Outlander: A Novel
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Ich liebe Outlander 😍
Anfangs etwas schwer reinzukommen, auch weil ich es in Englisch gelesen habe. Aber ganz schnell war es mir möglich in die Welt von Outlander einzutauchen. Ich habe zuerst die Serie geschaut und dann das Buch gelesen, was mich überhaupt nicht stört, weil ich so schon die Bilder dazu im Kopf habe. Das erste Buch hat mir sehr gut gefallen und es war trotzdem spannend, obwohl ich schon wusste was passieren wird, nur nicht, wie weit es in diesem Buch geht. Ich kann es jedem outlander Fan nur empfehlen die Bücher auch zu lesen 😊
even though it took me a month to read this it was so worth it it gave me all the feels and I can't wait to jump straight to the sequel!
Ok so the thing about this book is that it took me three times before I actually got hooked enough to read past a certain point. And even then I still worried I would become uninterested by it somehow; thankfully that DIDN'T happen, and I am so so glad. I love Claire and Jamie so much, and I'm also so intrigued by what's going to happen to them in the future. I want to know if Frank is ever mentioned again. I want to meet all the characters I've heard others mention and love, and I want to meet their children (??? I'm assuming they have some, anyway.) I just have a lot of questions that need answered, I guess, and I can't wait to see where the next book takes them.
I LOVED IT 🩵🩵🩵
Reread
50 Shades of Hay! This book had way too many steamy scenes, a tad too disturbing rape and a somewhat thin plot. Our heroine Claire, which makes a badass female heroine for a soppy romance, wanders accidentally through time and lands in Scotland 1743. As things are destined to go south for a woman on her own in the backwardness of the poor, rural Highlands, she gets sexually assaulted, kidnapped, slapped, threatened and dragged through the landscape. It is not as bad as all that, because she meets the perfect man walking the globe: James Alexander Malcom MacKenzie Fraser. I would've loved it if Gabaldon would worshipped Claire half as obsessive as she worships Jamie. It's beautifully written nonetheless. The pacing is slow and 10% of the scenes could be replaced with something more usefull, to deepen the plot. The is a war on the doorstep! What really didn't work for me is that violence is the driving force behind everything. Claire is almost raped or assaulted in every third scene. If it's not some evil character, it's the godlike Jamie, who forces her into bed or abuses her for some imaginative wrong-doing. Then he is kidnapped, abused and raped. They play the mary sue in turns. It's not how you keep a believable story going. Pillars of the Earth is a way more decent historical fiction.
Great read!
Had fun reading it again and was shocked again at times. Even though English isn't my native language, I had no problem getting into the story. Loved the Gaelic parts and that it wasn't translated at times to make you feel like Claire, who also couldn't understand anything. Jamie ❤️ Claire. Loved the whole series until now. Can't wait for the next one 🥰
Read my full review here:https://tessasworldofthings.blogspot.de/2017/01/outlander-by-diana-gabaldon.htmlClaire Randall and her husband are on vacation in Scotland. It's 1945 and they both have served during the war, barely being able to see each other. This trip is supposed to bring them closer together. Scratch that. It's supposed to bring them together. Basically they are two strangers in this marriage. One night, they observe a fascinating ritual by the town folks including a strange stone circle. The following day, Claire decides to make a trip there again, on her own, taking a look at the local plants. Drawn to the biggest stone of the circle, Claire puts her hands on it and all of a sudden finds herself in a different place. No, wrong. It's the same circle. It's a different time.Waking up in 18th century Scotland, Claire, as an English woman, is regarded a spy and foe. Struggling to gain the Scots' trust, she offers her knowledge as a healer and soon finds a friend in Jamie. Unfortunately, not only the Highlanders have mixed feelings about her. Jack Randall, an ancestor of her husband Frank, is investigating her. Not even closely resembling the loving man she misses dearly (except from looking like his twin) Jack Randall is proving to be a vicious man. In order to protect her from his grip, Jamie, having his own unpleasant memories of Randall, agrees to marry Claire. Torn between two worlds, her wish to go back to her own time and missing her husband, Claire finds herself falling in love with the Highlander she so reluctantly married and together they have to find a way to survive.It's one of these rare novels that'll make you cry, while you laugh, that'll make you cry while you're sad, that'll leave you devastated and happy. I have favorite books. I've got quite a few of them. I've written about them here, I've re-read them a hundred times, but I've never read a book, that made me move. I mean that quite literally. I actually moved. I noticed about halfway through the novel, how I was clutching the book, bringing it closer and closer still towards my face, then abruptly moved back to see better and everything went on repeat. I've noticed, how I moved my face and body along the lines of the novel. How I hunched my shoulders, my eyes opened in surprise, I started to smile, my nose wrinkled to some unreal smell... I noticed how I became each of these characters while they talked and my face and shoulders responded to what they were saying. It moved me. The first book I can remember, that really made me move.I'm glad that I didn't read this book sooner. When I was younger I wouldn't have been able to appreciate it the way I should. I would've focused on the love story between Claire and Jamie, not on Claire herself. OK, I did focus on the love story, but not as much as I used to. How incredibly lucky is Claire anyway? She has two men who love her unconditionally, who accept and support her, who will forgive her anything and everything and stay with her no matter what. Where exactly are these kind of men? And why do they only exist in fiction... So, when I was younger I would've focused much more on this part. Admittedly, I read and re-read many pages of Claire and Jamie and of how they treat each other with love, respect and show their commitment. It's probably why it took me so long to finish this book, because I constantly went back and forth to re-read paragraphs... But Claire herself is an important character and one of these fictitious characters that will become part of my top role-models who I'd love to live up to. So, naturally I want more of the love story, but I also want more of Claire. I did hate her guts now and again, thinking about how unbelievably annoying she is, but giving it some more thought I noticed just how annoying I am myself. I found myself in her, saw some of my character traits, which made me love this character even more. She's strong, fierce, stubborn, caring, she's just a good person and I appreciate her existence in this world.It's the sort of book that I was unable to put down. I read in the morning, in the evening, I hated putting in down for meals or sleep (much overrated anyway), so I just never sat it down. You can feel the Scottish accent while you read. Basically there's a little Scot sitting in your head slurping whisky, grinning, with wild hair and a huge beard, saying cheers and reciting whatever you read currently. I've been to Scotland this year, so I know what Loch Ness looks like. But I've not seen all of Scotland, so now and again I had no idea where she was at the moment, but Diana Gabaldon is painting incredible pictures. You can see the mountains, the lochs, the castles. You feel the wind and the rain and the cold while reading. Hell, I probably caught a cold while reading. It's that good...
Schöne Story, sehr ausführlich und bildlich geschrieben. Sehr nah an der Serie - hier und da ein paar andere Kapitel, aber dafür mehr Hintergrundwissen
I made it! Meine Güte, das hat gedauert. Die Idee ist super, die Charaktere gut, alles gut. Aber das zieht sich ja wie Kaugummi. Es muss nicht immer alles innerhalb von zwei Seiten gelöst sein, aber das war mir schon deutlich zu viel. Wie ein Marathon, bei dem man nie ans Ziel kommt. In dem Fall muss ich auch sagen, die Serie war mir sympathischer.
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Ich liebe Outlander 😍
Anfangs etwas schwer reinzukommen, auch weil ich es in Englisch gelesen habe. Aber ganz schnell war es mir möglich in die Welt von Outlander einzutauchen. Ich habe zuerst die Serie geschaut und dann das Buch gelesen, was mich überhaupt nicht stört, weil ich so schon die Bilder dazu im Kopf habe. Das erste Buch hat mir sehr gut gefallen und es war trotzdem spannend, obwohl ich schon wusste was passieren wird, nur nicht, wie weit es in diesem Buch geht. Ich kann es jedem outlander Fan nur empfehlen die Bücher auch zu lesen 😊
even though it took me a month to read this it was so worth it it gave me all the feels and I can't wait to jump straight to the sequel!
Ok so the thing about this book is that it took me three times before I actually got hooked enough to read past a certain point. And even then I still worried I would become uninterested by it somehow; thankfully that DIDN'T happen, and I am so so glad. I love Claire and Jamie so much, and I'm also so intrigued by what's going to happen to them in the future. I want to know if Frank is ever mentioned again. I want to meet all the characters I've heard others mention and love, and I want to meet their children (??? I'm assuming they have some, anyway.) I just have a lot of questions that need answered, I guess, and I can't wait to see where the next book takes them.
I LOVED IT 🩵🩵🩵
Reread
50 Shades of Hay! This book had way too many steamy scenes, a tad too disturbing rape and a somewhat thin plot. Our heroine Claire, which makes a badass female heroine for a soppy romance, wanders accidentally through time and lands in Scotland 1743. As things are destined to go south for a woman on her own in the backwardness of the poor, rural Highlands, she gets sexually assaulted, kidnapped, slapped, threatened and dragged through the landscape. It is not as bad as all that, because she meets the perfect man walking the globe: James Alexander Malcom MacKenzie Fraser. I would've loved it if Gabaldon would worshipped Claire half as obsessive as she worships Jamie. It's beautifully written nonetheless. The pacing is slow and 10% of the scenes could be replaced with something more usefull, to deepen the plot. The is a war on the doorstep! What really didn't work for me is that violence is the driving force behind everything. Claire is almost raped or assaulted in every third scene. If it's not some evil character, it's the godlike Jamie, who forces her into bed or abuses her for some imaginative wrong-doing. Then he is kidnapped, abused and raped. They play the mary sue in turns. It's not how you keep a believable story going. Pillars of the Earth is a way more decent historical fiction.
Great read!
Had fun reading it again and was shocked again at times. Even though English isn't my native language, I had no problem getting into the story. Loved the Gaelic parts and that it wasn't translated at times to make you feel like Claire, who also couldn't understand anything. Jamie ❤️ Claire. Loved the whole series until now. Can't wait for the next one 🥰
Read my full review here:https://tessasworldofthings.blogspot.de/2017/01/outlander-by-diana-gabaldon.htmlClaire Randall and her husband are on vacation in Scotland. It's 1945 and they both have served during the war, barely being able to see each other. This trip is supposed to bring them closer together. Scratch that. It's supposed to bring them together. Basically they are two strangers in this marriage. One night, they observe a fascinating ritual by the town folks including a strange stone circle. The following day, Claire decides to make a trip there again, on her own, taking a look at the local plants. Drawn to the biggest stone of the circle, Claire puts her hands on it and all of a sudden finds herself in a different place. No, wrong. It's the same circle. It's a different time.Waking up in 18th century Scotland, Claire, as an English woman, is regarded a spy and foe. Struggling to gain the Scots' trust, she offers her knowledge as a healer and soon finds a friend in Jamie. Unfortunately, not only the Highlanders have mixed feelings about her. Jack Randall, an ancestor of her husband Frank, is investigating her. Not even closely resembling the loving man she misses dearly (except from looking like his twin) Jack Randall is proving to be a vicious man. In order to protect her from his grip, Jamie, having his own unpleasant memories of Randall, agrees to marry Claire. Torn between two worlds, her wish to go back to her own time and missing her husband, Claire finds herself falling in love with the Highlander she so reluctantly married and together they have to find a way to survive.It's one of these rare novels that'll make you cry, while you laugh, that'll make you cry while you're sad, that'll leave you devastated and happy. I have favorite books. I've got quite a few of them. I've written about them here, I've re-read them a hundred times, but I've never read a book, that made me move. I mean that quite literally. I actually moved. I noticed about halfway through the novel, how I was clutching the book, bringing it closer and closer still towards my face, then abruptly moved back to see better and everything went on repeat. I've noticed, how I moved my face and body along the lines of the novel. How I hunched my shoulders, my eyes opened in surprise, I started to smile, my nose wrinkled to some unreal smell... I noticed how I became each of these characters while they talked and my face and shoulders responded to what they were saying. It moved me. The first book I can remember, that really made me move.I'm glad that I didn't read this book sooner. When I was younger I wouldn't have been able to appreciate it the way I should. I would've focused on the love story between Claire and Jamie, not on Claire herself. OK, I did focus on the love story, but not as much as I used to. How incredibly lucky is Claire anyway? She has two men who love her unconditionally, who accept and support her, who will forgive her anything and everything and stay with her no matter what. Where exactly are these kind of men? And why do they only exist in fiction... So, when I was younger I would've focused much more on this part. Admittedly, I read and re-read many pages of Claire and Jamie and of how they treat each other with love, respect and show their commitment. It's probably why it took me so long to finish this book, because I constantly went back and forth to re-read paragraphs... But Claire herself is an important character and one of these fictitious characters that will become part of my top role-models who I'd love to live up to. So, naturally I want more of the love story, but I also want more of Claire. I did hate her guts now and again, thinking about how unbelievably annoying she is, but giving it some more thought I noticed just how annoying I am myself. I found myself in her, saw some of my character traits, which made me love this character even more. She's strong, fierce, stubborn, caring, she's just a good person and I appreciate her existence in this world.It's the sort of book that I was unable to put down. I read in the morning, in the evening, I hated putting in down for meals or sleep (much overrated anyway), so I just never sat it down. You can feel the Scottish accent while you read. Basically there's a little Scot sitting in your head slurping whisky, grinning, with wild hair and a huge beard, saying cheers and reciting whatever you read currently. I've been to Scotland this year, so I know what Loch Ness looks like. But I've not seen all of Scotland, so now and again I had no idea where she was at the moment, but Diana Gabaldon is painting incredible pictures. You can see the mountains, the lochs, the castles. You feel the wind and the rain and the cold while reading. Hell, I probably caught a cold while reading. It's that good...
Schöne Story, sehr ausführlich und bildlich geschrieben. Sehr nah an der Serie - hier und da ein paar andere Kapitel, aber dafür mehr Hintergrundwissen
I made it! Meine Güte, das hat gedauert. Die Idee ist super, die Charaktere gut, alles gut. Aber das zieht sich ja wie Kaugummi. Es muss nicht immer alles innerhalb von zwei Seiten gelöst sein, aber das war mir schon deutlich zu viel. Wie ein Marathon, bei dem man nie ans Ziel kommt. In dem Fall muss ich auch sagen, die Serie war mir sympathischer.