Outlander

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Summary: If only there were 6 stars!
Review: Like everyone else on this review page...I can't say enough about this book. I have recommended to friends and relatives...two words for anyone looking for a book where you automatically picture your characters and feel their pains and happiness...."READ IT". As a side note, don't let the size of this book scare you away, you won't even notice them fly by....Happy reading:)

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Summary: the best I have ever read
Review: I first read Outlander while vacationing in Scotland in 1993. I stood on the battlefields of Culloden and imagined Claire and Jamie and all they lived through. I have since read the three follow-up books and fell in love with all of them. I rarely keep books after I read them and since I gave this series to my cousin (who also fell in love with the characters, and named her beautiful baby girl Brianna)and had to replace my hardcover copies. I have bought the paperback versions and have given them to friends to read on several occasions.

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Summary: Gets even better the 5th time around!
Review: I have read Diana Gabaldon "Outlander"/"Cross Stitch" series at least 4 times in the past 7 years. Each time I read them, I love them more. The characters are so vivid and complex, they feel "real" to the reader. Diana's thorough research into 18th century Scottish history along with 18th century American history is unbelievable. To imagine that she has a PhD in marine biology and yet can write a series like this is amazing. It is only a shame that it there is so much time between books (which is easy to understand, I wouldn't want a shallow book. The detail needed is very important). Definately read this book if you are thinking about it!

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Summary: The most touching and amusing book in years.
Review: The Author brings together the aspects of history and romance and in a unusual setting. The reader can but identify with the heroine and her Jamie. I ate the book in such a short time that sleep fell incredebly short. My recomendation to other readers: find the apropriate musik in "Sons of Somerled" by Steve McDonald. It really completes the pleasure of reading "Outlander".

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Summary: great read !!
Review: Recently have completed the first three books in this series and am about to start the fourth. Down here in NZ though the first one is titled "CROSS STITCH" so as you can imagine there is a small amount of confusion. well worth reading.

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Summary: Outlander is in my top three best ever reads
Review: This is a first book of an incredible series. I recommend it to anyone who loves romance and history. There has never been a soul, who I've given this book to who didn't instantly fall in love with Jamie and Claire and want to finish the other three. An absolute must have!

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Summary: I Can REALLY Get Into This!
Review: A romance novel? No way is Outlander deserving of so lowly a title! This is an epic romantic saga sweeping hearts and centuries into a fiery ecstasy. I applaud Gabaldon's use of the first person as well. I can't wait to read the others in this series!

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Summary: Exciting, believable, romantic!
Review: Never before have I read such a book! This is a book you cannot put down until you've finished it and then you're so sorry it's over. The characters become a part of your life and you long to know more about them. This story is so believable that I wonder if Diana Gabaldon has truly experienced going back in time and knowing and loving a noble man like Jamie. I look forward to all of her novels and I read them voraciously. I hope she continues this series forever.

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Summary: Deliciously, superbly, outstanding reading
Review: If I could have given this book and the other three presently in the series TEN stars, I would have!!All four books in Diana's Gabaldon's "Outlander" series are the best read I have ever had!! It's not so much reading, as actually traveling to ancient Scotland and reliving history through a cast of characters that literally jump off the pages at you. The "stars" of the book, Jaime and Claire, make one feel as if you actually know them!! The author's tremendously talented way of interweaving past and present is unsurpassed and each book has been a true delight to read. Please Diana. . .hurry up with number FIVE!!

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Summary: Ms Gabaldon's books are well reseached & readable
Review: This story grabs you from the start! Little glimses of what takes place further along in the story tantalize and lead you on. You really get to care about the characters and want to learn more about them!...thankfully there are three more books in the story...and another yet to come! Just remember to keep a calendar and a clock next to you as you read!!! :-)