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A review by a_chickletz
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
1.0
There is so much wrong with this book. I honestly don't understand the praise.
I like to think of this book as Twilight in Scotland. We have a dude, who is really good looking, who loves a girl who is a complete Mary-Sue of the author. Put it together and you get a story about a woman, who time-travels back to 18th Century Scotland.
There, she instantly falls in love with a guy who 'saves' her, marries him, and chooses to stay with him even though she has a husband back in her own time.
Lets also talk about when she is given the choice to return to the present time and meet up with her present day husband, she forgos it and runs back into her Highlander's arms.
Then, the main character and her Highlander do nothing but have sex. There is no plot. She assists with a birth or two (one being a horse), talks about this non-existent love triangle she has (which clearly doesn't exist because she loves her Highlander more)... oh yes, and there is a villain who hardly shows up (who is related to her present husband, surprise).
Also, as other readers have brought up: her new husband abuses her, and chapters later, does a complete 180* and becomes a totally new character.
I honestly dislike this book and I feel the time I spent reading it was painful.
Spoiler
I like to think of this book as Twilight in Scotland. We have a dude, who is really good looking, who loves a girl who is a complete Mary-Sue of the author. Put it together and you get a story about a woman, who time-travels back to 18th Century Scotland.
There, she instantly falls in love with a guy who 'saves' her, marries him, and chooses to stay with him even though she has a husband back in her own time.
Lets also talk about when she is given the choice to return to the present time and meet up with her present day husband, she forgos it and runs back into her Highlander's arms.
Then, the main character and her Highlander do nothing but have sex. There is no plot. She assists with a birth or two (one being a horse), talks about this non-existent love triangle she has (which clearly doesn't exist because she loves her Highlander more)... oh yes, and there is a villain who hardly shows up (who is related to her present husband, surprise).
Also, as other readers have brought up: her new husband abuses her, and chapters later, does a complete 180* and becomes a totally new character.
I honestly dislike this book and I feel the time I spent reading it was painful.