Dragonfly in Amber: A Novel (Outlander)
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| Rating | : | 4.94 (670 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1419381024 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 33 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-10-30 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Fascinating story. Vivid characters. Prose that sings. Wow." according to Terrence Walsh. Let's face it--over 22 THOUSAND people already reviewed this amazing book. It's been a bestseller for years--deservedly so.Why write ANOTHER review?First, to give author Diana Gabaldon her due. Not only did she write this long novel (plus seven more, plus some related novellas and such), and keep it endlessly entertaining with vivid characters and fresh plot twists galore. No, that was not enough. She had to write some of the most vivid sweet prose around. Over and over I found gems--dozens of them. They are the kind of verbal jewels that. Stories to be reread Celia I first read the series several years ago. With the the portability and ease of reading electronically I am reliving the stories of Clare and Jamie and Brianna and Roger et al again.How sad that people clamor over the 50 Shades of . books. This is so much more fulfilling. As "romance" novels have become more bold and inclusive of explicit dialog I find myself skipping through that. Been there done that. Insert Tab A into Slot B etc. etc. borING. I want the emotion and feeling of the relationship.Diana delivers the emotion, sights, sounds,. If you enjoy a well written historical novel, with time travel and charming main characters this, dear reader, is for you. mousemom I applaud the author for her story telling, research, interesting characters and vivid descriptions. However, the violence was too much for me - way too much. I've been reading through the series since the 1990s and someone gave me a copy of Outlander. I am now "hooked" on the TV series - but still enjoy the books (except for the violence). I purchased this copy of the book to finish my set. I recommend the series to anyone who has not already discovered it -- are there readers who have no discovered the series. I look forward to the next
From Library Journal This time-traveling romantic adventure will please fans who have been waiting for the further adventures of Dr. . Claire Beauchamp Randall, a 20th-century American who goes to Scotland in search of her 18th-century husband, virile Scot Jamie Fraser, whom she met and married in Outlander ( LJ 7/91). This imaginative novel suffers somewhat from the author's overuse of personification ("spectacles gleaming with concern and curiosity") and her confusing switches between the two first-person narrations, which sometimes cloud an otherwise intriguing adventure. Book 2 of a planned trilogy takes readers along on Randall's quest, as she hopes to find a state or time (like that of the title's dragonfly suspended in a piece of amber) where Fraser still exists. But Outlander 's readers will still devour this
Here Claire plans to reveal a truth as stunning as the events that gave it birth: about the mystery of an ancient circle of standing stones about a love that transcends the boundaries of time and about James Fraser, a Scottish warrior whose gallantry once drew a young Claire from the security of her century to the dangers of his .Now a legacy of blood and desire will test her beautiful copper-haired daughter, Brianna, as Claire's spellbinding journey of self-discovery continues in the intrigue-ridden Paris court of Charles Stuart in a race to thwart a doomed Highlands uprising and in a desperate fight to save both the child and the man she loves.. A magnificent epic that once