it hard to imagine the possibility that I may never see my family again. And so I'm on pins and needles waiting for "The Fiery Cross". I have a feeling that Guellie started something that has not yet ran it's full course. (I love how the author throws her in once and a while). So Jamie and Claire are yet to survive the fire cause I really want them to. After knowing what Frank did (read the book) anything can happen. Brianna and Roger (whom I feel for Roger cause he underwent a LOT!!) are bringing in a "new?" McKenzie clan .... .....things will come full circle. I can't wait. Great, great, great, great, great excellent writing and SO DARN REAL!!!!!!!!!!!

Rating:
Summary: So...what happens next?!
Review: Wow...after coming to the end of Drums of Autumn, all I could think was, "There's got to be more!" Glad to hear that The Fiery Cross will be coming out, even if we have to wait awhile. The fourth book in the series is more thought-provoking than the other three, but it still makes for a really good time! I loved the beginning romance between Brianna and Roger - hopefully this will be just as passionate and exciting as Jamie and Claire's. This book is really more about the Fraser family and how mothers, fathers, and their children relate to eachother. There's still enough adventure and romance to satisfy, though. These books have quickly joined the ranks of my all-time favorites, and I believe they will someday become classics of historical fiction. I'm only left to wonder...what will happen to Jamie and Claire? Will they survive, and how will the newspaper article be explained? I guess we'll have to wait for the next book. It will be interesting to see what Diana Gabaldon does with the Frasers' role in the American Revolution. Can't wait to find out!

Rating:
Summary: Where's the next one?
Review: My mother and I exchange books, and she had given me "DRUMS" to read. Not knowing, or looking, that this was a series of books, I read the book in a weekend, I could not put it down! The characters are so spell-binding! Then to find out that there are books that precede, I was at the library before I finished "DRUMS"! But I couldn't stop reading the fourth book, and have now read & re-read all of the books. I only wish my husband was more like Jamie Fraser! Ah, to have lived in that time, when men were men and women were women! And life was what you made of it, it's makes me think that we all need to be a little like Jamie & Claire. Diana, if you read this, please we are all waiting patiently for FIERY CROSS, but I for one need another book to read! Please hurry!

Rating:
Summary: Next book, pleeeeeeeze.
Review: I tended to skip a line here or there, not my favorite in the series, but if it gets me to the next book, I was glad to travel through it with Jamie and Clair. Each person I have turned onto these books has come back to me with a look on their face that I recognize immediately. It says get me the next book and make it quick. I just finished the fourth re-read of the first three books and am now half way through Drums again. I think Brianna and Roger are going to run a close second to the Clair and Jamie love affair, but there has to be some way Clair and Jamie die and then get reincarnated and start all over again. I'm young, I will never get enough. Keep up the good work Diana.

Rating:
Summary: A book for all time!!
Review: Gabaldon has done it once again! Drums of Autumn continues the adventures and love story of Claire and Jamie to new heights and adds daughter, Brianna and her romance with Roger, to the mix of a book for all time. In her Outlander series, she has demonstrated a knowledge of Scottish, West Indies, and Colonial American history that is pure entertainment. If anyone can read the Drums of Autumn, or any of the previous books of this series, without putting it down they have more will power than I. I am hopefully waiting for another in this series as I cannot wait to see what will happen next!!

Rating:
Summary: Special...
Review: I have read and reread all of the Outlander series... Diana Gabaldon is one of the best authors I have ever read and her books speak to our hearts. Although I've read the series many times I still laugh and cry every time! Jamie is my altime favorite character... Don't miss the chance to get to know him - and the other "people"- they seem real when you read the book - in the book!