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Ive falling (in love with Jaime) and I can't get up.
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Every one of these books will take you for an emotional roller coaster ride! My copy of book 2 is falling apart. I can't tell you how many times I threw it down the hall and literally jumped up and down on it! Thankfully my husband didn't send me off to a mental ward. Enjoy the ride! Keep us updated! I'm always jealous of first time readers of this series. If I could time travel I'd go back to my first read of the series ( I'm on like #12 now )
What you are feeling is "normal" for readers of this series. Welcome to the clan! :)
Jill, you have officially fallen under Diana's writing spell. We each have our own Outlander story, and I think ultimately there are many, many parallels. I actually couldn't believe how quickly Ioved through all the books. As a teacher, I was smart enough to begin in June, but little did I know that is get absolutely NOTHING done that summer as I read them all in two months. It's a good thing kids were old enough to cook for themselves. I think I got the bad mother award for 2012.
I think at some point we've all asked all of those same questions you have, especially "What is WRONG with me??" You are totally normal, and the good news is, not alone! Any time you need to vent, vent away here! We understand! :-)
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To add to my bizarre state of mind, I am having trouble recovering from the last portion of the book. I wish I never learned about was done to him - the images in my head are haunting... A) I am very sensitive to certain kinds of violence. Walking dead or Friday-the-13th-like serial killers are no problem but a human torturing a human is very difficult so the images of what was done to Jaime horrified me. B) After all of that drama - tracking him down, breaking in, the dogs, escaping him, his long recovery, his request that Claire go away, etc., etc. we get this very, very short conclusion with minimal romance and emotional connection. Is it that I feel betrayed by the author or deprived of passion that should be commiserate with the amount of suffering experienced? i don't know.
I do know that I'm very weirded out about all of the emotion that has erupted out of me since i started reading this book. The highs were extraordinary and the lows have been unpleasant. Seriously...is this really happening to me? i am normally a pretty even keeled person that gave up feeling "passion" after my 2nd child was born and she's 9.
I have heard this has happened to others and since you gals are from Texas, i thought this would be a good place to get straight talk about what is happening to me.