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Summary: Keep them coming!
Review: I couldn't disagree more with reviews that report this book as "boring". This book lets the reader in on the wonderful intricacies of Jamie and Claire's evolving relationship, as well as introduce the reader to several new captivating characters and relationships. I get tired of non-stop drama and crisis situations. In this book Diana does something different by allowing the reader to connect with the characters and experience what life is really like on "The Ridge". I personally love the quirky personalities who have settled there as well as the imperfect reality of relationships Gabaldon explores. I love this series and am very sorry to have finished this wonderful book. I can't wait for the next one!
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Summary: She still has it.
Review: I have, not more than ten minutes ago, just finished reading The Fiery Cross. As usual she continues her Outlander series with out missing a beat. I didn't realize that the amout of time that went by between books. Befor reading I went back and read some of all her books to refreash my memery. She has a way of telling a story that is so clear that you can see everything that she discribes. I am sorry that the book is over. I don't know If she will be writting another or not but If not I was very satisfited with the ending of her latest book. As usual I didn't want to put it down. I waited until I started my vacation I order to read it. All I can say is that it was time well spent.
Hurrah to you Ms.G a great book. Ibought It in hard back I couldn't wait for paper back.
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Summary: Oh no...what happened here??? Is this an 'Outlander' book?
Review: This is the fifth book on the 'Outlander' series and in my opinion, the absolute worst. I only gave this one three stars(and this is being very generous) it deserves 2 or 1 even, but I took into consideration the time and detailed information Ms. Gabaldon did into this long-winded book(979 pages). So what happened you ask? I was stunned to read and have to connect it to the rest of the exciting series. It was chock full of boring and I mean boring, details of daily life. Not just a few pages here and there, I could deal with that, but like 200 pages in a stretch of boring details on menopause, everyone's 'monthly flow', sickness, medicine, vomit, teething, baby excrement, you name it, it was here...in vivid detail.
Not only was that in detail, but we also read about Claire's missing home continuously, Jamie's rise to being in a Laird position in the ridge, Claire and Jamie's daughter Brianna(please Ms. Gabaldon, send her home)and her husband Roger(we could do without also)and their confusing marriage. A mixture of other characters that make no sense in the story and just confuse and bore the reader to death.
I was under the impression from reading the previous books and by reading the back jacket of this one that this would go right into the Revolutionary War. What happened? When are we to see the war? Ms. Gabaldon could've cut out about 972 pages of junk and worthless story and skipped ahead a few years to the start of the Revolution.
Instead we meet up with a bunch of characters and read about how the Highlander Regiment got started(which is interesting but long-winded to say the least) and how the Crown tried to squelch the revolt.
Jamie is called to arms and his men(the area men) name him their commander(not sure why?)and we see how he and his men try to make laws and fight the shaky politics of the time.
It is the few years of calm before the storm. The English Crown is losing ground in the Colonies. Jamie is determined to stop the English from taking his new home.
Don't expect any fighting or historical intrigue, we spend most of our time in the ridge around Cape Fear, North Carolina and we see how Claire learns how to cope with her doctoring in the 18th century; how Brianna deals with her attack from the last book 'Drums of Autumn' (why is Roger so blase about the whole thing?); Brianna's baby's teething and potty training; the neighbors midlife crisis; a murder mytery that doesn't make sense; Brianna's attacker running around unfettered, ect... Leaving a bland taste in my mouth, I am hesitant about buying the next installment of this saga. A note to the author, please give us the Revolution and all the passion and excitement of the past books! Send Brianna home along with Roger, the don't belong in the saga. 1. Outlander 2. Dragonfly in Amber 3. Voyager 4. Drums of Autumn 5. The Fiery Cross ...
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Summary: Real Bad
Review: I have nothing to say good about this book. I can not understand how a great writer could even dream of trying to pass this off. It is with out a doubt the longest collection of drivel I have ever read.
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Summary: Love Diana - but disappointed with the book
Review: I have been a devoted fan since Outlander...I have read and re-read the books, salivating when the new release was near. I have to say I was more than a little disappointed. I do not like Roger and Brianna particularly (and I agree wholeheartedly with the reviewers who are sick to death hearing about Brianna's leaky breasts!) and missed very much the banter between Jamie and Claire. The whole hanging episode was a little bizarre as was the crazy woman who killed her husband... I also missed the "bookly" visit to Lallybroch. I know that it must be terribly difficult to write such a series but I would rather Diana end it than see it decline like this. And if (when) she kills Jamie off I don't know what I will do.
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Summary: Missed The Boat
Review: I too loved the first 4 books which I read 2 times each. I live with a modern version of Jamie and being the mother of 6 children spread over a 25 year span, I don't need to read about their bodily functions again, and again. Diana, you missed the boat on this book, dropped the ball, slept though most of it. I had to force myself to read until the end and it took nearly a month to just pick it up long enough to finally get interested. Your writing style of not writing in a flowing matter but bits and pieces then put together later, which I have admired until now, shows too much in this book as to why it's not the proper way to write. Will I buy the next book, of course, but if it doesn't get there it will be the last. I'll just read the first ones again and come up with my own version for the next book. Try harder.
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Summary: I NEED the next installment!
Review: I was obsessed with Jamie and Claire for about 2 months. Yes, it took me only 2 months to read all 4 original books. I literally couldn't put any of them down. I had them with me at all times so I could sneak in a quick page or two at work or in dead stopped traffic. I waited, very impatiently i may admit, for this book and it satisfied me, but only for the moment. Diana really outdid herself with detail this time. Granted, I still couldn't put this one down either...but I kept wondering why there was so much seemingly useless (and endless )excess detail. She seemed to concentrate more on everything OTHER than Jamie and Clair in this book....which leads me to believe that the next few installments will focus on Roger and Bree's life together. I realize she does alot of research so her descriptions are accurate. But come on Diana! All we really want to hear about is Jamie and Claire...and now Roger and Bree! We don't care about Aunt Jocostas 6 chapter wedding party!
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Summary: The calm before the storm.
Review: Out of the five Outlander books, this one took the longest for me to really sink my teeth into. The first 169 pages all take place on the same day, at a gathering of the clans. Gabaldon takes her time introducing us to the people and customs of 18th century North Carolina, including the various ways that bodily functions and fluids were handled before disposable paper goods. Thankfully, the gathering eventually ends and the Fraser clan makes their way back up to the mountain ridge where life is much more interesting. With the American Revolution on the horizon, Claire and Jamie and their growing family enjoy a quiet family life (and a little tragedy) while preparing for the war they know is coming. Along with new friends and family members, there are of course new enemies as well as new time travelers. While not my favorite of the series (that's a tie between Outlander and Dragonfly in Amber), I still enjoyed this book quite a bit and am anxiously awaiting the publication of book six.
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Summary: Best Yet
Review: I luv her stuff! I hate waiting for the next book.
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Summary: A Very Slow Moving Book
Review: I am commenting on the unabridged audio book....
I was dissapointed in this story. In fact I never made it past the 3rd of 6 tapes. The story was slow moving, and by the 3rd tape you were still not sure what the basic plot line was. It was sort of like watching someone's boring life. There was a lot of good description of the area and the medicine of the time but the overall story was too slow for me. In fact if I hadn't re-read the back of the box I wouldn't have understood which people went back through time. I was dissapointed.
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