Just finished the third tale of Jamie and Claire in Voyager, I must admit it was my favorite so far.

……………Spoilers…………………………………..can’t write these and not have them………………………

Awe damn, not again. “Hello Claire, nice to see you yet again.”

“Stephanie? How did you end up here? I don’t see that strange vehicle you usually use to time travel.”

“I had to return the time mower. The owner was not amused by my ‘borrowing’ it. He mumbled something about a restraining order, hooligans and red heads; I must h More...

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 evolves realistically. They More...

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.

But at the same time... these books are entirely too ridiculous. So much happen More...

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 being a prisoner at Ardsmuir and then a More...

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.

The books w More...

Well, another Jamie and Claire adventure and it's getting harder and harder to write these without spoilers so I'll try but beware there may be some!

At the end of Dragonfly in Amber, Claire realizes that Jamie didn't die at Culloden so Claire, Roger and Brianna decide to research and see what information they can come up with. I loved all this part - the different POV's, the interactions between Claire and Bree, Bree and Roger and Roger and Claire and just how it all played out. (I really hope More...

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.

These things are literary crack! More...

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)
b) it's harder to ident More...

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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This is the best of the first three I've read in th More...

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 More...

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 More...

this was maybe my fourth re-read...loved it even more this time!
Sigh. Swoon. Thud.
Jamie is in his forties now, but so am I. He and Claire have overcome incredible obstacles to be together across space and time, and their passion takes my breath away.
In addiction to the Red Hot Whooppee-Making, there's humor, adventure, a bit of magic and mystery, some interesting new characters and a couple of unexpected reunions with old friends.
Oh, and there are pirates. And a pelican. And a kinky little Ch More...

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 beaches and mountain More...

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.

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.

"It has always been forever, for me, Sassenach”

Voyager is the third installment in the Outlander series. After the roller coaster ride that was Dragonfly in Amber, I was excited/nervous/happy to get to this one. Diana Gabaldon didn't let me down! I am so attached to these characters that I actually got sick to my stomach while reading. We have such a long way to go (book 8 is coming out this fall) that I know any "Happily Ever After" is far down the road.

No plot summary - it would be impossible More...

Read this while listening to: "Tha Mo Ghaol Air Àird A' Chuain" by Julie Fowlis.

I HAVE A NEW FAVOURITE BROMANCE IN THIS SERIES: (view spoiler)[Jamie + John Grey. Omg. My feels. Just "NOPE!" (hide spoiler)]

Got really excited in my Tax Law lecture because the case, Lindsey v IRC, is about taxing the proceeds derived from smuggling whiskey out of Scotland. Books are relevant to real life!

Funny how what is bothering me most is the American author's botched attempts at conveying how British people pronounce "ma'am" like "mum" ... More...

Review brought to you by OBS staff member Heidi

Beware of Spoilers

Voyager is the third installment in Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander series. Voyager picks up where Dragonfly in Amber left off. Jamie and Claire have just parted ways…him to go back and face his grisly death on Culloden field and her to go back through the stones at Craigh na Dun so she can bring her and Jamie’s child safely into the world.

The book then takes us through the next twenty years, telling us what exactly happened to the sepa More...

1st read: June 16, 2011
?th read: Feb, 5 2012

I can't believe I didn't write a review of this book, but it looks as if I didn't!

This is my 2nd favorite book in the series, just after the 1st book Outlander. I really enjoy learning about Jamie's history after Claire left him in Dragonfly in Amber. I wasn't even irritated that the story bounced back and forth for awhile, between Bree-Roger-Claire and Jamie. In fact, I enjoyed the "hunt" and the tidbits of information that Roger, Bree, and Claire pic More...

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 another and More...

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 like they all thought More...

Listened to the audiobook from Recorded Books

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 Culloden, she is faced with the mo More...

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 "Drums of Autumn" and "The F More...

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 to despise some parts of Jamie's character, even a little. It'll More...

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 compared to what Gabaldon does in this bo More...

even better than book 2