Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (1992)

[warriorofworry]

I got this free edition at WisCon, happily, because I'd been hearing about this author and series and wanted to give it a try. I didn’t exactly dislike it, but I'm trying to figure out what the buzz is all about, and why the series started in this book was more popular on NPR's recent SFF poll than any of C. J. Cherryh's series, for example.

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[lcohen]

that link doesn't work (the one to your dreamwidth entry) or at least it didn't for me. anyway, i read this book under the worst possible circumstances (partner had broken up with me but i was stuck there for another day and a half) so it's very memorable. and what i recall is that it was a little more sadistic than i could tolerate, only i didn't have another book and i didn't have the ability to sleep so i kept going. but parts of it are a pretty tough read. i think i liked claire better than you did, though i thought she was terminally stupid at catching on to the rules of the culture. overall, i liked it pretty well but the sadism made it unlikely that i would pick up any more of them.

[warriorofworry]

Yeah, it was rough in spots. I've come to the same conclusion, on slightly different grounds, after a couple more volumes.