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Summary: LOVED IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: I have never been a big fan of time travel books but this one was recommended to me by my librarian. A few chapters into the book and I was hooked. To me it almost seems believable that you could go back in time. Maybe not be able to change the outcomes of historical events but just to be able to go back in time. I find the characters to be believable, funny, sexy, and a good match for each other. Each one has their own history. I have read all 4 of the books in this series so far and have enjoyed all of them equally. I look forward to the 5th book and the companion when it comes out.
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Summary: Captivating and romantic
Review: I was swept away by the book. Finally a romance between equals. Claire is intelligent and capable, qualities often missed in this genre of book.!!!
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Summary: unforgetable escapism.
Review: I live very close to Culloden and have visited so many of the places that Diana Gabaldon has written about in her four novels. The ones that she has created have set me wandering in search, in Edinburgh and in Inverness, and I try to imagine the scenes there over 200 years ago.She has made my soul ache to be adored by such a man, (if one could exist),and to be as capable as Claire. ha! I hear you snort.... I don't care - these books have given me tremendous pleasure, so think what you will. I hate the thought of waiting yet another year until the next instalment.
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Summary: A Captivating Tale of Love Set in Beautiful Scotland!!
Review: I'm usually a mystery/thriller reader, but a co-worker recommended Outlander for my vacation, and boy was I pleasantly surprised! From the time I started it on the plane until the last page, I couldn't put it down. Less than four days cover to cover. From the beginning Diana Gabaldon had me on the edge of my seat waiting to find out what would happen next. The characters are so well developed, I felt as if I knew them; and the description of Scotland that Ms. Gabaldon depicts is so life-like I thougt I was there. A must read - as soon as I returned from vacation, I ordered the other three in the series (from amazon of course), and finished all in one month. Definite late night, edge of your chair books.
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Summary: Gabaldon Fan From Page One.
Review: I have read all four books in this series including the Scottish title Cross-Stitch. These books are the best series of romance novels that I have discovered in a long time. Not only are they long enough to be worth picking up but they don't lose the reader in the process of telling the story. After reading the first three books I took a trip to Scotland to visit Culloden battle field and happened to visit on the anniversary of the battle. The ceremony honoring the brave highlanders was such a moving experience it brought not only Jamie and Claire to life but also every other highlander who gave his or her life for the future of Scotland. I reccommend these books to anyone who has a romantically fanciful mind and a love of history.
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Summary: An Absolutely Wonderfull and Worthwhile Book!!!
Review: I loved Outlander!!!!! It is an enormous book, yet I read it in three weeks!!! And afterwords, I could not stop thinking about it! THis book will move anybody! The characters are so rich and well developed! Miss Gabaldon's vivid description of the lush Scotland are absolutely remarkable! She tells the story so well, it is like you are in the book, witnessing each exciting happening! I would recommend this book to anyone!!! Action, romance, adventure, time travel, Scotland.......it is all there! I can't wait to read the rest of the trilogy!
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Summary: Boring
Review: I found this book to be boring and predicable. 600 pages of 2 characters running around in a little circle. First, let's devise a little adventure. Let's jump into bed and have great sex. Let's do it again. Let's do it again and again and again. Boring.
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Summary: First class fiction, history and romance
Review: For three months the book cover put me off--I'm not the romance-fiction sort, but what a surprise when I finally settled down to it! Although there is plenty of both sex and romance, I think it is a disservice to call this book--and the others in the series "romances". There is solid history here; a story well-constructed, with plausible characters and dialogue. Ms. Gabaldon succeeds so well in setting the scene and dialogue I was astonished to discover she is not English and had not been to Scotland until the book had been written! (She's not a nurse, either--I am, and the medicine's good too!) Most highly recommended.
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Summary: A bunch of boarish nonsense!
Review: Excuse my one line summary, this novel started out alright, had me interested, but then I just got bored! This was me reading this book : interesting, boring, boring, interesting, boring, boring...Basically not enough interesting parts to keep me fascinated! I liked Claire, at first, but now she just seems like a Ninny! And Jamie, oh, baby you are hot, let's make love 24/7! As if, god they couldn't keep their hands off each other for 5 pages! Sex scenes are amusing at first but after awhile : GIVE IT UP! I would have gone back to Frank, would have left the first chance I got! I will read the rest of the books in these series but if I find myself bored to death don't be surprised! And Diana Gabaldon, you may not have intended for this to be a sappy romance but IT IS!!!
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Summary: Best time-travel story yet.
Review: This book was so well researched that you believe you're a time-traveler yourself. Ms. Gabaldon takes you back to Scotland in the 1700's with such clarity that you feel every emotion that Claire does. Also, Jamie is one of the best heroes of the century. Did men really communicate that well and with such passion in the 1700's? If so, where are they now?
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