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A review by simplyalexandra
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
5.0
5 Stars - I recommend if you are looking for the perfect blend of romance, historical fiction, and action adventure. Oh yeah, and there's time travel in there somewhere too.
This book follows a former WWII nurse named Claire as she explores the Scottish Highlands with her husband Frank. While she's exploring ancient ruins one day, she gets pulled into the 18th century, where she's promptly abducted by a band of Scottish men. She then meets Jamie Fraser, a dashing young Scot. She has every intention of getting back to the ruins and returning to the 1940's ... but it quickly becomes much more complicated than it seemed.
You may have already read my Outlander post... but... I had this book from the library, and for several weeks I just stared at it. It's so majestically huge that I couldn't start it. However, once I did, there was really no going back. There is a reason so many people like this book, it's got so much of everything and it's not boring... at all. There's so much adventure, romance, historical intrigue... It's just a blast to read. I was way more swept up in the plot than I thought it would be. I also read a lot of this while I was at home sick. I may or may not have been sobbing and then coughing in quick succession repeatedly during several scenes. Luckily, only the cats were home to witness it. There are some seriously squirmy disgusting things that happen in this book, but it's kind of like GOT* in a way, it fits with the world that the story takes place in. It's not nice and fluffy, it's scary and brutal. Which I think makes the nice things in this book even happier. I have to say for such a long book... I really didn't get bored. I can't wait to watch the show now.
*after thought, and after watching most of the 1st season of the show... the brutality and explicit nature of so many scenes (written and on screen) are a lot easier to stomach in this than GOT. Like a lot, lot easier. There are less completely awful and nasty characters and prostitutes, and more examples of love and war. - if that makes sense.
Oh my lord... so good.
This book follows a former WWII nurse named Claire as she explores the Scottish Highlands with her husband Frank. While she's exploring ancient ruins one day, she gets pulled into the 18th century, where she's promptly abducted by a band of Scottish men. She then meets Jamie Fraser, a dashing young Scot. She has every intention of getting back to the ruins and returning to the 1940's ... but it quickly becomes much more complicated than it seemed.
You may have already read my Outlander post... but... I had this book from the library, and for several weeks I just stared at it. It's so majestically huge that I couldn't start it. However, once I did, there was really no going back. There is a reason so many people like this book, it's got so much of everything and it's not boring... at all. There's so much adventure, romance, historical intrigue... It's just a blast to read. I was way more swept up in the plot than I thought it would be. I also read a lot of this while I was at home sick. I may or may not have been sobbing and then coughing in quick succession repeatedly during several scenes. Luckily, only the cats were home to witness it. There are some seriously squirmy disgusting things that happen in this book, but it's kind of like GOT* in a way, it fits with the world that the story takes place in. It's not nice and fluffy, it's scary and brutal. Which I think makes the nice things in this book even happier. I have to say for such a long book... I really didn't get bored. I can't wait to watch the show now.
*after thought, and after watching most of the 1st season of the show... the brutality and explicit nature of so many scenes (written and on screen) are a lot easier to stomach in this than GOT. Like a lot, lot easier. There are less completely awful and nasty characters and prostitutes, and more examples of love and war. - if that makes sense.
Oh my lord... so good.