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A review by katiegilley
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
2.0
“Oh, aye, Sassenach. I am your master . . . and you’re mine. Seems I canna possess your soul without losing my own.”
I picked this one up because I was in the mood for a sweeping, epic audiobook. I attempted reading it about a decade ago but abandoned it because the violence was overwhelming for me. I thought maybe I’d gotten a little tougher and could handle it this time, but I was wrong.
There’s so much to like about this book: the sense of place, the adventure in the highlands, herbal medicine/witchiness, and the idea of walking through standing rocks and being swept into another time. BUT — I just can’t enjoy a book filled with so much graphic sexual violence. When I’m ready for my next epic romance on audio, I’m going back to the Clan of the Cave Bear series. Jondalar is less of a neanderthal than Jamie Fraser!
I picked this one up because I was in the mood for a sweeping, epic audiobook. I attempted reading it about a decade ago but abandoned it because the violence was overwhelming for me. I thought maybe I’d gotten a little tougher and could handle it this time, but I was wrong.
There’s so much to like about this book: the sense of place, the adventure in the highlands, herbal medicine/witchiness, and the idea of walking through standing rocks and being swept into another time. BUT — I just can’t enjoy a book filled with so much graphic sexual violence. When I’m ready for my next epic romance on audio, I’m going back to the Clan of the Cave Bear series. Jondalar is less of a neanderthal than Jamie Fraser!