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| Original Title: | Outlander |
| ISBN: | 0440242940 (ISBN13: 9780440242949) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Outlander #1, La saga di Claire Randall #1 |
| Characters: | Jamie Fraser, Ian Murray, Claire Randall Fraser, Jonathan Randall, Dougal MacKenzie, Colum MacKenzie, Geillis Duncan, Jenny Murray, Frank Randall, Laoghaire MacKenzie, Murtagh Fraser |
| Setting: | Lallybroch, Scotland,1743(United Kingdom) Scottish Highlands,1743 Inverness, Scotland,1743 …more Scotland,1743 …less |
| Literary Awards: | RITA Award by Romance Writers of America for Best Romance of 1991 & nominee for Best First Book & nominee for Single Title Historical Romance (1992), Puddly Award for Romance (2001) |
Diana Gabaldon
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 850 pages Rating: 4.23 | 770529 Users | 43756 Reviews
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| Title | : | Outlander (Outlander #1) |
| Author | : | Diana Gabaldon |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 850 pages |
| Published | : | July 26th 2005 by Dell Publishing Company (first published June 1st 1991) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. War. World War II. Cultural. France |
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The year is 1945. Claire Randall, a former combat nurse, is just back from the war and reunited with her husband on a second honeymoon when she walks through a standing stone in one of the ancient circles that dot the British Isles. Suddenly she is a Sassenach—an “outlander”—in a Scotland torn by war and raiding border clans in the year of Our Lord...1743. Hurled back in time by forces she cannot understand, Claire is catapulted into the intrigues of lairds and spies that may threaten her life, and shatter her heart. For here James Fraser, a gallant young Scots warrior, shows her a love so absolute that Claire becomes a woman torn between fidelity and desire—and between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives.Rating About Books Outlander (Outlander #1)
Ratings: 4.23 From 770529 Users | 43756 ReviewsComment On About Books Outlander (Outlander #1)
Quick question: if this book has a quarter of a million ratings and still maintains an average rating of 4.13, why the hell are the most popular reviews the snarky, mean spirited, one or two star reviews? That doesn't match up at all with what I'd assume would be the case, which is that most people who read this book LOVED IT. Including me. Please, people. If you enjoy a book, click "like" on the good reviews as well. That's what people see first when they look for reviews on Goodreads...theHere are a bunch of pics from the TV show being filmed right now :D
Yes! I read this. I admit it! You caught me! Not only that... I loved it. It is a double sin I will likely have to one day repent for by reading piles of Dostoyevsky while I tear out my hair. In any case. Right, once again into the breach to defend myself!This book is incredibly long. It's just a fact. All of them are. But they go by so incredibly fast. By the time I got to the third one? I read it in three days. The pages just keep turning. I read at double speed I was so engrossed in the
I read the first 300 or so pages of the book. The first 200 had me hooked...and then the sex scenes started. I've got nothing against a sex scene or two ... but the main characters were having sex all the freaking time. And when it escalated to include violence, including a scene that I can only describe as rape (she says no, he forces her to have sex anyway), I closed the book & decided not to read anymore. I enjoy historical fiction ... just not this type of it, I suppose.
(Ok, first off, there are going to be minor spoilers/hints in this reviewread at your own risk, although Ill try not to reveal too much.)Outlander is a damn good book. Sure, the book has a blue fake leather cover, costs four bucks, and screams spinning rack at the airport bookstore. I approached the text with suspicion but found myself invested in the language and storyline within the first hundred pages. Heres why:TEN GOOD THINGS ABOUT OUTLANDER1. The characterizations of Jamie and Claire,
Really enjoyed your review! I would have wasted so much money without you!
I wanted to write a better review for this book to coincide with the release of the new TV series, where Jamie actually does look pretty hot...Back when I read this as a wee lass (okay, like, three years ago), there weren't quite as many interesting interpretations of the novel going on. I remember reading a bunch of reviews that either sold it as sophisticated, well-researched historical fiction, or a trashy kilt-wearing romance full of sex, violence and violent sex. In my opinion, neither is
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