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I finished Outlander a few weeks after the Book Club did, in fact I was only up to speed the first two weeks. It didn't really hold my interest as much I was hoping. I liked the plot, but then it got really stale and there was too much of just Jamie and Claire being in love, having sex, being a little bit insulted by the other, getting over it. Both of them never seemed to develop much as characters. Even Claire's big choice to stay with him when she could have gone seemed pretty obvious from the start of their relationship, in fact everytime she wanted to escape I felt it was out of character and disingenuous.
I was really hoping to like it but at the end I didn't get much from it. My favorite books are all literary, layered with meaning, that make me think about them for days afterwards. This one felt like a chore to get through and when I was done I sighed from relief.
When I started it I didn't know it was chick-lit, but at first I was really into it, but then the chick-lit really showed through. Ha, oh well at least I tried something different.
I was really hoping to like it but at the end I didn't get much from it. My favorite books are all literary, layered with meaning, that make me think about them for days afterwards. This one felt like a chore to get through and when I was done I sighed from relief.
When I started it I didn't know it was chick-lit, but at first I was really into it, but then the chick-lit really showed through. Ha, oh well at least I tried something different.