Lady Danielle

DNF

Damn I wanted to like this. I wanted to love this book so much. This book sounds like everything I want in a novel: romance, historical premise, and throw in some time travelling to 1743 amidst Scotland torn by war.

I'm not going to try and sugarcoat or "be nice" -- Outlander was dreadfully boring. The first few chapters were great; once Claire accidentally travelled back in time to 1743 I quickly grabbed some snacks, thinking, "shit's about to get real". Oh, man! how wrong I was. So incredibly wrong. I'm not saying Outlander wasn't awesome because of the sex and I'm a prude or whatever. On the contrary, I've read multiple reviews (five, if you want me to be anal about it) clearly stating there's sex in here. Lots of it. That doesn't bother me. What bothers me is the writing as well as the plot -- how slow it was.

Not to mention how Claire married Jamie when she already has a husband. "Well, technically, her first husband, Frank, isn't born yet...."



Rubbish. It's still adultery.
Okay fine. I admit I'd probably do the same thing and give that poor half-assed excuse. So let me shut up about it.

I did, however, loved how Claire kept her composure when finally realising she was no longer in the year 1945. She accepted the fact she travelled back in time. I also loved how this book made me laugh a couple of times that I had to reread the passages. These are the reasons why I'm giving this DNF (did not finish) a 2 stars instead of my usual 1 star rating. Also because of this

"Does it bother you that I'm not a virgin?" He hesitated a moment before answering.
"Well, no," he said slowly, "so long as it doesna bother you that I am." He grinned at my dropped-jaw expression, and back toward the door.
"Reckon one of us should know what they're doing," he said.

He's a virgin!

When stumbling upon the first sex scene, I was cool with it. Then after they had sex they started talking about how much they can't stop and started to have sex again. I was like, "Um, okay. He was a virgin. It must've felt awesome and wanted to do it again." Then they started talking again and, lo' and behold, they started having sex. "Oh, lassie, I don't think I could e'er stop." Then he flips her over for buttsex. I was just like,



No wait it gets better.
When they start feeling sore -- and acknowledges it -- THEY DO IT AGAIN.



So I started browsing through the story, not giving an ounce of fuck about spoiling the whole thing (let's be honest, I'm not missing anything special). I flipped to the last chapter and read it and GUESS. THE. FUCK. WHAT???

wait for it


wait for it




wait for it.....




IT ENDS WITH THEM HAVING SEX.



Of all the awesome endings Gabaldon could've written. Like her going back to the present with Jamie and he and Frank have a duel. I don't know. Something other than "oh, Jamie please. We've time." "Not yet, mon duinne. I love your groaning."

I can't really say the characters were annoying because they were so.... flat and underdeveloped that they all had the same boring ass personalities. If it's any consolation, I was forcing myself to finish Outlander. I stayed up twice until 4am reading this, hoping it'd get better. I've read wonderful reviews on this book, they made it seem magical. I'm wondering what the hell is the book the rest of the people who enjoyed it read and where can I get it so I can write an awesome review, too.

And what the fuck is with Jamie beating Claire "for her own good"? W H Y didn't she leave him? Is she stupid, or just stupid?

For those of you pretty potatoes getting ready to type a wonderful, long, boring essay about how wrong I am for this review:

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So I wrote this review a couple of months ago (copied from my GR); for some [strange] reason, I can't stop thinking about this book. Like, I really want to read this again.

Maybe this review seemed harsh...

I'll give this book another go since I own it. Mayhap I 'ad a bad month whilst reading this one, ye ken?