The Fiery Cross

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Summary: Excellent continuation of the series.
Review: Gabaldon continues to amaze me. Her stories always have amazing twists - just when you think they'll live happily ever after, something else happens. Thoroughly enjoyable!

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Summary: The Fiery Cross
Review: I liked the book ,but, not as much as the first two. This one is too repetative ,and it left me with to many questions at the end. It seemed as if the writer was in a hurry to finish. What had happened to Ian ? Will there be another book about Claire and Jamie. They have become part of my life and hope to read more of these two. The next, could answer all the questions about Clare and Jaime , Ian and Jenny ,Will Jamie see Scotland again, or his sister and what about William? I ordered the next book about Lord John, But truley hope there will be another about Claire and Jamie..
Looking forward to the next book. Thanks Mrs Gabaldon !! An Avid fan.....

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Summary: Thoroughly Enjoyable
Review: I read all 5 novels in last 4 months on the recommendation of a coworker. While waiting for her to bring in this installment (The Fiery Cross), I read many of the reviews here. I was very disappointed since most of then said that the book was slow, boring and had no real storyline. When I started reading the book, I almost had a sense of dread because I thought it was going to be difficult to get through. This worsened because the first 150 pages were all about the events of one day and that has been complained about at length. Well, I couldn't have been more wrong. I found this installment to be "thoroughly enjoyable." It wasn't, in my opinion, boring or slow. I enjoyed it immensely and am now waiting with baited breath for the next book in the series, The Breath of Snow and Ashes. I'm sure people's opinions differ. All I will say is that if you enjoyed the previous installments, do yourself a favor and read this one and formulate your own opinion. If I wasn't borrowing this book from my coworker, I might not of bought it based on the reviews and that would have been a mistake.

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Summary: disappointed
Review: I am a huge Diana Gabaldon fan (loved every book in the Outlander series except this one). This book was very hard to get through. I bought it in hardcover and have picked it up several times but can't get past 200 pages. Will someone please tell me what happens in the end of this book? I want to read the next one in the series (whenever that comes out) and I want to know what I missed in The Fiery Cross.

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Summary: OUTSTANDING
Review: I've actually read the outlander series about five times and consider them the best reads other then the Dark series by Christine Feehan.Diana Gabaldon has a great way to tell stories they reach out and grab you from the start and don't let go until the last page.
A hugh fan,
Stephanie R.L

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Summary: Now we really see the Professor's brain
Review: As with most of the reviews, 1,2 and 3 were smashing, I trudged through 4 in anticipation of another smash hit. But I was disappointed with Fiery Cross. Dianna has switched on her University Professor brain, with it necessity for detail lost on us "commoners". "Outlander" is no longer a learning exercise, with all it's excitement for her. Dianna has now taken on the novelist job. It's to bad the story is suffering. I will as others, continue to read until Jamie and Claire pass of the scene. But I hope their lives liven up for book 6 and 7. Thank you for the good times, we learned our Scottish history!

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Summary: not so good
Review: by far her worst book: no real plot, Jamie and Claire worn completely dry, not much John Grey, vurtualy no Ian and when there is its disapointingly predictable; it goes right from the point were he left to the present and nothing happens, all his past actions turn into one big detour. Most scenes, if once good, drag on for way to long and even the scenes between Bree and Roger get really old. the one thing i did enjoy was all of the writing about the babies, which surprised me. I didnt read the last 100 pages, i got bored.