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Trite and gruesome. Kent and Jon loved it. David gave me permission to stop reading it. It's hard for me to give up on a book!

I wanted to love this book. I wanted to fall in love with the characters and call all of my friends and say that THIS was the book to read. None of that happened. Instead I liked it. I liked it a lot but I just liked it. In all fairness, Outlander is a well written book with an engrossing story. At first I was skeptical about how much I would enjoy it if at all, fearing that it would be long winded and drawn out. On the contrary, the descriptions of Scotland in the 1700's was filled with beauty. I could see the rolling greens and feel the air. It is obvious that the author does her research. All of the places, people, and dialects seemed ripely authentic, I could practically hear the Jamie's rough burr rumbling in my ear. Our heroine, Claire, is fairly likable but it seemed as though she was quick to adjust to her life in Scotland, even though she was snatched back nearly 200 years into the past. I felt like she should have felt more scared or out of place or since the story was told in the first person, more out of sorts with the fact that there was absolutely no indoor plumbing at the very least! I enjoyed riding along with Jamie and Claire and watching their relationship unfold. There are quite a few naughty bits but nothing is too over the top or cheesy. I still on the fence about continuing on with the series, but as a stand alone I would definitely recommend it as a stand alone.

Despite the clunky dialogue, rampant sexism, wholly unoriginal plot and unmotivated (and motivating, I suppose) characters, this was still a pretty decent book. I can see why someone would not enjoy this book and even put it down, however, I would bet anything it was due to the inability to get into the prose. The books reads like it is being told by a computer (or a Russian with only a decent grasp on English). I found this to be very new and really helped lend to the overall feeling that Manny was actually telling the story. One of my favorite things about this book is that Mike (the computer) is what you want HAL to be in 2001. Mike is a very real character with a very real personality. His/her/it's function in the story is not only extremely necessary but very interesting. The book really shines whenever there is any discussion that involves Mike. Slight spoiler - the ending...as in the very very very end...is fortuitously retarded. I hated the way Heilein chose to close out the final pages of this book.