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Summary: The best Historical based Fiction I've ever read.
Review: Diana Gabaldon has managed to awaken interests I never knew I had with this series. Because of this book I've begun alot of research into Scotland and the jacobites as well as the highlanders. I plan to go there in the near future. The fantasy of this wonderfully romantic story is one I will never forget and put aside. Also, if you can get ahold of the unabridged audio series read by Davina Potter- listen to it. She does so well with all of the accents, and most of all the memorable characters that are throughout this series.
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Summary: Diana is the Best!
Review: I am on the third book in this wonderful series for the second time in 3 months. I can't put them down and I can't think of not reading about Claire and Jamie. I can't even imagine another author being as talented as Diana Gabaldon. What a gem she is!
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Summary: Gabaldon has ruined me for other authors!
Review: I have read all four books in this series, and I tell you, Diana Gabaldon has made it so that I can never go back and enjoy those other "romance" novels. Her attention to detail, the authenticity of her historical facts, and the realistic handling of Jamie and Claire's relationship blew me away.Each book built on the previous but still could stand alone. I almost never get involved in 'series' books, but I'll make one exception for this series, only. I even asked for 'The Outlandish Companion" for my birthday, and my daughter better get it for me! I am anxiously awaiting the next book. Thank you, Diana!
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Summary: Outlander out of our world
Review: I really got into reading this book. I like historical romances but not like this one. I have also read the next 2 in the series. This is a must read. Really rivoting!!
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Summary: Very disappointed
Review: I must say that reading all these positive customer reviews influenced me to buy all 4 sequels last year and I tried to read volume one, but I lost interest right in the middle. Having read the "Angelique" series of books(12 volumes, each more than 600 pages) by Anne Golon, a French author, I probably expected too much from Gabaldon. But believe me, Golon is a lot better than this Outlandish saga!I`m disappointed and will sell the 4 books soon in a yard sale.
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Summary: Better than average historical romance
Review: Having read the reviews on Amazon prior to going out and buying the book, I expected to be absorbed in the storyline from the beginning. The book starts rather slowly with details about life in Scottish countryside post WWII. Even when the heroine is transported back in time to 1743, the story moves in stops and starts. The book is better than your average historical romance but the stereotypes are still there. The hero is the typical macho blue-eyed innocent whose endless stories of what his father said about treating women gallantly are rather nauseating. The author also tries too hard to draw comparison between post-war emancipation of women, and the patriachal society of Scottish lairds. Particularly annoying are the discussion of spankings and how beatings serve to instil morals and obedience in children and wives! Nevertheless, I found the book difficult to put down and was sufficiently moved by it to write a review as soon as I finished it! It is an entertaining read to escape into once you manage to suspend disbelief.
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Summary: The very best in romance.
Review: I will never recomend this book to any one I know personally. The Outlander and I have a special relationship, and for others to read it and know about it would be embarrasing. I resisted reading this book when it was recomended to me, and I have never told the person who recomended that I read it. I can not bear to talk about the very personal feeling I have about the Outlander with others. Weird huh? I have never felt this attatched to a book before for this long. I was so wrapped up in it I found myself laughing out loud, crying and barely able to leave the couch and my book for four days. Even more strange, I read this book in early summer in the high deserts of Wyoming, it rained the whole time I was reading the book, those four days were the only time it rained all year here. It was like the whole world wanted my to feel at home with this book. I hope that others will pick up this whole series, just as long as they dont tell me about it!
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Summary: I loved this book!
Review: It has something for everyone... romance, political intrigue, action, adventure, warfare, good and evil, and all set against a historical backdrop that makes this book very interesting. During one of her visits about a year ago (or more), my mom was reading Outlander. She kept telling me what a great story it was, how I should read it, how I would love it, and how she couldn't put it down... etc... I read the blurb on the dusk jacket and thought, "You've got to be kidding!?" It sounded like a trashy time-travelling bodice-ripping romance! I thought my mom was nuts, but since I usually love her book recommendations, I decided to at least give it a chance. I was hooked from the first paragraph and have been obsessed with Jamie and Claire ever since. Outlander was fantastic, but Dragonfly in Amber was a bit slow-paced until about the halfway point where it picked up steam. The pace picks up even more in Voyager, and then slows a little in Drums of Autumn. All in all, a fabulous series, and I am eagerly awaiting Diana Gabaldon's fifth book! Outlander drew me into the story in a way that no other book has. If I had to compare it to anything I've ever read before I would say Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind... Outlander's scope is that huge and the characters are as memorable (and infinitely more likeable!)
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Summary: One of my top `picks ever...
Review: If someone would have told me that a time travel book where fidelity is challenged would be one of my absolute favorites of all time I wouldn't have believed it. When you read the book you won't think about time travel, fidelity or anything other than Jamie and Claire together. I read it years ago and it remains in my personal top five books ever. Read it. You won't be disappointed. It is one of a handful of novels with worthy sequels. Speaking of which, Ms. Gabaldon, we're waiting...
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Summary: This book must be going on vacation!
Review: It sure is packed! Actually this was meant as a (lame) joke, but what a good idea! It is a great vacation book if you plan to spend a lot of time reading. I have finished all four of the books in this series and I cant believe how the author just keeps coming up with more and more stuff and it's all interesting! It's great the way she allows her imagination to merrily roll along. I have taken "time off" to read other books in between these four "fatties" but it's great to keep coming back to check up on Claire and Jamie!
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