| Dragonfly in Amber | 
 enlarge | Author: Diana Gabaldon
Publisher: Seal
Category: Book
Buy Used: $0.44
Avg. Customer Rating:  251 reviews
Format: Import
Media: Unbound
Pages: 976
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
ISBN: 0770428770
EAN: 9780770428778
ASIN: 0770428770
Publication Date: October 9, 2001
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Some wear on book from reading, spine creases, wear on binding and pages.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Dragged and dragged, ye ken. June 28, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Outlander was an exceptional book. It was exciting, sad and sweet all at once. The idea to write such a book was phenomonal. The author is very good which is why I was excited to read the 2nd installment. I have to say I was sorely disappointed. The book was quite tedious to say the least. It could have been much shorter and would've been a great read. I got to the middle of the book and I skimmed the rest. I hated to do it but I just couldn't take it anymore.
There was just too much time spent on mundane things. It had the habit of getting exciting and then it would get drawn out. There just wasn't even of a storyline to keep the battle from happening.
I will give the third a try because like I said, Diana G. is a very good writer. I hope the next is better.
 More Please, Thank You! June 8, 2008
This is the second book in the Outlander series.
There is so much story in this book I honestly don't know where to begin...
The story starts out in 1968, Claire Randall is a doctor, her husband Frank Randall passed away two years ago. She is traveling in Scotland with her daughter Brianna. Traveling back to Inverness where she disappeared into the past twenty years ago. She returns to visit an old friend and to try to find out the fate of her other husband Jamie Fraser and his clansmen, wondering if they died with so many others on the battlefield of Culloden in 1746.
An engrossing read with lots of attention to detail, those of you who love details like I do will not be disappointed. I know that Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series is sometimes categorized as romance, I think that is an incredibly limiting label to place on a story that is so rich with history and adventure. Reading this I often found myself humming dun dun dun dun dun dun dun...(the theme to Indiana Jones, couldn't you tell..). I loved the adventure, the treachery and the passionate love story between Claire and Jamie.
Gabaldon creates very vivid descriptions and very realistic characters and a wonderfully rich story. She's a talented writer and a gifted story teller and I am looking forward to reading more in this series.
 FANTASTIC TIME TRAVEL ROMANCE May 30, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I am in awe. These are the wonderful stories that keep me coming back to the same authors time and again. I love a story that I can still be thinking about for days on end. The scintillating romance and the captivating characters of Diana Gabaldon are my undying penchant forever. Thank you for the great reads. I must warn all readers; these books, are very addicting. Though look on the bright side...know that when sitting on the couch for days on end reading these fantastic Diana Gabaldon epics, the weight of these lengthy books do aid in a fair respect of exercise.
Dragonfly in Amber - Unabridged version May 27, 2008
Most excellent!! A must read (listen) for those who enjoy Diana Gabaldon and the Outlander series. I had read the books years ago and found the listening of the audiobook to be exceptional! Narrated by Davina Porter, with style and emotion, you will want to collect every story in this series. Don't mess with the Abridged version, it leaves too much of the story out, and with this series, you do NOT want to miss a thing. Jamie and Claire are depicted with such clarity that you feel like you are there with them. Awesome adventure! Thumbs up on this one!!
A Hook is a Good Book. April 29, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
All the pomp and intrigue of the French Court comes to life as Jamie and Claire travel to France to try to change history. Their efforts are laudable, but futile. Along the way with DRAGONFLY IN AMBER, Diana Gabaldon develops her vivid characters, carries two complete story lines and leads us up to the parting of the lovers as if we didn't know it beforehand.
The two stories flow seamlessly together: Claire's return to Scotland in 1968 and her relationship to her daughter who has been kept ignorant of the true circumstances of her birth, and the developing relationship between Claire and Jamie in another time and place.
OUTLANDER, the first in the epic will hook you, DRAGONFLY IN AMBER will insure you keep reading.
Nash Black, author of WRITING AS A SMALL BUSINESS and SINS OF THE FATHERS.
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