Rating:  Summary: Too Long, Goofy Language Review: Too long for such romantic nonsense. It should have ended when the "flame haired hero" took our American sounding heroine back to the "stones."The flowery language made me laugh. I snickered (when I wasn't yawning). I'm accustomed to stronger fiction. Try WHITE OLEANDER to clear your palate after this stinker.
Rating:  Summary: My Favorite Book! Review: I can't recall ever wanting to read a book twice (never mind 4 times), until I started reading Diana Gabaldon's "Outlander" series. Finding words to express my admiration for her writing is not an easy task. If you haven't read these books, I URGE you to do so. My only complaint is the sense of loss I feel when I'm done reading...Oh well, there's always the 5th time!
Rating:  Summary: "Outlander" Review: I first read Gabaldon's books when I was 13 years old; I am now 18 and still desperately waiting for "Fiery Cross" to come out. I have been hooked since the second I picked up "Outlander" and I know that anyone elso who reads any of Gabaldon's work will be thrilled also.
Rating:  Summary: Incredible character development! Review: A bookstore employee suggested Outlander to me. 3&1/2 weeks later I had finished all four books and purchased the Companion. (I do work full-time and have two children under the age of four!) I visit the Diana Gabaldon Home Page for previews of the next two books. My friends and I discuss the characters and history so well developed in these novels. Reading this series is an EXPERIENCE, not just a casual passtime! If for some reason you don't like this book, please give it to someone else to enjoy! Gabaldon is a terrific writer, so these books are much MORE than romance. They are stories of the times in which these characters live...adventure, history and many, many questions. Lots of genuine surprises, too! Bon voyage!
Rating:  Summary: A thoroughly engaging read Review: I put off reading this book,which was given to me by a friend, because I generally do not like time travel romance. I reluctantly began to read to avoid offending the friend who so highly recommended it, and couldn't put it down for three days until I finished! What a truly lovely work of literature! These characters become part of you as you read and you cannot help but love the accuracy and lack of pretension with which the author relays emotion, both good and bad. I can't wait to start the next one.
Rating:  Summary: Amazingly Real Review: Outlander along with Gabaldon's subsequent novels are priceless gems among rocks. Her characters are so real, they are living breathing beings. You share their pains and triumphs. And the detail with which Diana has painted her novels is extraordinary. I could go on and on about the wonders of this series, but that would take way too long, so go out there and just buy the book! You won't be disappointed...
Rating:  Summary: Outlander Review: Jamie and Claire Fraser will steal your heart,make you yearn for far away places, and dream of living in another time. The characters and settings are so well described, you could be there involved in the action, seeing what they see. There are no slow parts, the story begs for you to devour it. But beware, you will fall in love, and not ever get enough of the series. I recommend buying the series 2 books at a time, because you will not be able to leave the story long enough to make another trip to the bookstore.
Rating:  Summary: This is one of the best books I have read. Review: I love the completeness of this story. The author leaves nothing (except what should be left to the imagination) out that the reader wants to know. This is a book you will want to rush through in need to see what happens on the next page; however, this is a book you should take your time with. If the rest of her books live up to this book, then I have to have them all.
Rating:  Summary: Amazing! Review: I was not a romance (or science fiction, or time travel, or whatever) reader -- far from it -- until I was recommended this book. It is an amzingly researched and written book that defies a genre label. There is adventure, romance, love, time travel... a glorious Scottish setting, one handsome Scotsman and a smart heroine. Beware: once you begin this book, you will not be able to put it down... and that goes for the three books that follow it as well.
Rating:  Summary: Outlander Review: I had three books from the library one week, this was the last one I read. Honestly, I didn't care for it,[because I like an earlier time period] but by page thirty, I was hooked. I've read all four books of the series, and then bought them. This series, is not what they call a story for women only. This story has it all, history, war, sex, love, adventure and magic.
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