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Summary: Fantastic!
Review: Though I enjoy reading about believable, likeable characters (and who doesn't?), rarely do I fall for them the way I did for Claire and Jamie, the protagonists of Outlander. Written from the first-person perspective of the main character, Outlander gives us a glimpse into the lives of extraordinary people living in extraordinary circumstances. As history, this book is compellingly accurate, painting a fascinating picture of Scotland in the age of the Bonnie Prince. Occasional cameo appearances by historical figures lend the story an authenticiry it would otherwise lack, and the story itself slowly becomes as real to the reader as the history. Ms. Gabaldon sets the time-travelling heroine and her 18th century lover in a complete and engrossing world of adventure, intrigue, and romance, with just enough magic thrown in to keep a reader guessing! This book drags a reader in, to the point where the characters are personal friends, and their wants and needs, failures and triumphs, are as familiar to us as our own
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Summary: So well detailed it is hard to believe that it didn't happen
Review: Ms. Gabaldon has a way of giving detailed information about the subject at hand so that you feel a closeness and understanding of the people and the time. There were times when I felt I could actually hear and feel what the characters heard and felt.
Just absolutely fantastic
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Summary: AMAZING!
Review: I have always enjoyed any subjects dealing with time travel, paradoxes, and the like. But since Outlander is a romance, I was not sure I would like it at all. But on a whim, I bought it anyway. I was so impressed I have lent it to most of my friends, and my copy is battered from being read so often. I love the way that Ms. Gabaldon skillfully blends humor, historical facts, and romance to create a believable world in which simple choices can be life-threatening...or life-changing. My only complaint lies with the series as a whole, and it isn't enough to lower my 10 rating. I feel that in the books following Outlander (especially Voyager and Drums of Autumn), there are too many conflicts between Jamie and Claire. But as a whole, I would unhesitatingly recommend this series, the first I've read in a long time that deals with love and its consequences in a mature fashion
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Summary: A return to the art of telling a damn good story
Review: This book was not what I expected. I read it because I was going to interview the author; all I knew (at first, and mistakenly) was that DG wrote romance novels. Outlander is no romance novel (sorry, romance fans!). Rather, it is the ultimate adventure story with a strong and admirable heroine and a hero who is her match, as well as sharply drawn secondary characters. The writing is great; Gabaldon's power to evoke a sense of person or place is simply unmatched by most other writers working today. She reminds the rest of us who write that you need character and plot to tell a great story; one or the other alone, ye ken, will not do. Gabaldon is a master
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Summary: Sleepless in Texas
Review: I found Outlander one day at the bookstore several years ago when I was looking for something different to read. I read the preview of the book and was immediately intrigued. Since then I have read the three sequels and have thoroughly enjoyed each one. I am an avid reader but I do believe the Outlander series is and probably always will remain my favorite. I have read each book of the series three times and still have not grown tired of them. I look forward to the next in the series! Diana - you do have a way with words
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Summary: Great combination of the past & present!!
Review: The book "Outlander" is a fast paced book combining the present and the past. I liked the way the author switched back ands forth from the different time periods. The writer also used common sense in daeling with "things or knowledge" that could be applied from the present to the past. I highly recommend this book and it's sequels
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Summary: I cannot enjoy any other author any longer!!!
Review: Diana Gabaldon has pulled off the literary coup that only parrells Stephen King. Once I started "Outlander", I couldn't stop until I had read "Dragonfly in Amber". Then, after reading both of these books over and over and over..."Voyagers" finally, finally came out...and after waiting rather impatiently for the "Drums of Autumnn" to come out...sigh... it CAME!!! At the bookstore where I purchased my book, all I had to ask was "Has the Drums of....." and I received a quick answer of "No!!!" "It's been moved out...again!" I have a truely difficult enjoying other authors now, they just don't seem to compare.....Thank you Diana Gabaldon
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Summary: A BREATH TAKING ESCAPE FROM THE PRESENT!!!!!!!
Review: I HAD THE PRIVELEGE OF LISTENING TO ALL 4 BOOKS ON TAPE. THE AUTHOR AND THE PERFORMANCE OF GERALDINE JAMES TOGETHER WAS A BREATHTAKING ADVENTURE THAT REMOVES YOU SO INNOCENTLY FROM THE STRESSES OF TODAY AND PIVOTS YOU INTO A TIME OF UNDYING PASSION AND THE LONGING TO ABSORB ALL THERE IS TO KNOW ABOUT JAIME AND CLAIRE AND EVERYONE ENVOLVED IN THE STORY. ALAS WE MUST WAIT TILL 1999 FOR MS. GABALDON'S NEXT BOOK AND I PRAY THAT MS. JAMES IS THE SAME PERFORMER. SHE HAS THE MOST SPLENDID VOICES AND FOLLOWS THE ACCENTS OF EVERY CHARACTER WITH SUCH PRECISSION YOU ACTUALLY FEEL ALIVE IN THE STORY
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Summary: THIS IS NOT A "ROMANCE" NOVEL!!!
Review: I just can't figure out why this is classed as a "Romance" novel. I don't read romance novels. This book is fiction and darn good fiction at that. The only gripe I might have is that it is so good that I could hardly stop reading! The entire Outlander Series is fantastic and I can't wait for the next one
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Summary: Two parts history, one part romance equals non-stop read
Review: Little time to read means I need to be grabbed fast, educated and entertained, all at the same time. Diana Gabaldon's Outlander does just that. Her intense research into Scotland along with her ability to spin a tale draws you into a world of human emotion and suspense. The escapades of Jamie and love of Claire propels you through the first book and on to the fourth. A book I've read and shared until the book has fallen apart
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