896 pages

English language

Published July 26, 2005 by Dell.

ISBN:
978-0-440-24294-9
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The year is 1945. Claire Randall, a former combat nurse, is just 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 circles that dot the British Isles. Suddenly she is a Sassenach—an “outlander”—in a Scotland torn by war and raiding border clans in the year of Our Lord...1743.

Hurled back in time by forces she cannot understand, Claire is catapulted into the intrigues of lairds and spies that may threaten her life, and shatter her heart. For here James Fraser, a gallant young Scots warrior, shows her a love so absolute that Claire becomes a woman torn between fidelity and desire—and between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives.

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Un coup de cœur bien évidemment.

Alors que Claire Randall effectue sa deuxième lune de miel avec mon mari Franck en Écosse après la Seconde Guerre mondiale, elle se retrouve projetée deux ans dans le passé, au milieu des Highlands sauvages. Son but premier, retrouvé son temps et son mari, mais les épreuves seront rudes. Va-t-elle y arriver ou va-t-elle seulement le vouloir ?

Avant de devenir une fan des romans, car oui, je pense que je lui déjà devenue, je suis une immense fan de la série et quel plaisir ce fut de retrouver des personnages et des lieux si chers à mon cœur par ce nouveau prisme des mots !

J'ai tout simplement adoré, c'est un magnifique pavé de 900 pages et pourtant, j'ai été absorbée du début à la fin et j'ai été très triste en le refermant. Loin d'une répétition avec la série, on a évidemment le droit à beaucoup plus de …

reviewed Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (Outlander (1))

None

Nope, nope, nope, nope, nope.

I don't understand the draw of this book. It's full of rape (mostly "just" attempted rape) and abusive behavior, far too much of either to be classified as a romance in my book.

The protagonist's husband, whom she leaves behind in 1945, has nothing at all in common with her. She spends quite a lot of ink (it's told in first person) talking about how boring she finds his work and his hobbies; yet, we are supposed to believe in her indecision and her sense of longing for him.

The love interest from the 1700s is likable enough, right up until they get married, and then he is a controlling asshole and damn near a rapist, himself.

The only GLBT characters are evil gay male predators.

This is not a good romance, a good book, or a good use of anyone's time to read.

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