Customer Reviews:
 Dragonfly in Amber - Unabridged version May 27, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Most excellent!! A must read (listen) for those who enjoy Diana Gabaldon and the Outlander series. I had read the books years ago and found the listening of the audiobook to be exceptional! Narrated by Davina Porter, with style and emotion, you will want to collect every story in this series. Don't mess with the Abridged version, it leaves too much of the story out, and with this series, you do NOT want to miss a thing. Jamie and Claire are depicted with such clarity that you feel like you are there with them. Awesome adventure! Thumbs up on this one!!
A Hook is a Good Book. April 29, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
All the pomp and intrigue of the French Court comes to life as Jamie and Claire travel to France to try to change history. Their efforts are laudable, but futile. Along the way with DRAGONFLY IN AMBER, Diana Gabaldon develops her vivid characters, carries two complete story lines and leads us up to the parting of the lovers as if we didn't know it beforehand.
The two stories flow seamlessly together: Claire's return to Scotland in 1968 and her relationship to her daughter who has been kept ignorant of the true circumstances of her birth, and the developing relationship between Claire and Jamie in another time and place.
OUTLANDER, the first in the epic will hook you, DRAGONFLY IN AMBER will insure you keep reading.
Nash Black, author of WRITING AS A SMALL BUSINESS and SINS OF THE FATHERS.
Gabaldon April 22, 2008
I bought this for my wife. This is her third time through the series. She decided that it is easier to buy them than to continue to check them out at the local library, as she intends to read the series several more times. It must be really good.
Another great read April 15, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I normally don't wait a decade to discover excellent works of fictional, but historical literature, however that's what happened. If you're like me, better late than sorry my Grandsire used to say, ya ken?
I just thought I would leave a few words letting folks know that I really loved this book as much as Outlander. I admire Diana's style of writing as well as the historical nature that she presents so vividly. I have never really considered "romance" novels something that I would appreciate as a guy, but have found her work simply put, hard to put down. If you like historical novels, you should like these books as well. And it's not just history that she touches on here. Don't let the cover fool you. All the bases are covered and the antagonists and protagonists abound; There is blood, guts, sex, more sex, love, lust, murder, darkness, religion, strife, treachery, deceit, betrayal, sacrifice, war, death, sickness, and hope.. all beautifully written.
As with any historical novel, one should come away with a bit more understanding of what and how life was like in the period and I was not disappointed in the very least. Thank you Diana Gabaldon! I wound up buying the complete series based upon Amazon reviews I initially found after reading POTE and WWE by Ken Follett. I would highly recommend these two books as well as the first two works in the Outlander series. Having only finished "Dragonfly in Amber", the second work, lucky me, I still have 4 more to go! And if these two works are any inclination of what's to come, then I will most assuredly will remain content into the wee hours of morning for weeks to come..
The beauty continues April 12, 2008
Diana Gabaldon continues to keep me enthralled in her book. I found it very emotional, hysterically funny. She lets you know her characters..feel their emotions and feel their pain. I began the third of the series and these are books I will surely read again.
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