* Spoilers * The discussion questions below may contain spoilers. Questions borrowed from: thelitbitch.com & litlovers.com
1. Did it bother you that Claire is older than Jamie? Why or why not? Does it matter she is not a virgin but he is? In what ways does it change/influence their relationship?
2. Knowing that Captain Jack is related to Frank, does that change your opinion of Frank? In what ways? Do you think cruelty is in Frank’s ‘blood’? How much does of a role does genealogy play in their characters?
3. How did you feel when Jamie beat Claire? Was it fitting given the circumstance and time period?
4. In what ways does Clair adjust to her new circumstances, and how does she put her 20th-century knowledge to work in an 18th-century world?
5. If you time-traveled, how much of the future from which you have come would you be tempted to reveal? What might you attempt to change using your knowledge of modern times?
6. The Outlander series was difficult to market, at first, not fitting into any neat genre of fiction. But it eventually caught on...and in a very big way. To what do you ascribe the huge popularity of this series? What is the fascination for its millions of readers?
1. Did it bother you that Claire is older than Jamie? Why or why not? Does it matter she is not a virgin but he is? In what ways does it change/influence their relationship?
2. Knowing that Captain Jack is related to Frank, does that change your opinion of Frank? In what ways? Do you think cruelty is in Frank’s ‘blood’? How much does of a role does genealogy play in their characters?
3. How did you feel when Jamie beat Claire? Was it fitting given the circumstance and time period?
4. In what ways does Clair adjust to her new circumstances, and how does she put her 20th-century knowledge to work in an 18th-century world?
5. If you time-traveled, how much of the future from which you have come would you be tempted to reveal? What might you attempt to change using your knowledge of modern times?
6. The Outlander series was difficult to market, at first, not fitting into any neat genre of fiction. But it eventually caught on...and in a very big way. To what do you ascribe the huge popularity of this series? What is the fascination for its millions of readers?