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    Outlander
    Outlander
    Outlander
    Audiobook32 hours

    Outlander

    Written by Diana Gabaldon

    Narrated by Davina Porter

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    This stunning blend of historical romance and time-traveling adventure has captured the hearts of millions of readers around the world and catapulted author Diana Gabaldon to the top of the New York Times bestseller list. Outlander
    introduces an exhilarating world of heroism and breathtaking thrills—as one woman is torn between past and present, passion and love.

    In 1945, former combat nurse Claire Randall returns from World War II and joins her husband for a second honeymoon. Their blissful reunion is shattered when she touches a boulder in an ancient stone ruin and is instantly transported to 1743
    Scotland, a place torn by war and raiding border clans. Will Claire find her way back to her own time, or is her destiny forever linked with Clan MacKenzie and the gallant Jamie Fraser?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateMar 30, 2012
    ISBN9781436101288
    Outlander
    Author

    Diana Gabaldon

    DIANA GABALDON is the author of the award-winning, #1 New York Times best-selling Outlander novels, described by Salon magazine as “the smartest historical sci-fi adventure-romance story ever written by a science Ph.D.” She serves as co-producer and advisor for the Starz network Outlander series based on her novels.

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    • 1/5
      I think it was suggested to me because I love fantasy, but it’s clearly romance, which is my least favorite genre. The narration was amazing, but the gushy sex scenes were annoying and I found it hard to have sympathy for Jamie after he beats Clair, nor did I feel like going on. But go on I did till it just got too rapey. Time to spend time on a better book.

      2 people found this helpful

    • 5/5
      This is not a genre that I would typically read; however, I’m so glad that I did. It was a little slow at the beginning and I wasn’t sure that I wanted to continue on. I was already quite a ways in and I wasn’t hooked. However, I forged on and all of sudden out of nowhere it grabbed me. It was right after the wedding. I actually missed the characters when I was stuck at work. Some people claim there is a ton of sex but I didn’t find that to be the case at all. They definitely make love quite a bit bit they’re newlyweds and it never seemed distasteful. I can’t wait to listen to the next book!

      2 people found this helpful

    • 3/5
      I read very opposite comments and reviews of this book. Some people loved it, other hated it. I find myself on neutral ground. I was not offended with wife/children beating philosophies of Jamie (after all, we are talking about Scotland more than 200 years ago...) and even rape scene was not described in detail, more hinted at what happened...
      My low rating is due to simply not getting carried away by the characters & plot. I read the whole book, but I did not get that addictive feeling I-can-not put-it-down & read-at-every-available-moment-to-find-out-what-happens-next.

      2 people found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Wow wow wow!! I had been recommended this book several times by various people and finally got down to it. Now that I’ve reached the end, I want to start it over again! AMAZING visualizations only made possible by an author with truly fantastic descriptive language!
      I’m going to miss these characters! The mark and sign of a wonderful book.

      2 people found this helpful

    • 4/5
      Wonderful! It was a bit slow to get into at first, but further reading proved it much worth the building of characters and cercumstances. The narration was also a piece of performance art that only added to the enjoyment of the story.

      2 people found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Loved it, I have read the books, now enjoying listening to them.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Davina is an amazing reader! She does all the voices, both Scottish and English, with remarkable accuracy. Her tone of voice conveys sadness, love, joy and all the emotions of the numerous characters. Outstanding!

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    • 5/5
      This is one of my favorite books ever!!! I love Davina Porter as well.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      This is a really good book. I also love how the narrator imitate the accent of a Scot. I am reading the book, but subscribe to Scribd to listen to it instead while working. I'm excited to read the next book.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Wonderful, a true fan. Seeing how true the show to the books is a delight

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    • 5/5
      This is the best book I have ever read!!!
      Loved it!!!

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    • 5/5
      I discovered the books about 15 years ago. It was the pretty blue color that made me pick it up. After the reading of the synopsis.......I was already addicted. These books got me through a very difficult time in my life. I love Davina’s narration. She does such a wonderful job.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      I love the passion between Jaime and Claire. There is no hero or heroine of the story they save each other.

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    • 5/5
      A fantastic read, I loved the book. The reader brought the characters to life- a perfect voice to a great novel.

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    • 3/5
      The time traveling adventure story is best when it tells of Claire’s blending with 18th century Scottish society. She is a 20th century physician and her medical knowledge impresses her new hosts. She is a Sassenach (Englishman) and she may be spying on them. Her husband’s six times removed grandfather looks uncannily like her husband, but is vicious and scheming. Keeping out of his clutches is a main story line.

      For me, the romance between Claire and Jamie is seriously overdone. They can’t leave each other alone and the details are more than I need. Then there is the obsessive romantic infatuation between Black Jack Randall and his unwilling victim, Jamie.

      This first volume in a series was too sex-obsessed to interest me in subsequent books.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
      What a beautiful love story. So tastefully done. Thank you.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      The best book. I tried to read the book and just couldn’t get into it at first. But I didn’t give up and thank goodness I didn’t. I just ordered the cookbook. I am totally sold. Please, please don’t make that thing of beauty stop.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Dreamy. Captivating. I can’t seem to get enough - I’m in love!

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      I loved this book can't wait to start the next one

      1 person found this helpful

    • 3/5
      I find the voice of an elderly lady to be quite contrary to whom I'd like to hear narrate a steamy series like this.
    • 5/5
      One of the best  books I have ever read and not your typical romance novel. This book is rich with historical detail and fantastically written. You will be thinking about this one long after you've finished. Highly recommend!
    • 5/5
      A moving love story that transcends war and time. I love this book. It is on my list of all time favorites. I bet I have read it 5 times at least.
    • 4/5
      This is a book/series with which I used to be quite obsessed, and now I kind of shrug about it. They're good stories, but maybe after five readings or so the novelty has worn off to the point that I notice the errors and moments of awkward writing as much as I do the storytelling. I read this when I did because the next volume was due out soon, and the list of characters and the series is so long and complicated that without a recent re-read, when I read a new addition, I find myself not knowing who a great deal of the people are who keep popping up in the pages. I keep waiting for the "magic" to start again, where I get swept into the story and really enjoy it... haven't given up hope completely yet.
    • 5/5
      The year is 1945. Claire Randall, a former combat nurse, is back from the war and reunited with her husband on a second honeymoon--when she walks through a standing stone in one of the ancient stone circles that dot the British Isles. Suddenly she is a Sassenach--an "outlander"--in a Scotland torn by war and raiding Highland clans in the year of Our Lord...1743....When I first selected this story to read, I had no reference point of other reader to start from. I happened upon it by accident on the website audible.com. I actually listened to the 1st 5 books, then read the last two books. I selected it because I love books about time travel. I fell in love with because it was romance, history, and drama at its best. The narrator did a fabulous job numerous characters acted out in voice. I am anxiously waiting the next installment.
    • 2/5
      Boring, slow, and uncomfortable. I’m not a fan of almost rape and actual rape. Thought the book would be better than the show and it wasn’t. It was just awfully paced, and the only thing that saved it was the narrator. I won’t be continuing.

      Also there was a part where Jamie’s sister was describing what it was like to be pregnant. Maybe I heard wrong but it was fine at first then just got plain weird and sexual?? Like why? No thank you!
    • 5/5
      LOVE this book! It is my favorite as well as the series.
    • 5/5
      I am obsessed. Even when I don't want to I can't stop reading or watching the show. This is my new world.
    • 2/5
      2.5 stars. Not my type of genre. It had a few moments of decency and hilariously ridiculous lines, but it is a really lengthy read that at times had me uninterested. Even at 2.0x speed I wanted it to be over sooner. And to think there are 9 books in the series.
    • 5/5
      I watch the series first on STARZ which made me look up the book both great stories
    • 5/5
      Enjoyed every bit of it! Dreamy. Would recommend listening to