Rating: Summary: Excellent Book Review: Diana Gabaldon is a wonderful story teller! I can hardly wait for the next book to be finished so I can continue on with the story.
Rating: Summary: Riviting! Review: Thank you Diana for this marvelous series.After Outlander, Dragonfly, and Voyager, I wasn't sure how you were going to go. I must say - I really loved Drums! At times it was slow but all in all I was stuck. Most of my questions were answered and the twists near the end! Please!!! Give me more!!!
Rating: Summary: Loved Diana Gabaldon's 4 books of Jamie & Claire Review: The only bad thing about these books is that they ended. I wanted them to go on & on! Full of history & romance, I have since looked up 18th century Scotland to find out more of that time period. I fell in love with Jamie & truly admired Claire, hope I could be as clever & resourseful in that situation. Makes you wonder what it would be like to suddenly whisked back 200 years. I've read them all twice!
Rating: Summary: BRAVO---BRAVO... My life has changed!! Review: I have never read anything better than the Daina Gaboldon series! I look at my life differently, in fact I look at everything differently. Of course I'm in love with Jamie as so many others. I don't know if I would want a movie to be made...No, No I don't. I will from here on in spend the rest of my life looking for my Jamie. Thanks and hats off to you Diana!!
Rating: Summary: This series has made me crave real history! Review: I never really liked history in school, in movies and other books it was just "background". Ms. Gabaldon has brought it alive! I have been reading a lot of other historic romances, nothing compares to this series! Next I plan to pick up some history books of 18th century scotland, then a Gaelic dictionary, and, hopefully, teach myself Gaelic. All this thanks to Ms. Gabaldon's wonderful Outlander series! Having Irish ancestors and my husband having Scottish ancestors, we just loved the books, read all together. Wow, what an aphrodisiac! I loved all 4 books, beginning to end, even the boring parts (isn't life like that?). I had to go back over chapters to try and absorb the whole picture, and realized that even the slow or seeming uninteresting parts had a purpose to complete the story. I will pick up one of the books and just open to wherever and start reading, this will usually prompt me to want to read another chapter in same or other book for a complete picture! I have never had this happen with any other book(s) I've read, and I have read hundreds of books and series. I love Jamie and Claire like best friends. I eagerly await the next two books! check out Ms. Gabaldon's web site for excerpts from the two upcoming books for a little "fix" until they come out, it gets me through hunger pangs for them. Thank you Diana!!
Rating: Summary: Heart-pounding, erotic, soul-stealing, knee-buckling!! Review: Diana, you did it again! I can't get enough of Jamie, Claire and the whole damn clan!! I've recommended your books to EVERYONE I know and you're characters are regular topics of happy-hour conversations now. Keep 'em coming, Diana!!
Rating: Summary: ABSOLUTELY STELLAR!! Review: The entire 'Outlander' series is wonderfully romantic. Diana Gabaldon writes with such passion and heart that the reader actually feels a part of the story. I am now in the process of re-reading the 4 existing books for the 3rd time. I am eagerly awaiting with bated breath the continuation of this series...waiting to re-enter the lives of the beloved Jamie and Claire. Once again, absolutely stellar!!
Rating: Summary: ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC! Review: With each succeeding book in the series, I think the author cannot possibly do a better job, but she always pleasantly surprises me with her ability to write an interesting story about very human characters. Each time I finish a book, I experience a few days of depression since I have, in effect, just lost two very dear friends ... at least until the next book in the series is published. I think that's why the books are so very good, because the characters aren't just words on paper ... in your imagination, they actually become living, breathing people and you feel that you know them inside and out. Better yet, you CARE for them! Anyone who doesn't enjoy these books has something very wrong with them!
Rating: Summary: Not her greatest, but worth a read Review: I too must say that I was a bit dissapointed with this book, especially with the character development of Roger and Brianna (annoying!) and the contrived ending. However, this book still has some very good parts and is worth a read. I hope that the next book in the series will be more representitive of what we know Ms. Gabaldon can do. Some more focus on characters such as John Grey and Willie or a change of scenery would be nice in future books. Colonial America didn't seem too interesting, although the colonial North American setting had potential( but I DON'T want to read about the american revolution!). I'd like to see them go back to Europe (please!) or go to another colony.
Rating: Summary: How can you not love Jamie? Review: To anyone who didn't like this book-you must be crazy. I count this series as the best 4 books I have ever read and recommend them to friends all the time. Yes, there are still some questions left unanswered (like why was Jamie haunting Claire in the beginning of Outlander). But, that's why we can't wait for the next installment.
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