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| Dragonfly in Amber | 
 enlarge | Author: Diana Gabaldon
Publisher: Delta
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (257 reviews)
Sales Rank: 2466
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 752
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.3
ISBN: 0385335970
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780385335973
ASIN: 0385335970
Publication Date: August 7, 2001
Release Date: August 7, 2001
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 My favorite in the series September 8, 2008
I could write a million pages about how good the books in this series are. SERIOUSLY! Diana Gabaldon, the most masterful story teller of our generation, brings the sequel to "Outlander" to even higher standards than the first, and probably my favorite of the series (or maybe it is tied evenly with "Voyager"; I'll have to figure that out the next time I read the series through). The adventures and sorrows that take place in this book are so spectacular that you can't even breath during it, afraid that you'll miss something. The scene where Claire offers herself to the King of France in order to get Jamie released from prison is so saddening (yet a decision that I thought she made correctly) that I had to stop for a moment to take it all in (and she did this soon after miscarring her baby by Jamie, nearly dying from it). Then later after Jamie is released and he rejoins her, she is just so overwrought with sadness that she can't even look at him, her emotion of the baby just too great. I wept at that part, especially when she was able to pull through and embrace him. Then at the end, there is the "scene"...THE "SCENE" when Jamie forces her to cross back through the time portal, knowing that he and the battle of Culloden are both doomed. Jamies love for Claire is so great that he would rather lose her forever to a different time (and the new child she carries in her womb) then leave her unprotected and with an uncertain future after his death. Jamie and Claire are the "Romeo and Juliet" of our time, there is no doubt about that. I can't wait for the final two books in the Outlander series, said to be in the works (they better get here soon!) To conclude this review, every woman with a wanting for romatic literature, that is more well written than any other romance or historical fiction, you must read these books, over and over and over again.
Excellent August 23, 2008
Excellent second book in the series of the Outlander. I am almost finished and ready to start reading Voyager. You should have at least two books of the series with you, so that you don't have to wait for a week or so for the next book. Oh aye, these are excellent books, to be sure!!
An excellent continuation August 20, 2008
This subsequent installment following Outlander is riveting. This series has caused me to do additional research into the Jacobite wars and I have found the books to be pretty accurate in their broad strokes. Excellent characterizations and an attention to detail keep them interesting even when plot slows a bit. Worth the time it takes to work through these ponderous books.
Dragonfly in Amber August 7, 2008
This book is amazing. As the second in a series it holds my attention and ignites my imagination.
 Sad excuse for "historic novel" July 15, 2008
0 out of 9 found this review helpful
If you like Hustler you will love this book - if I wanted Pornography I would order it on Pay per View. Totally unnecessary porn as in Mister Raymond putting fingers into Claire's vagina in order to save her life! Randall buggering Jamie and Jamie letting him after Randall had already let Claire leave. Yeah I know he gave his word of honor but I don't believe any true Highlander would let himself be buggered for the sake of honor. If you are anything like me you will find yourself skipping pages at a time in order to avoid this trash.
Boring to the point of fatigue through a lot of it. If you are having trouble sleeping this is the book for you.
Maudlin enough at times to bring on nausea.
Crisis after crisis after crisis and all they have to do after each crisis is bang each other's brains out and that makes everything all right.
I'm sorry I had to give it one star.
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