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Summary: This book is simply the best!
Review: This series has replaced all others as my favorite in Historical Fiction (and I have been reading the genre for 20+ years!) I have re-read the series many times and the story and characters never fade. I even bought the books on audio tape (also good, but necessarily abbreviated). I don't know how Diana Gabaldon came up with such an interesting saga, but I hope she never stops writing the next episode!
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Summary: Best book of this type I've ever read!
Review: I read an average of 2 novels per week. I read this book when it first came out years ago and it is by far the best I've ever read. I've passed my copy along to at least 5 other people who all felt the same way. I bought the sequels in hardback because I couldn't wait to read them. Claire is a great character but Jaime is awesome. He's funny, self-deprecating, and sexy as hell (I didn't even like red haired men!). This novel doesn't stop and you won't want it to.
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Summary: TOTALLY OVER-RATED BY YOUR READERS
Review: Outlander was okay and I enjoyed it....but I came nowhere near the rhapsody decribed by your reviewers! Is Gabaldon trying to take Michener's or Clancey's place in the world with the thickest books on the shelf? There was no reason for this story to have taken over 800 pages (paper back). It could have been told just as convincingly in half the pages. I'll read some of the ensuing books.
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Summary: I don't want it to end.
Review: I was told about this book by a history buff. I told others about it before I even got to read it myself. Everyone that I have spoken to that has read it can not put it down. I am near the end of 'Drums of Autumn' and can't seem to finish because I don't want it to end. You can become totally engrossed in this "fantasy". 'Outlander' is just the beginning. Even if you don't think you have time for 4,000 plus pages- you will make the time. It got me to got me to go looking for my Celtic past and it was the trip of my life (lives)! Who knows what it will do for you.
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Summary: This is my favorite book.
Review: I've read it many times and each time I gather more information about Claire & Jamie & Scotland.
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Summary: fast pace fascinating and sexy
Review: My husband picked her book up and started to read and he couldn't put the book down as it has to do with his home of Scotland and it held his interest with his country and his people. And he is looking forward to reading more of what Diana has written.He read the outlanders in less than 5 days between working and relaxing
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Summary: Best of her series
Review: I've read the entire series,and had to re-read number one, just because this one is so good. Diana Gabaldon is a skillful writer, weaving adventure, romance, fantasy and the history of Scotland all into a tapestry worth plunging into over and over again. An excellent read...don't let the length discourage you!
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Summary: Learning Scottish history and unable to put the book down!
Review: There seems to be a sudden interest all over Hollywood and other places about arcane Scottish history.... first it was "Rob Roy," then "Braveheart".... but before most of them, this talented lady has given us a terrific series, which uses the romance genre to help school us on the subject of the Jacobite rebellion of 1745.The heroine travels back in time through a stone circle near Inverness. These circles, which dot the Scottish countryside are quite remarkable. So, suddenly she's in the middle of a Scotland barely out of the Dark Ages, where Scots suffer under the London rule as part of the Union. She falls in love with a Fraser, marries him, is almost burned at the stake (she's a nurse and thus able to be a healer) and eventually escapes with her new husband to France, where the pretender to the Scottish throne is plotting his return to Scotland. She holds a horrible secret - she knows that the rebellion is doomed to failure and that Scots will suffer for 300 years as a result! Gabaldon weaves a factual world of Lords, fighters, clansmen, strong women and warlords. her knowledge of Scottish history is fairly accurate and she makes it fun to read! Terrific reading, especially if you are a Fraser! The book stands alone well on its own and sets the path for the sequel.
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Summary: This book will be among my top five all-time favorites!
Review: I am so impressed with this book that I have bought 6 more copies to give to friends. Don't let the 800+ pages discourage you from jumping right it. There are truly memorable characters, unique and ongoing action, an abiding and beautifully deep love....these will turn the pages for you! Knowing this to be Gabaldon's first novel, I was continually awed by her skillful and power ability to totally engulf this reader in the action. I hope her high school English teachers have had a chance to read this novel and marvel and be proud of their former student's talent. And... wait until you see what her college major and occupation actually were!
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Summary: The best for Romance, History, Time Travel and Adventure
Review: This is a fabulous book!
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