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Outlander
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Time travel, sexy Scots, and twu wuv. There is some graphic disturbingness towards the end, so if that's …more

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Outlander - Nas Asas do Tempo marca o início de uma série que tem até à data 7 volumes, sendo que o oitavo tem publicação prevista para o ano de 2013. O primeiro volume já está publicado desde 1991 e finalmente em 2010, a editora Casa das Letras decidiu apresentar aos leitores portugueses a saga Outlander, que conta já com dois volumes publicados.

O primeiro volume fala-nos sobre uma verdadeira viagem no tempo. Estamos em 1945, após a Guerra Mundial e o mundo encontra-se todo ele anestesiado, po
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Kelly
Outlander is a well-written romp of an adventure through time, love, torture and Scotland. But it just went on and on. And apparently it continues for another 5,000 pages because there is a whole series dedicated to these characters and this story. Trust me - one book is plenty. It's even too much. I definitely won't be continuing this series, no matter how eloquently Diana Gabaldon writes. I just don't care to know every minute detail of these characters' lives and backgrounds. They just aren't ...more
Megan
Jan 09, 2015 rated it really liked it
The plot and characterization get 5 stars, but it lost one for being littered with linguistic anachronisms (what highlander in 1743 uses phrases like "lowest common denominator" or calls a priest a padre?) and another due to my squeamishness with where Gabaldon seemed to draw the line between consensual sex and rape in the first half of the book. But then it got one back when the second half was so riveting that I forgot all my issues with the beginning. Seriously, couldn't put it down. ...more
Karin
Jan 25, 2014 rated it really liked it
Beautiful writing. Over done sex scenes. Started very slowly for me but picked up speed. It did leave me wanting to read the next one.
Mary Santiago
Feb 05, 2022 rated it really liked it
Shelves: read-2022
Re-read because I am determined to read the whole series and years ago I only made it about 3.5 books in.
Ali
Aug 07, 2014 rated it really liked it
Shelves: 2017
read for Popsugar 2017 advanced challenge: a book that's more than 800 pages ...more
Tracy Whited
Oct 30, 2010 rated it it was amazing
Celestem
Dec 11, 2010 rated it it was amazing
Christy Ferrell-kincaid
Jan 12, 2011 rated it really liked it
Shelves: series
Melissa
Sep 28, 2011 rated it it was amazing
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Nov 19, 2011 rated it really liked it
Shelves: audiobooks
Kelsey
Mar 13, 2012 rated it it was amazing
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Jul 21, 2019 rated it liked it
Heidi
Jul 17, 2012 marked it as to-read
Angela B
Jul 30, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Allison Canty
Aug 07, 2012 marked it as to-read
Deirdre Hearnen
Jan 04, 2013 rated it it was amazing
Jessica
Nov 20, 2013 rated it really liked it
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Jennifer
Jan 03, 2015 rated it it was amazing
Jeannette
Jan 24, 2015 rated it it was amazing
Wendy
Apr 20, 2015 rated it really liked it
Stephanie
Apr 30, 2015 marked it as to-read
Amanda
Jan 24, 2016 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
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