It's a good story but the constant rape was difficult. I spoke to some friends who love the TV show about it and their argument was that it was historically accurate and to miss it out would be to go against what it was like to live in the times. Even so, it didn't need to be so in depth. It's also a book about time travel that features a time travelling dinosaur at one point, so historical accuracy is hardly the key theme!
Some parts were incredibly difficult to get through and it wasn't until the second half that I began to want to read on, having forced my way through on recommendations from friends.
I'll probably try to read the next one in the series but then again, with all the forementioned graphic description of rape, I'm not sure how I feel about it.
Lastly, the utter gushing towards Jamie astounds me. Yes he's he 'hero' character but any man who repeatedly rapes the women he says he loves and beats her so severely she is unable to sit or lie down is an awful human being in my eyes. Further to this, whether rape is paramount for the times or not, her quick forgiveness of a man who BEAT HER UNTIL SHE COULDN'T MOVE at a point when she was still in a great deal of pain was rediculously extreme.