tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348815.post3504280680193485712..comments2024-03-28T01:04:21.897-06:00Comments on Gossamer Obsessions: "Outlander," by Diana GabaldonAnimeJunehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18229748454410488167noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348815.post-62409554694633898252016-07-22T15:01:09.978-06:002016-07-22T15:01:09.978-06:00using of right parts is to be more important than ...using of right parts is to be more important than anything, make sure that it is to be fully used, thanks for posting this blog in the field of auto parts<br /><a href="http://belairmitsi.co.nz/" rel="nofollow">mitsubishi mirage spare parts</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348815.post-42386260697560408202015-03-16T17:12:13.901-06:002015-03-16T17:12:13.901-06:00I'm searching for someone to address why DG is...I'm searching for someone to address why DG is so cruel to Jamie. What does this book say about her relationships? About sex for her? Why are the biting?Ginger Smith Batenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348815.post-88887036292017754972015-01-04T00:00:04.284-07:002015-01-04T00:00:04.284-07:00I agree. I am at page 825 and I read a book a week...I agree. I am at page 825 and I read a book a week and it has take me 6 weeks to get thus far. I also think any woman from 1945 would not have challenged male authority the way she does( there are reports that men returning from the war were physically abusive)<br />Any woman who was as verbally and physically assertive in 18th century Scotland would have been beaten into submission. I think she would have been killed before Jamie<br />highparkgirlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348815.post-36191263993284892752014-11-13T21:38:06.362-07:002014-11-13T21:38:06.362-07:00This review made me laugh. It's spot on. Maybe...This review made me laugh. It's spot on. Maybe that's why I'm in the "I hate this book" camp. I couldn't believe in Jaimie and I really took a dislike to Claire for forgetting her husband so quickly. According to the timeline of the book she was only in the past a few weeks when she was marrying another man and a few more weeks after that when she seemed to forget she even had a husband. I couldn't get past that. I also couldn't get past the beating (not spanking, it was a beating and unneeded for the story) and the rapes, attempted rapes, floggings, talk about floggings, building him up to be a saint and thent urning him into an abuser...I could go on. The prose is mediocre. The detail is way too much, therefore making the book boring. And it goes on for way too long. Like 800 pages too long. It could use with a great culling and some rewriting in other parts. Finally, her interpretation on the history of Scotland, how the women were treated in Scotland and so on was grossly misunderstood and researched. It wasn't as "researched" as people thing and was full of a lot of misconceptions, illogical plot line based on assumptions of how women and men lived in those times in Scotland. To me this book is a D-.dirobin76noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348815.post-86750279124059388192014-08-31T21:12:12.820-06:002014-08-31T21:12:12.820-06:00You hit the nail on the head.....how many pages of...You hit the nail on the head.....how many pages of I love you Sassenach can you read? Plus in this and following books there is too much emphasis on homosexual rape. Long winded. A Scottish saving himself for marriage? That IS science fiction! I read plot summaries in Wiki and really dislike where she went after the first installment. I'll probably stop watching the show. I just think it is a promising storyline she dropped the ball with.irishbuddhanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348815.post-77583073677788681212011-07-27T20:47:13.942-06:002011-07-27T20:47:13.942-06:00Your review was hilarious!!!
I love reading with ...Your review was hilarious!!!<br /><br />I love reading with a passion but it’s a rare event when I read a book over 600 pages! I picked up this book by accident and when I read the synopsis I thought it might be interesting and then promptly sat it down and didn’t read it for like 3 months. As fate would have it I suddenly kept seeing this book mentioned all over the web on random “best book lists”. Intrigued I finally picked it up and by page 15 I wanted to put it back down the pace was sooooo slow, but I kept at it and I am extremely glad I did!<br /><br />End point: I fell in love with Jamie and all of his awesomeness. I thought the supporting characters were very well thought out, well written and enjoyable. Diana blended history into the plot of the book and it was so well done that it made me interested in the Jacobite movement. Anyway, the ending and the aftermath of what happens to Jamie and how it nearly kills him was something I’d never read in conventional romance novels so it was very shocking and moving to me to watch the alpha male hero go through something so disturbing. I can’t put into words eloquently enough how much I enjoyed and adored this book and the entire series. If you have patience, give it a try. Go in with an open mind!<br /><br />Warning the books only get longer :-)Carrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09070831899533293807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348815.post-8870620574453973662011-07-27T20:38:32.078-06:002011-07-27T20:38:32.078-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Carrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09070831899533293807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348815.post-22084356215626250312011-04-21T05:44:22.404-06:002011-04-21T05:44:22.404-06:00Your gifts in irony are truly outstanding, this is...Your gifts in irony are truly outstanding, this is an immensely funny post! I'm planning to start reading Outlander tonight, and in fact I am prepared to love it, fall in love with Jamie, whatever. But no matter what my opinion will be, I will definitely recommend your post to my readers.entropichttp://e-konyv.blog.hunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348815.post-19329574460173863002011-01-18T15:57:12.343-07:002011-01-18T15:57:12.343-07:00I place this series firmly in my guilty pleasure c...I place this series firmly in my guilty pleasure category. I kinda love it, but am always aware of the melodrama. This said, I'm far more in love with Roger, whom you don't meet until the second book.Jackie Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11142876691306805769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348815.post-24073452552476574122010-11-15T12:24:54.256-07:002010-11-15T12:24:54.256-07:00I am afraid to say that even though I loved Outlan...I am afraid to say that even though I loved Outlander, your article is every bit as true as Jamie is perfect...which is unerving because strangely enough I feel like I am betraying him...And he is not even real! <br />God! books have such a power over us!^^Tam-Tamhttp://inneedofprincecharming.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348815.post-406188933493418842010-11-04T13:45:41.565-06:002010-11-04T13:45:41.565-06:00...I did skim a lot of this book, and it only got ......I did skim a lot of this book, and it only got worse as the books go on. One thing I noticed with some series, after a while I feel like I get preached at. The authors repeat the same themes over and over, and I am like I have read all of your books, I know the theme by now! Some Examples: Outlander Series, Anita Blake (don't get me started) and BDB by JR Ward. It is not obvious but after awhile I get tired of hearing the author's voice.Kerithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08930731321848803730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348815.post-36486137325968337222010-11-04T13:38:00.180-06:002010-11-04T13:38:00.180-06:00LOL, I love your review of this book. I liked the...LOL, I love your review of this book. I liked the book, and am in love with Jamie, who isn't? My straight husband who has never read the book is in love with him. :-) I thought reading about sex for 800 pages with the same two people would get tiring, but I loved every scene with him getting naked. Jamie is prefect (even in his imperfections) and will never be seen in reality, and I am ok with that!<br /><br />The real great thing about her books is that she adds a ton of history in it and that is fun to read. I loved hearing about the 1700's through Clair's eyes, though at times she can be annoying. I like the parts were she is comparing medicine from the 1700's to "modern" times. Clair was real and human and a great POV. <br /><br />Unfortunately, the books become so long and so consuming, I stopped after the third book. I felt sick, because there is too much in these books. As the books go on the less there is a focus on Jamie and Clair, which to me was the reason I cared. So another reason that I am stopping at number three of the series.Kerithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08930731321848803730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348815.post-10763861565751434832010-11-04T13:00:09.918-06:002010-11-04T13:00:09.918-06:00One. Hundred. Percent. Agreement.
I was totally o...One. Hundred. Percent. Agreement.<br /><br />I was totally on board with Outlander for the first... several hundred pages. I thought she had set up the premise (bundle of clichés thought it was - this made it even more delightful when she did it well) cleverly and carefully enough that there were some serious, thought-provoking conflicts. <br /><br />But then... the spanking. It was like a whole portion of my sympathetic readerly mind shut down. Because it seemed totally out of character for saintly, angels-fly-around-his-head, devotedly-in-love Jamie (although there was an attempt to ground it in a sort of a homosocial "I have to discipline my wife to maintain my status among warriors and the safety of my people" ethos), and because I felt like the book was trying really hard to persuade me that she deserved it. The brush-off closure of the argument ("Don't ever do it again") only put me off more.<br /><br />And then last half of the novel - good for you for finishing it. I just slogged through the rapetastic villain and the queasy sense that the book was increasingly homophobic, not to mention to odd, unsettling religiosity of the end. Eurgh. <br /><br />In the end, I think I disliked it more strongly than I otherwise would have (although I don't know that I would have ventured into the realm of "hate," really) because I was SO READY to like it at the beginning. And because I gave it the benefit of the doubt for hundreds and hundreds of pages while it kept irritating and offending and then boring me. (Wait, I kept thinking, she is about to turn this offensive stereotype or ethical breach on its head, and reveal something really interesting about our preconceptions.... Nope.)Sycorax Pinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07734754573631273474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348815.post-9884624737371610502010-11-03T19:18:34.140-06:002010-11-03T19:18:34.140-06:00Thank you !! I too have had it thrust on me by ...Thank you !! I too have had it thrust on me by well meaning friends who rave about it. I have had a copy, swapped a copy, had a copy, swapped a copy. Read the first 50 pages or so and put to down unable to get invested enough to plow thru 800 pages.<br /><br />It was recently a freebie from Amazon for a Kindle, so now have for when I get stuck somwhere for a year or two - oh wait, my Kindle battery would die, so I still wouldn't have to read it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348815.post-43587851250856818122010-11-02T13:00:30.064-06:002010-11-02T13:00:30.064-06:00Ok, coming out of the woodwork to faun over your r...Ok, coming out of the woodwork to faun over your review. I am more in the "hate it" camp when it comes to Outlander, but laughed out loud at your assessment, review, etc. Thanks for being a true high moment on my day.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09314153391153507955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348815.post-5737742993792992042010-11-02T10:30:26.599-06:002010-11-02T10:30:26.599-06:00Yes, yes, yes.
I am in the middle of reading &am...Yes, yes, yes. <br /><br />I am in the middle of reading & reviewing OUTLANDER on my silly blog, which should marry your blog and have 5 snarky kids.<br /><br />You are entirely correct. This novel is about 400 pages too damned long.<br /><br />My evil review here: <br />http://epicblackcar.wordpress.com/2010/10/26/part-three-of-one-man-one-romance-novel-one-bottle-of-bourbon/<br /><br />Love your blog. I will be back. PREPARE YOURSELF.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16960655536080082682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348815.post-82261110398921464552010-10-27T14:16:23.931-06:002010-10-27T14:16:23.931-06:00Always enjoy your reviews but this one made me lau...Always enjoy your reviews but this one made me laugh out loud. Your comment about Outlander being "well-researched" made me cough, though, as I remembered the discussions at AAR (years ago) about Gabaldon's shall we say <i>creative</i> take on Scotland (waves to Maili).Danielle C.http://romanticarmchairtraveller.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348815.post-49529630608574417902010-10-26T01:54:24.032-06:002010-10-26T01:54:24.032-06:00Could not agree with you more! I'm also down t...Could not agree with you more! I'm also down the middle on the love/hate, I also skimmed it, and I am never going to read any other book in the series.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348815.post-2444026445397078862010-10-25T16:53:28.631-06:002010-10-25T16:53:28.631-06:00"On the good side, Outlander is well-written ..."On the good side, Outlander is well-written and well-researched."<br /><br />Wait. Well-researched? <br /><br />Bwahaha! The funniest I read today.Mailinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348815.post-54860626204764864322010-10-25T13:38:27.360-06:002010-10-25T13:38:27.360-06:00I fall squarely in the "meh" camp. As yo...I fall squarely in the "meh" camp. As you said, this book is SLLLLLLOOOOOOWWWW. Painfully so. I remember when my sister handed it to me, she was all, "You need to stick with it for at least 50 pages." Um, do what now?? <br /><br />It's a book I read so that I can say that I read it, and I never need to read it again. Although I hear the audio version of it is stupendous, if really long.<br /><br />As usual, a superb review, AJ!Katihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08178354927628992485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348815.post-2624113914840297452010-10-25T09:27:12.576-06:002010-10-25T09:27:12.576-06:00HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! What a great review.
Not...HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! What a great review.<br /><br />Not that I've read the book. I've been in the avoid-it camp, but mostly because I read an online discussion concerning that spanking. There are some people who feel VERY STRONGLY that it was quite abusive. Are they oversensitive? You called it "necessary," and I was hoping you'd elaborate in your review. <br /><br />By the way, can it ever be "necessary" to hit your spouse? That's what the abusers always seem to say . . . . . "she had it coming . . . "Vorkosigrrlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348815.post-47698493807902551682010-10-25T07:52:22.736-06:002010-10-25T07:52:22.736-06:00Thank you for this summary!
I read Outlander ye...Thank you for this summary! <br /><br />I read Outlander years ago: okay but not a keeper. In fact, I would have long since forgotten about it but for the ridiculous amount of attention the series gets from romance readers and bloggers who think everyone should bow at Gabaldon's feet as the goddess who created Jamie Fraser. Seriously, I've NEVER gotten the Jamie-love.jmchttp://jmc_bookrelated.livejournal.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348815.post-26238242923840661282010-10-24T11:12:56.851-06:002010-10-24T11:12:56.851-06:00Hands down, this is the most hilarious summation o...Hands down, this is the most hilarious summation of The Outlander I've ever read. I stayed away from the book for years, afraid of the size of it. But I finally tackled that fear and read it. I thought it was good, pretty good in fact; just not as great as so many other readers find it. And I certainly didn't find Jamie the singing "Halleluiah, Jamie's the best hero EVAH" camp. And except for reading the reunion scene in another book (can't remember which one now) I haven't read any of the others in this series.<br />I did see Diana Gabaldon speak though as she came to London a couple of years ago and I went with a couple of REAL FANS of this series and was glad I did. She's a very funny speaker.Kristie (J)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15743921647882733738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348815.post-15769519594714416492010-10-24T06:01:56.761-06:002010-10-24T06:01:56.761-06:00O.M.G. ROFLMAO! I LOVE the character synopsis. ...O.M.G. ROFLMAO! I LOVE the character synopsis. "I KNOW, right?"<br /><br />Still haven't tried OUTLANDER, but maybe one day. Like when I have six months off from work and I can dig in.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03931747691173729051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348815.post-15672930410870570402010-10-23T19:06:34.423-06:002010-10-23T19:06:34.423-06:00I'm in the I love it and I love Jamie Fraser c...I'm in the I love it and I love Jamie Fraser camp. I didn't feel his awesomeness was shoved down my throat the way you did - I was caught up in the story almost from the beginning - although I can see how, if one did not feel particularly connected to the story it might seem that way.<br /><br />I listened to this (and, indeed most of the series) on audio, as narrated by Davina Porter and it's even more amazing in that format. Davina Porter adds something magical to the experience IMO.<br /><br />I do agree with your "dream casting" of Jamie! So true! LOL!Kaetrinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16936055488367251592noreply@blogger.com