Outlander

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Summary: The best series I've ever read
Review: I wasn't sure I'd like the books because my dad gave them to me, but he was right and I love them. Diana Gabaldon does a wonderful job bringing the characters to life, she makes you laugh and cry along with them. You'll want to read the series over and over again just as I've done.

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Summary: Book is good, but certainly not deserving of 5 stars!
Review: I have read this book and enjoyed it as simply another romance novel. I do not feel that it is anything special. As for reading it quickly, it took me 3 weeks to read it! It was easy to put down! I admit, I have not read the sequels, but I probably will get around to them eventually. I am in no big hurry!

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Summary: The Greatest Book Ever!
Review: My mother should not have given me this book before my finals.I got so hooked on the charactors that I had to go through all fourbooks within 2 weeks time. It is an excellent story, there is no wonder that the series is so popular. This is the greatest piece of historical fiction that has ever been written and I recommend it to people of all ages. It deserves hundreds of stars, but since I can only give 5, 5 will have to do.

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Summary: So amazing, I couldnt put it down.
Review: I am skeptical of romance novels and have not read one in years because i dislike mushy storylines. This book beautifully written and masterfully thought out. It was absolutely amazing how much I was drawn into the story. Given to me by my friends mother, I said I would try it. Try it?? I couldnt put it down for more than five minutes! I carried the book around with me. I havent done that since high school when i was an avid horror reader. I just can not express how wonderful and beautiful the story was and also how emotional and exciting. This is not your average romance novel.

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Summary: The best romance novel I have ever read!!!!
Review: The characters were wonderful. I felt as if I were right there sharing the adventures of Claire and Jaime. What a Hero!! He is every woman's idea of the perfect mate - or should be. I couldn't put the book down. A must read for every one with a romantic bone in their body. This will definitely be a re-read, several times over!!!!!

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Summary: Amazing and Incredibly Engaging
Review: The written work is simply beautiful, the best historical novel since Captain From Castile. But I also must comment on Geraldine James' reading. It is an incredible piece of work. I would have never thought that someone could read in such a fashion that both presentation of male and female are equally real. She does it so well that at times I have wanted to cry and other times where I have simply laughed out loud. What an incredible display of talent. I hope somehow that this e-mail makes its way not only to the author but to this marvelous, talented presenter of her work. Thank you both for such a wonderful experience.

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Summary: A shame someone of Gabaldon's talent writes bodice-rippers
Review: I stayed through Outlander only because a family member urged me to. There were points when I just had to howl, the language was so silly...the heroine fantasizes about thehandsome Jamie--"He could ride me anywhere." But Gabaldon does have a turn of phrase and facility with the language, and there's one point toward the end that frankly is brilliant. It's a shame she doesn't put it to better use. It's all pretty harmless except for her disturbing preoccupation with sodomy. Even if that sort of thing happened a lot back then, the lines about kilt-clad men having to watch their posteriors for fear of "buggery" got a wee bit tiresome. When a "good guy" in the book is raped by another man--who feels a sick sort of love for him--the author dwells on it for page after page. I skimmed most of it, but it made my skin crawl. I don't know if Gabaldon thinks this is cool or kinky or a turn-on, or she's really tapped into her audience and knows this is what they'll plunk their money down for. Either way, it's kinda sick. At the end of the day, Outlander is pretty low-rent. If you want British Isles history, why not stick with Braveheart and Ivanhoe and the incomparable novels of Mary Stewart?

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Summary: Can anyone recommend other books as good as these?
Review: I read this book last year and quickly followed up with the other three. I was totally absorbed by the story, the historical information, the romance. I suffered withdrawal when I was done reading these and have been searching for comparable authors ever since. I could recommend The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver and Cold Mountain both of which I read in the past year. If anyone out there cares to recommend books that they have particularly enjoyed lately I would love it. Thanks from Seattle.

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Summary: This was a great book
Review: My version at home calls it Cross Stitch but none the less I'm also 13 and I loved this book

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Summary: I Love This Book
Review: By reading these reviews I expect most of you are adults but I'm a 13 year old girl who loved this book a lot its one of the best i've ever read