MonkeyCatcher
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I've just finished Dragonfly in Amber By Diana Gabaldon (Book 2 of the Outlander series).
Loved, loved, loved it! I thought it to be an entirely appropriate follow-up to the fabulous Cross Stitch (Outlander). With other sequels, you sometimes get the feeling that the book was written a bit too quickly and with not as much care as the first (probably because of the knowledge of the impending fortune of sales), but I didn't get this feeling at all with DIA. It was just a beautifully written, enthralling novel, one which I couldn't put down for the life of me.
It was a rather lengthy book, being 963 pages long, but I finished it in about 5 days. It was extremely captivating and I could hardly bear to tear myself away from it. With some novels of this length the plot seems a bit stretched, and fillers are obvious every now and then, but I did not find this at all with this book. Granted, the novel began pretty slowly, but after about 50 or so pages the book really took off, and I never got bored once from then until the end of this magnificant piece of work.
It's been awhile since I read Cross Stitch, but I still remember the passion I had for the book afterwards. It had faded before I picked up Dragonfly in Amber, but now it has been rekindled with a vengance. It's now that I remember all the things that made me love the first - the enlivening descriptions, the great characterisation, the compelling, adventurous plot, and, of course, the beautiful writing.
There is, of course, one more major attraction to the novels - Jamie. My crush for him has been rekindled anew, let me tell you. Claire's a lucky gal, that's for sure
Has anyone here read Voyager ? I've recently purchased it and have never looked forward to something this much in my life. Is it as good as the previous two?
Loved, loved, loved it! I thought it to be an entirely appropriate follow-up to the fabulous Cross Stitch (Outlander). With other sequels, you sometimes get the feeling that the book was written a bit too quickly and with not as much care as the first (probably because of the knowledge of the impending fortune of sales), but I didn't get this feeling at all with DIA. It was just a beautifully written, enthralling novel, one which I couldn't put down for the life of me.
It was a rather lengthy book, being 963 pages long, but I finished it in about 5 days. It was extremely captivating and I could hardly bear to tear myself away from it. With some novels of this length the plot seems a bit stretched, and fillers are obvious every now and then, but I did not find this at all with this book. Granted, the novel began pretty slowly, but after about 50 or so pages the book really took off, and I never got bored once from then until the end of this magnificant piece of work.
It's been awhile since I read Cross Stitch, but I still remember the passion I had for the book afterwards. It had faded before I picked up Dragonfly in Amber, but now it has been rekindled with a vengance. It's now that I remember all the things that made me love the first - the enlivening descriptions, the great characterisation, the compelling, adventurous plot, and, of course, the beautiful writing.
There is, of course, one more major attraction to the novels - Jamie. My crush for him has been rekindled anew, let me tell you. Claire's a lucky gal, that's for sure
Has anyone here read Voyager ? I've recently purchased it and have never looked forward to something this much in my life. Is it as good as the previous two?
