| Outlander | 
 enlarge | Author: Diana Gabaldon
Publisher: Delta
Category: Book
List Price: $15.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1357 reviews
Sales Rank: 972
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 640
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.6
ISBN: 0385319959
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780385319959
ASIN: 0385319959
Publication Date: August 10, 1998
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 Belting is Abuse July 31, 2008
6 out of 12 found this review helpful
I know everyone keeps leaving all these reviews justifying the beating he gives her as historically accurate, blah, blah, blah. If that's your thing then, fine, buy the book, read it, enjoy. There are still those of us out there who don't want to read about a woman who gets hit by a man and thinks she had it coming. I'm one of those people and, if you are too, DON'T read this book. I wish I had been given some sort of warning so I would have known not to buy this.
If Claire was a woman I knew, I'd tell her to get out of there and I hope the majority of the people leaving this weak little excuse for a hero 5 stars would do the same.
As to the historical argument, I'll just say that beating slaves was also all the rage a few hundred years ago and "everybody did it" but you don't find many books depicting the good guy who beat his slaves bloody and bruised. It's generally agreed upon that if the guy had the heart to be so vicious towards another human being, he's not a hero. He's not even an anti-hero, he's the bad guy.
If a movie company were to make a movie today about the really great slave holder who was a super guy (which Jamie is depicted as) who beat his slaves and they all said "well, we guess we did have it coming," EVERYONE would be up in arms. It would be considered racism, the NAACP would be going ballistic. So what does it say about society, and women ourselves, that we're the ones giving this book rave reviews?
 Great book in a great series July 27, 2008
I began to read this book last summer and went on to the third book in the series before school started in the fall. After just one semester being though I was done with the fourth book, no small order with the size of these brilliant novels having to be interspersed between long study hours and cram sessions before exams. But this book and the books that come after it in the series are all worth the read.
As for my first experience of this book, it was a great surprise. I was at my local book store and in my aimless wonderings I came across this book. I have never been a romance book reader, but this book was good from the first page. It has elements in it which can bring in many people. It has the obvious romance, but also brings in the element of time travel. It also includes the great adventure tales in it, which keeps a person turning the page while all the time putting a artful amount of historical fiction within the book to make everything believable.
I would recommend that anyone give this book a try, although the length and style of the book isn't for everyone, but it is for a great many, and I can happily say that I am one person who has enjoyed this book!
scrumptious July 18, 2008
I loved this book...was given the first 4 books in the series. I wasnt sure I would like them. Once I started though I couldnt put them down. Dont start these books if you want to get anything done because you will make any excuse to sit and read! Just finished book #6 and I feel lost....I miss Jamie and Claire. Cant wait till book 7 comes out! Can anyone recommend something good like these books till # 7 comes out?
Jamie July 17, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
My best friend recommended this book, she handed it to me and said "Jamie" and that was all she said. When I tried to get her to tell me more, that is all she would say. But now that I have read the book, I loved it!! Loved it!! Read it and you will find that you love Jamie too!!
Love the series! July 9, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is the first book in a 6 part series. I was a little leary of it when recommended by my sister. A woman falling through a rock and landing 200 years in the past? I mean, come on!! But to my surprise it was really good. There is a lot of action and I became very attached to the characters. At the end of the book, I couldn't wait to get onto the next to see where the story would go. I'm currently on the 3rd "Voyager" and still loving it. I even ordered the rest of the series so I won't have to wait for the next one.
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