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Dec 16, 2009
Nicole
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The Outlander series is definitely one of my most recommencded series of books. I might even love these books more than Harry Potter - and that's saying something.
The Outlander books are set in the 1700s. They start off in Scotland, but later travel to Paris, Jamaica and the American Colonies.
Claire and Jamie, the book's two main characters are fantastic. They're deep, smart and action-oriented, yet very real. As their relationship evolves over the series of books, it More...
The Outlander books are set in the 1700s. They start off in Scotland, but later travel to Paris, Jamaica and the American Colonies.
Claire and Jamie, the book's two main characters are fantastic. They're deep, smart and action-oriented, yet very real. As their relationship evolves over the series of books, it More...
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Jun 09, 2008
Jen
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Far-fetched, Eye-rolling, scoff-producing. But so stinkin' good.
Seriously, these books are so D!@# good. Mostly because she's such a detailed writer and she's really good at grabbing your attention and taking it for an adventurous ride. In fact, the cover of the book had a review on the cover that said, "Adventurous escapism at it's finest." Amen. Once you're in, it's so hard to think of anything else until it's over.
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Seriously, these books are so D!@# good. Mostly because she's such a detailed writer and she's really good at grabbing your attention and taking it for an adventurous ride. In fact, the cover of the book had a review on the cover that said, "Adventurous escapism at it's finest." Amen. Once you're in, it's so hard to think of anything else until it's over.
But at the same time... these books are entir More...
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Mar 04, 2010
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Jan 23, 2008
k8lane
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Gabaldon's sex-ridden, hugely researched, academically adventurous, time travel/sci-fi meets historical romance novels qualify as trash novels for lit nerds -- they're absolutely a guilty pleasure. From clan warfare to herbal medicine to genealogy to British history to WWII, the books are packed with information (what little Gaelic I know started with these book). Bonus: the heroine gets to have many, many rolls in the hay with a handsome hard-bodied Highlander. Can't really go wrong.
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Sep 20, 2010
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Oct 02, 2008
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Nov 22, 2007
Kathy
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From a blog post I wrote in 2005:
Voyager is the third book in Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series. It finds Claire and Jamie reunited in Scotland and off on an adventure to the new world when Jamie's nephew, Young Ian, is kidnapped by pirates. They make it to Jamaica and Haiti, encounter a serial killer and some voodoo and there's a surprise appearance by a character from the first book who was presumed dead. This was better than the second book, Dragonfly In Amber.
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Voyager is the third book in Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series. It finds Claire and Jamie reunited in Scotland and off on an adventure to the new world when Jamie's nephew, Young Ian, is kidnapped by pirates. They make it to Jamaica and Haiti, encounter a serial killer and some voodoo and there's a surprise appearance by a character from the first book who was presumed dead. This was better than the second book, Dragonfly In Amber.
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Aug 29, 2007
Well I'm reading this in dribs and drabs. Nothing will compare to Outlander, but I preferred Dragonfly in Amber over this again. Perhaps it is that Jamie and Claire have sped forward in time and gotten old (by an early-twenties-something's standards) or should I say middle-aged. This means two things: a) the fun-sexy-time scenes (which are infrequent) don't work for me unless I picture them as still young, otherwise I get a wee bit icked out (but just a wee bit mind you)
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Feb 12, 2012
Suz
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Second read through was actually a listen to the audiobook narrated by Divina Porter. I enjoyed it a great deal. It's still may favorite of the three and my issues are still the same. Jamie is not always likeable in this one, but definitely more human. :) Claire is a bit too forgiving, though. Sometimes I want to smack her.
Divina Porter's rendition of John Grey is a bit pompous. It's kind of funny. Rating stays at 4.
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Divina Porter's rendition of John Grey is a bit pompous. It's kind of funny. Rating stays at 4.
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Nov 21, 2007
korey
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This is the 3rd in the Outlander series and I just loved it. It's as good as the first two. There large volumes, this one over 900 pages, but Diana Gabaldon just makes you want to keep reading more. This series is about a woman who travels back in time to Scotland 1743 before the British/Scots uprising. She didn't know or want to travel back in time, it happened mysteriously when she was visiting an acient stone circle in Scotland. These books are not sci-fi/fantasy though. They are more histori
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Oct 07, 2008
Alisa
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I have to say that I was generally disappointed by this third book in the series. I was SO excited to read it, but the first half dragged and the second half was just ridiculous most of the time. I'm ok with SOME unlikely siuations (after all, the whole premise of the book is unlikely!) but this was just non-stop. She kept resurrecting characters from earlier in this book or previous books and it often made little sense as to why they suddenly appeared. I felt like the last 200 pages were the fo
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Aug 15, 2007
Katie
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I wasn't sure if Diana Gabaldon could pull off a 20 year absence between the characters, but she did it beautifully. In the first half of the book, i actually really loved reading about Jamie's adventures. I found myself laughing with him, and feeling heartbroken for him, and anticipating his reunion with Claire.
The second half was spectacular. I loved the scene's the author painted with the new locations. I sometimes could feel the sway of the boat, or see the West Indie's bea More...
The second half was spectacular. I loved the scene's the author painted with the new locations. I sometimes could feel the sway of the boat, or see the West Indie's bea More...
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Dec 15, 2008
Melody
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This book was great in the beginning and I LOVED the scene in the print shop (trying not to spoil), it rivaled the scene in New Moon in the Plaza. The whole part on the boats got really long and I couldn't wait for it to be done. But, then the end got cookin' with a few twists and turns, so if you feel like walking away, hang in there the end it worth it.
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Aug 22, 2007
Patti
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Ok... so I've read the entire Outlander series previously, this is book 3. I've just started re-reading them all in order and all in a row. The writing is fabulous... detailed, yet easy to get through. I am a huge fan of historical fiction and this is a great example of it! Start with Outlander... and if you're not half in love with Jamie and planning a trip to Scotland historical fiction just might not be for you.
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Mar 18, 2009
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Sep 30, 2011
Eileen
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This is the third book of the Outlander series and I enjoyed it soooooooooo much. The writing is great, detailed, but never ever boring.
In this book Clare and Jamie find their way back to each other after being 20years apart. They have changed, have their secrets, but are closer than ever. When little Ian is kidnapped, they go after him. So many things happen (killings, smuggling, pirates, shipwrecks, slavery, voodoo and euthanasia), the characters are thrown from one adventure into More...
In this book Clare and Jamie find their way back to each other after being 20years apart. They have changed, have their secrets, but are closer than ever. When little Ian is kidnapped, they go after him. So many things happen (killings, smuggling, pirates, shipwrecks, slavery, voodoo and euthanasia), the characters are thrown from one adventure into More...
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Jul 24, 2011
Sarah
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Re-read #3...
The first time I read Voyager, I didn't like it. The second time I read it, I realized that I actually did like it, and wasn't sure what the deal was with past-Sarah that didn't enjoy it very much. And now on my third time reading it, I have to agree that it actually is one of the best in the series... it's at least as awesome as books 1 & 2.
So at the end of Dragonfly in Amber, Claire, Brianna, and Roger (in 1968) realize that Jamie didn't die at Culloden li More...
The first time I read Voyager, I didn't like it. The second time I read it, I realized that I actually did like it, and wasn't sure what the deal was with past-Sarah that didn't enjoy it very much. And now on my third time reading it, I have to agree that it actually is one of the best in the series... it's at least as awesome as books 1 & 2.
So at the end of Dragonfly in Amber, Claire, Brianna, and Roger (in 1968) realize that Jamie didn't die at Culloden li More...
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Dec 17, 2009
Johnsergeant
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Narrated By: Davina Porter
Book 3 of The Outlander series
Diana Gabaldon’s magnificent historical saga, begun with Outlander (RB# 95132) and Dragonfly in Amber (RB# 95466), continues with this New York Times bestseller. Set in the intriguing Scotland of 200 years ago, the third installment in the romantic adventures of Jamie and Claire is as compelling as the first. Now that Claire knows Jamie survived the slaughter at Cull More...
Narrated By: Davina Porter
Book 3 of The Outlander series
Diana Gabaldon’s magnificent historical saga, begun with Outlander (RB# 95132) and Dragonfly in Amber (RB# 95466), continues with this New York Times bestseller. Set in the intriguing Scotland of 200 years ago, the third installment in the romantic adventures of Jamie and Claire is as compelling as the first. Now that Claire knows Jamie survived the slaughter at Cull More...
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Apr 01, 2009
Candice
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Ugh, I'm a sucker. I don't even know why I kept on with this series, beyond the absolute literary boner I had during "Outlander," a little less throughout "Dragonfly in Amber" (although there were some breathtaking chapters, particularly Claire's miscarriage and mental breakdown, the healing that happened in La Havre following James' torture at the hands of Randall, interesting meditations on faith, et cetera). Three books in and there's a good chance I'll still read "
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Jul 29, 2008
Mitzi
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Voyager is book 3 in Jamie and Claire series. It is one of my favorites!
With the help of Roger and Brea doing historical research, they think they have found Jamie alive in Scotland and working as a printer.
And so this book takes Claire through the stones once again and back to Jamie (at long last!). It also gives us insight to some of the events that happened to them during their 20 year seperation;
Jamie after the war held up in a cave for 7 years, him bein More...
With the help of Roger and Brea doing historical research, they think they have found Jamie alive in Scotland and working as a printer.
And so this book takes Claire through the stones once again and back to Jamie (at long last!). It also gives us insight to some of the events that happened to them during their 20 year seperation;
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Oct 13, 2011
Dija
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Rating Clarification: 3.5 stars
Claire - ♥♥♥♥
Jamie - ♥♥
Plot - ♥♥
Setting - ♥♥♥♥
Writing - ♥♥♥♥
1st Half - ♥♥♥♥♥
2nd Half - ♥
Ending - ♥♥
Mean rating - ♥♥♥
I am very very disappointed with this book. I love this series and the setting and the characters, but Voyager has left me with a horribly sour feeling. I really don't like the direction that Claire and Jamies' story has taken. Never thought the day would come when I would actually come More...
Claire - ♥♥♥♥
Jamie - ♥♥
Plot - ♥♥
Setting - ♥♥♥♥
Writing - ♥♥♥♥
1st Half - ♥♥♥♥♥
2nd Half - ♥
Ending - ♥♥
Mean rating - ♥♥♥
I am very very disappointed with this book. I love this series and the setting and the characters, but Voyager has left me with a horribly sour feeling. I really don't like the direction that Claire and Jamies' story has taken. Never thought the day would come when I would actually come More...
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Feb 06, 2009
Tasha
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I sigh as my hand raises slowly to rest on my chest, my eyes close as my head tilts back and I am consumed with emotion from this book.
It's one of those... there is no other way to describe it but to say "Oh" and shake your head because there are no words that come to mind.
To have loved and lost and then to be given that love back, it's something you think about or contemplate what it must be like - I assure you that you will fall short in your attempts compar More...
It's one of those... there is no other way to describe it but to say "Oh" and shake your head because there are no words that come to mind.
To have loved and lost and then to be given that love back, it's something you think about or contemplate what it must be like - I assure you that you will fall short in your attempts compar More...
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May 13, 2011
Nancy
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I've worked my way through the Outlander series of books. I turned down the corner of the pages where passages spoke to me. Here are my comments:[return][return]On big fat books:[return][return] What is it twelve hundred pages? Aye, I think so, After all, it is difficult to sum up the complications of a life in a short space with any hope of constructing an accurate account. [return][return] True. I have heard the point made, though, that the novelist s skill lies in the artful selection of
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Jan 20, 2012
Manuela
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Come negli altri romanzi, le vicende di Jamie e Claire sono appassionanti e coinvolgenti tanto che i due protagonisti li considero quasi come due amici di lunga data. E' indubbio però,che la freschezza e l'originalità dei primi romanzi si è un po' persa, lasciando spazio a peripezie al limite dell'impossibile e a colpi di scena e coincidenze un po' forzati(possibile che anche in un altro continente, al di là dell'oceano, si rincontrino sempre gli stessi personaggi! Com'è piccolo il mondo!!!).
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Apr 02, 2009
Okay, I'm not even close to finished with this book--I think I'm still on part 1 of the audiobook. But I've noticed two things about this book I thought were interesting (and one made me laugh).
First, I remember reading a lot of criticism of the first two books that Gabaldon seemed homophobic, as her only two gay characters were totally unsympathetic. Now, I saw people's point, but I also had to give her the fact that she's writing about 1745 and 1945, in neither of which was it e More...
First, I remember reading a lot of criticism of the first two books that Gabaldon seemed homophobic, as her only two gay characters were totally unsympathetic. Now, I saw people's point, but I also had to give her the fact that she's writing about 1745 and 1945, in neither of which was it e More...
Jan 13, 2009
Julia
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This is the 3rd book in a series by this author. It is about time travel. A young woman, a surgeon, falls through some historical rock formation in Scotland and lands in the year 1736 or thereabouts. She marries an "off the charts" handsome big Scotsman and they have the most extraordinarily exciting and adventurous life. The sex is off the charts as well! These books are over 1000 pages in pocketbook size. I think I am getting a little tired of the story. I do have the next boo
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Jan 27, 2012
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Jan 26, 2012
Shannon
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3rd in the series and the best so far, in my humble, nerdy opinion.
This book picks up after the third one and lets us see a lot of the story from Jamie's point of view. We also get to visit with Claire and her modern life. This story has us time traveling and world traveling too and brings in aspects of the shipping trade and Caribbean settlements.
The plot still twists and turns plenty but the fantastical escapes are moderated by the more realistic descriptions of life in t More...
This book picks up after the third one and lets us see a lot of the story from Jamie's point of view. We also get to visit with Claire and her modern life. This story has us time traveling and world traveling too and brings in aspects of the shipping trade and Caribbean settlements.
The plot still twists and turns plenty but the fantastical escapes are moderated by the more realistic descriptions of life in t More...
