Disclaimer: I have only read book one and two and three in this series and I LOVE IT... so far
One Sentence Summary:
One Sentence Summary:
A WWII nurse gets sent back in time and falls in love.
10/10
10/10
10/10
One Sentence Summary:
While on her second honeymoon in 1945 ex-combat-nurse Claire is transported back in time to 1747.
While on her second honeymoon in 1945 ex-combat-nurse Claire is transported back in time to 1747.
Review:
I loved this book. LOVED I say! It depicts both 1945 and 1747 very well, historically accurate and the characters attitudes fit with the eras perfectly. I loved all of the historical detail, and the use of prose. Gabaldon did an amazing job of research and got everything right. She made the characters feel very authentic from every time period and even more impressively had no noticeable flaws in the reaction of the WWII nurse to all of the people of 1747. She is officially one of my favourite epic authors.
10/10
10/10
Notable Quotes:
“I can bear pain myself, he said softly, but I couldna bear yours. That would take more strength than I have.”
“My father liked me, when I wasna being an idiot. And he loved me, too -- enough to beat the daylights out of me when I was being an idiot."
“For where all love is, the speaking is unnecessary”
"It's as though knowing that everything is possible, suddenly nothing is necessary.”
“Overall, the library held a hushed exultation, as though the cherished volumes were all singing soundlessly within their covers.”
“Ma chère, I serve a man who multiplied the loaves and fishes”—he smiled, nodding at the pool, where the swirls of the carps’ feeding were still subsiding—“who healed the sick and raised the dead. Shall I be astonished that the master of eternity has brought a young woman through the stones of the earth to do His will?” Well, I reflected, it was better than being denounced as the whore of Babylon.”
Dragonfly in Amber (Outlander #2)
one sentence summary:
Claire has returned to her own time and twenty years has passed, she has a 19 year old daughter and in this novel tells her the story of her adventures with Jamie.
Review:
Another home run for Gabaldon, the details, the language, the characters - all wonderful! Once you get over the wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey stuff it is a brilliant continuation of the original story. The way Gabaldon frames the past with Claire's current time line is a stroke of genius and the way she brings in characters from the past to line up with their modern day counterparts is another ace in the hole.
8/10
8/10
Memorable quotes:
Claire has returned to her own time and twenty years has passed, she has a 19 year old daughter and in this novel tells her the story of her adventures with Jamie.
Review:
Another home run for Gabaldon, the details, the language, the characters - all wonderful! Once you get over the wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey stuff it is a brilliant continuation of the original story. The way Gabaldon frames the past with Claire's current time line is a stroke of genius and the way she brings in characters from the past to line up with their modern day counterparts is another ace in the hole.
8/10
8/10
Memorable quotes:
"I stood still, vision blurring, and in that moment, I heard my heart break. It was a small, clean sound, like the snapping of a flower's stem."
"For if you feel for me as i do for you - then I am asking you to tear out your heart and live without it."
"Torn between the impulse to stroke his head, and the urge to cave it in with a rock, I did neither."
"Could it be possible that he really did have enough imagination to be able to grasp the truth?"
Voyager (Outlander #3)
One Sentence Summary:
Clare goes back in time and finds Jamie, they journey to the New World on an adventure and run into old "friends" there.
Review:
I loved this one more than Dragonfly. Gabaldon brings back characters that we haven't seen since the first novel and does it in a really believable way. I really enjoyed the descriptions of the New World and am very much looking forward to reading the next in this series. I did wish that there was at least a bit about what is going on in the 1968 reality.
8/10
10/10
Memorable Quotes:
Clare goes back in time and finds Jamie, they journey to the New World on an adventure and run into old "friends" there.
Review:
I loved this one more than Dragonfly. Gabaldon brings back characters that we haven't seen since the first novel and does it in a really believable way. I really enjoyed the descriptions of the New World and am very much looking forward to reading the next in this series. I did wish that there was at least a bit about what is going on in the 1968 reality.
8/10
10/10
Memorable Quotes:
"I shook so that it was some time before I realized that he was shaking too, and for the same reason. I don't know how long we sat there on the dusty floor, crying in each others arms with the longing of twenty years spilling down our faces."
"He was dead. However, his nose throbbed painfully, which he thought odd in the circumstances."
Drums of Autumn (Outlander #4)
10/10
The Fiery Cross (Outlander #5)
Another hit for Gabaldon. Another page turner. I am a fan of the series now and I can see how this book would cause fans to be lost as it is not as fast as the prior four. I, however, loved it for the detail and further back story it gave to all of the characters.
6/10
Another hit for Gabaldon. Another page turner. I am a fan of the series now and I can see how this book would cause fans to be lost as it is not as fast as the prior four. I, however, loved it for the detail and further back story it gave to all of the characters.
6/10
A Breath of Snow and Ashes (Outlander #6)
Have not read yet.
An Echo in the Bone (Outlander #7)
Have not read yet.
Have not read yet.
Written In My Own Heart's Blood (Outlander #8)
Have not read yet.
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