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Outlander (Outlander, #1)

Diana Gabaldon

Start date: February 1, 2015

Finish date: February 28, 2015

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May 04, 2015 Jocelyn rated it liked it

At last. I thought it would never end.

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Dec 20, 2010 Jennifer Provost rated it really liked it

Wow, this was good. It's the sort of book that is intimidating due to the page count, but it goes quickly. I was so obsessed with Claire and Jamie that if the book was any shorter, I would have felt cheated.

The story is told by Claire Randall, and set after the end of WWII. She was a field nurse in the British Army; her husband was also in the British Army but we don't know what position. She's just a wee bit dissatisfied with her married life, but then she steps into a stone circle in the High ...more

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Sep 01, 2007 Jordan rated it it was amazing

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I'm not usually a lover of romance, but this book comes at it from such a unique point of view: Claire Beauchamp stumbles through some sort of gateway in time leading her from 1945 to 1743, where her training as a nurse gives her near magical powers in the eyes of the people. Her love affair with the Scot, James Fraser, is done well enough that it isn't treacly. I think I've just been inducted into the Outlander fan cult.
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Mar 04, 2015 Sandy rated it it was amazing

Just wonderful. I can't wait to read the next book in the series. Parts of the story are very upsetting but the author handled them well, considering. ...more

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