Outlander

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Summary: WONDERFUL
Review: I have read every book in the series and await the others that are still in Mrs Gabaldon , typewriter. Hurrah for Claire and Jamie and a pox on Black Jack.

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Summary: Outstanding
Review: Very rarely, if ever, have I felt the need or the desire to re-read any novel. I have read each book in this series no less than 5 times each over the years! Ms. Gabaldon managed to pull me into the lives of her characters. She has the incredible talent of making her characters come alive, so that not only do you read her work, but you see and experience it vividly in your minds eye. Every visit to the bookstore warrants a check in with information in the hopes that a new Claire & Jamie novel has emerged!

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Summary: The Best Read That Ever Swept Me Away
Review: The Gabaldon series is by far the best I have ever read. I was completely enthralled and found it impossible to put down. I picked up Dragonfly In Amber first at a discount department store thinking it would be pretty much like most other romance novels(I read at least one a week). Boy was I wrong!!! I got a third of the way thru when I relized there was a prequel. I then put it down (which was very difficult) untill I found Outlander and was fortunate enough to find all three other books at the same time. Not only have I thoroughly and completely enjoyed the series as just a damn good read, I am also amazed at how it was written . It's almost as if each book is written from a different perspective, thus adding to the intrigue of the story. Also, no "insignificant, minute" detail can be ignored because it surprizingly show up and connect to a very significant event later in that book or a following book and completely blow you away at the cleverness of this writer. Yes, as with every other female who has become aquainted with Jamie Frazer, I am nursing a mad crush. Who wouldn't be? This is perfect, non-perfect character I have ever met in liturature. I am fortunate because I am married to "Jamie-like" man. Not in looks but in character. And I'm really getting a bit peved at everyone targetting Claire as being selfish. Get off her case. The woman had just lived thru a war. Not to mention that her upbringing was not exactly middle class suburbia. There was no need to "develope" her character any further. If you just read between the lines it's all there. You've got a lot of fans sitting on pins and needles. Thank You for such a wonderful gift and talen. GBroussard END

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Summary: In a class by itself!
Review: This book is a wonderful combination of fantasy, romance, and historical fiction. I thoroughly enjoyed the entire series.

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Summary: Outlander and sequels are the best I have ever read.
Review: If there were a rating higher than 10, I would give this series a 25! I was unable to pick up any other book for some time after reading the first three. I felt a distinct sense of loss until I could get to the next adventure with Jamie and Claire. The characters are fully realized and you love them or hate them and suffer with them, accordingly. Of course, my "crush" on Jamie will not abate, but Claire offers stiff competition. I have not yet read "Drums of Autumn" because I cannot bear to reach the end of this wonderful saga. D. Gabaldon's writing is exceptional, as is her knowledge of history. These are the best books I have ever read! I never found any of the three too long; each became too brief as I came closer to the last page. I agree that these novels far transcend the romance genre and only wish that they had been marketed better than they were.

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Summary: I couldn't let go of the books.
Review: I haven't seen any revews from Sweden, so here is one. In Sweden those books are five (Voyager is editioned in two books). I really loved those books, and I could imagine myself in that time. I wish I had Diana Gabaldon skill for writing like this. I have read the books twice, and planning on reading them again this summer. It is very interesting to read about the life and the whole atmosphere in the 1700ths. I think I have to go to Scotland just to see it for real.

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Summary: Excellent book!
Review: I loved this book, along with the other three. I couldn't stop reading until I was done with all of them. Now I am impatiently waiting for the next (not due out until 1999). Please read them!

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Summary: The Great(est)Escape
Review: I am an avid reader of many types of prose, fiction and nonfiction as well. Though not Anne Tyler, Anna Quindlan, or those (wonderful) modern literature authors, Diana Gabaldon takes you on an incredible trip - you will be forever touched by Jamie and Claire and I guarantee you will not put down this novel. Do not think of it as a "romance" novel ala LaVyrle Spencer or Danielle Steele. There is much history (in fact I bookmarked a website on Culloden) and adventure as well. Diana - I shake your hand!

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Summary: Two words....absolutely stunning!
Review: I teach school and generally don't have time to read for pleasure , rather I didn't until a friend gave me a copy of Outlander. I am now half way through Drums of Autumn and dread the day I finish, never to hear from Claire and Jaimie again ? Diana is topnotch in her historical facts and the thread she uses to connect her stories is simply summed up in " I can't put it down".
Please have another in the works!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Summary: Wonderful!
Review: My husband and I "read" the book Vogyager last summer via audio cassette last summer. This book hooked us on Claire and Jaime. We couldn't wait to read the others in the series and immediately went to our local bookstore and purchased the other books in the series. . I am an avid reader of historical romances and I can't wait for Ms. Gabaldon to come out with another in the series! What a great way to read about the history of our world. We are waiting the fifth book to find out what will happen with Bree!