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Summary: How much more torture can these guys take?
Review: I never read reviews in detail until AFTER I have read a book because I never want to spoil my impression of it. This book was good, if somewhat contrived. There were just too many coincidental "meetings" of characters again and again. I feel Gabaldon could have moved the book along significantly by jumping right in where Claire goes back in time to find Jamie, and THEN filling us in on the backstory. As it was, the first third of the book grew tiresome to me sometimes.In Outlander, I loved the sweetness of Claire and Jamie but was concerned back then that they were altogether too "good" and the bad characters were too "bad." As their story unravels, however, I love that they are increasingly revealed as complex and at times troubling people. Sometimes they make bad choices. Sometimes they make decisions that hurt each other or betray each other (witness Claire associating with Jack Randall in Dragonfly). That's what makes their relationship so heartbreaking to me and what keeps me going through all the wordiness and slowness of these books. You feel like you slowly learn the dimension of these people. There are no pat answers in this series and nothing is quickly wrapped up. I have to admit, Claire and Jamie I felt rather departed from their sensible selves in this volume. As far as Jamie's bastard son, come on, Jamie's an intelligent man. You can't tell me he wouldn't know of the ways NOT to get a girl pregnant (even if it is the 1700s)! Claire rarely tells Jamie she loves him and she doesn't adequately explain to him the emptiness of her life with Frank. Also, I felt she expected way too much of Jamie upon their meeting again. She flies in off her fairy hill and expects things to be exactly the same between them. Twenty years is a LONG time to be apart and she should have been more accepting of his choices. I commend Jamie for trying to get on with his life. Besides, for one who has enough guts to ask people, "who the hell are you?" -- don't you think Claire would have just ASKED Jamie straight out if he had remarried? This just seemed a departure from her character as we had known it. However, I am so taken with Claire and Jamie and their relationship I have to keep reading the series to find out what happens to them. I am fatigued with the homosexual theme in these books - when it popped up in this one I hit my forehead with my palm and said, "AGAIN??" Not that I am a prude by any means, I just think it has been repeatedly overused and with the continual mention of homosexual sex and even various forms of male rape among various characters, I have to wonder at the psyche of the author??? I am also growing bored with poor Jamie (and now Claire) being wounded again and again and again. Jamie seems to spend his time being sewn up by Claire and I have to wonder how much a body can take! That said, this is an awesome and very thorough series of books and I can't wait to continue the adventure. I approach Drums of Autumn a bit apprehensively, but I'm sure it won't disappoint. None of the books have, yet!
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Summary: WHAT A RIDE
Review: Diana Gabaldon can tell a story!!! This is the third in the series and what a book. You feel like you are right in the middle of it all. History masterfully woven into the tale of great love and advernture. I recommend the series to EVERYONE! Men love it, too!
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Summary: Another winner
Review: Pick up the first two books in this series, Outlander and Dragonfly in Amber, and then read this third installment for unparalleled reading enjoyment. There stories are all well written and leave you satisfied for time invested in reading them as well as wanting the story to continue (which it does in Drum of Autumn.) Highly recommended reading.
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Summary: Voyager
Review: Wonderful book series. Diana Gabaldon is such a wonderful writer, I got sucked into these stories, the characters became my friends. After you finish the series you will want to turn around and read the whole thing again immediatly. If you are buying these books, you might as well buy two copies of each one. One to keep and one to share with all of your friends, and believe me, you will want all of your friends to read about Jamie and Claire. I highly recommend these books, I can't say enough about this series, just wonderful.
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