Amazon.com: Customer reviews: Outlander Volumes 5-8 (4-Book Boxed Set): The Fiery Cross, A Breath of Snow and Ashes, An Echo in the Bone, Written in My Own Heart's Blood (Outlander, 5-8)

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Make sure you have time to read.

Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2024

If you want a wee touch of Scotland this is the series for you. The author paints a very accurate picture of the land and people ...... sort of like taking a trip without leaving home. What would happen if you could go back in time? Would you alter the course of history? Would you even be born? Interesting concept.

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Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2024

Enjoy the series but print is too small to read. Get eye fatigue quickly. Need to return.

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J R AZ

Make sure you have time to read.

Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2024

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Absolutely loved it!

Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2023

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Such great characters, the story is incredible, and so many fascinating historical inserts. Gabaldon creatively uses time to such entertaining degrees. Definitely recommend.

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Brynmama

Great writer and story.

Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2024

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Priced very reasonable. Pages are very thin and it’s easy to turn two pages at once. Print can smear if anything on your fingers. I’d still buy it again!

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Debbie LW

Looking forward to reading the book series!

Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2024

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Haven't read yet, but was told by a fellow traveler to Scotland this year that the book series was better than the Outlander T.V. series! She said that she will never get rid of these books because they were the best she had ever read! I am looking forward to it!

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Jolene Stewart, Owner- Pawsh Pets Hoboken

A must read!

Reviewed in the United States on October 9, 2016

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I discovered the Outlander books after watching the Starz Series. I usually read the books before the show or the movie but in this case I discovered the books because of the series. I am obsessed with both now!!!

This is one case of the TV series very accurately paying homage in a way that stays true to the books and Diana Gabaldon's epic vision and imaginative world she has created.

I am ahead in the books than where the series is so far and I love being able to discover what will happen to my beloved Jamie and Claire and not having to wait until next season. I can't put these books down! I go from one right into the next with many a night spent reading on my tablet until the wee hours of the morning only stopping when sleep cannot be staved off and my eyelids lose the battle against my desire to read just one more chapter!

These books have just the right mixture of fantasy, romance, action, and historical fiction and everything is underlined by the epic love story of Jamie and Claire. There is a colorful and complex set of subplots and supporting characters who almost could warrant their own story lines and separate books.

Diana's world is so carefully and well crafted it could go on forever. She could continue to peel back the layers of her other characters and mythic world into an endless series of books and stories as she has already begun to do with some of the spin-off stories like with the Lord John books.

I love Diana's writing style and her world and I am so happy to have found the Outlander universe through the books and the TV show which, thankfully, is staying true to her vision and voice.

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