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Summary: Absolutely Fabulous!
Review: I started this series last April and could not put them down. I even had my friends send me the last book of her series in Spain this summer! I couldn't stop reading it. I can not wait until she releases another book! This book is Absoultely Fabulous Darling!
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Summary: Outlander
Review: I typically read action novels such as Tom Clancy writes or Science Fiction, so this book was not my normal reading material. I only found it because it was mis-shelved. It looked interesting, so I purchased it. Once I started reading the novel, I could not put it down. I was completely hooked by the story. I read that book in a week and quickly moved on the the other three in the series.
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Summary: I read all night!
Review: My mother bought me the entire Outlander series for my birthday. I read all 600-some pages in less than a week! Claire is such an inspiring woman- with her strong spirit and no lack of love. Jamie Fraser is one of those men we all dream about. I am currently reading A Dragonfly in Amber, which is also wonderful. I commend DG on all the research and passion she puts into her books! I also recommend any thing by Judith Merkle Riley.
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Summary: The world needs more men like Jamie Frazier !
Review: If you have come to the end of a great book and thought to yourself that it ended too soon, you will not be left wanting with this one. This book (and the ones to follow) is the epic that is the corner stone of romance. Beautiful in detail and complex in family ties (aren't they all!), this reads like the story of someone's life. It is one of the best books I have read and re-read.
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Summary: Loved it so much, read the whole series twice!
Review: Diana sure can put you right in the picture, her writing is so intricate and entwining. Every word has some connection or meaning that needs to be paid attention to in the next book (or even the next chapter for that matter). I could see every step that Jamie and Clair took, every place that they were in and the poeple they met! I simply love Diana's writing. I will probably never get to Scotland in person, but thanks to this series, I have been there and saw it trough the eyes of Jamie and Clair!
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Summary: Disappointing - A Chore to Finish
Review: Sorry, Outlander fans. This book was a huge disappointment to me. I was prepared to love it, but just getting past the first chapter was a chore. The middle of the book is o.k., but the last half of the book is way overdone. I think this is one of those books you either love or hate.
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Summary: A VERY ENJOYABLE JOURNEY ACROSS TIME
Review: My favorite historical fiction novel of the last year or two is The Triumph and the Glory, but Diana Gabaldon's time travel epic OUTLANDER is a close second. The appeal of this genre is the transportation of the reader to other times and places with style and compelling realism, and Gabaldon accomplishes this task very well indeed. Great reading, well-developed characters, a good balance of suspense and romance.
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Summary: just great
Review: outlander was given to me by a friend who said that i should read it on the plane. i do not read romance books but she told me it was worth it. i picked it up feeling a little lost in a new land. it only took three days to finish it. i then passed it to a friend. we talk about the book when we see each other. i am curently waiting the arrival of the sequal. this book has been passed all around. it was great.
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Summary: The series sets a standard for historical romances
Review: I came late to Diana Gabaldon's series, having begun just this past summer to listen my way through them with Recorded Books' unabridged versions, narrated by Davina Porter. It's been decades since I've been so taken with a set of characters and I am totally smitten by Jamie Fraser. Sure, the plot is contrived (time travel and a host of long-shot coincidences) and yes, there are parts that are unpleasant and violent, but it's a romance--you are assured that everything will turn out all right in the end. The enjoyment is in finding out what they have to go through to get to the end.No one has noted that the series is rather similar to Sergeanne Golon's Angelique books, published in the mid-60's-mid 70's. If you've finished all the Outlandish books, Angelique may tide you over until Diana Gabaldon's next book is published.
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Summary: A GOOD BOOK
Review: I found this to be a very good book, one that makes you want to keep reading. . . the charcters become real people you think you know, and you want to know more and more about them. . ..Hard to put down book! If you liked this book, or want to read one that goes straight to your heart, read Stolen Moments by Barbara Jeanne Fisher. . .It is a beautiful story of unrequited love. . .for certain the love story of the nineties. I intended to give the book a quick read, but I got so caught up in the story that I couldn't put the book down. From the very beginning, I was fully caught up in the heart-wrenching account of Julie Hunter's battle with lupus and her growing love for Don Lipton. This love, in the face of Julie's impending death, makes for a story that covers the range of human emotions. The touches of humor are great, too, they add some nice contrast and lighten things a bit when emotions are running high. I've never read a book more deserving of being published. It has rare depth. Julie's story will remind your readers that life and love are precious and not to be taken for granted. It has had an impact on me, and for that I'm grateful. Stolen Moments is written with so much sensitivity that it made me want to cry. It is a spellbinder. What terrific writing. Barbara does have an exceptional gift! This book was edited by Lupus specialist Dr. Matt Morrow too, and has the latest information on that disease. ..A perfect gift for someone who started college late in life, fell in love too late in life, is living with any illness, or trying to understand a loved one who is. . .A Christmas gift to be cherished forever.
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