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Cross Stitch (Outlander, US) | 
| Author: Diana Gabaldon
Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd
Category: Book
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Rating:  84 reviews
Sales Rank: 3780
Media: Paperback
Edition: New Ed
Pages: 864
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 6.8 x 4.3 x 1.6
ISBN: 0099911701
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780099911708
ASIN: 0099911701
Publication Date: March 3, 1994
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 Gripping October 10, 2008
L. Smith (UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This was a wonderful and gripping book, I read it under a week, although I did stay up half the night and set the alarm early in the morning to get through it. Although not always historically accurate, it is a work of fiction. Clare seemed to go from one disaster to another in the 1700's, each time I felt completely on the edge of my seat wondering if she would escape relatively unharmed. The love scenes were equally descriptive!! Just got the next 3 books to read, can't wait.
 A bit of a hoot mon! (sorry) August 17, 2008
Tezz (N. England)
I don't usually read romantic fiction and only tried 'Outlander' after a friend nagged me almost to death!
Fair enough, the reviewers who say it is a load of tosh are right. And yes, it was written by an American so the Scots are all noble/brave/loyal/strong/butch warrior types with ridiculous accents and the English are all sadists/rapists/homosexual (usually all three when I come to think of it) aristocratic types with ridiculous accents.
But if you just accept 'Outlander' as good old-fashioned escapism you might even enjoy it. I must admit I did!
 IMPOSSIBLE TO READ!!! July 14, 2008
Mrs. D. Lee (Newtownards Co Down)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
I decided to give this book a go after reading many of the good reviews it got. At over 800 pages I knew the pace could be slow to start but was prepared to give it a chance. However after about 300 pages I just couldn't take anymore.
The pace was plodding at best. For instance, a whole chapter was given over to hunting a wild boar, and in my opinion didn't add anything to the story. The main character, Jamie, wasn't in the least bit appealing, and Claire seemed to relax into life two centuries before her time without too much difficulty.
But for me the worst part was that most of the speech was written in Scottish accents!! I have nothing against the accent. I have Scottish relatives, but it made for very stilted reading. Every other line was filled with talk of wee laddies and wee lassies. We know these people spoke with a Scottish accent. They live in Scotland for heaven's sake. We don't need to read with one. If a book is set in America do we all suddenly start reading with an American twang?
Sorry I just couldn't read it all, and failed to even get halfway through. If this is the first in the series, I would hate to see the sequels.
Please , please, if you're looking for a good time slip novel I would check out Barbara Erskine first.
Otherwise, 'Hoots mon, pass me those bagpipes, ye wee lassie. I'll tak a wee nip we it!!!'
Whit a load of ...! July 14, 2008
R. M. Russell (Scotland)
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
A friend recommended this. What can I say to her? I only persisted with it because I had taken it on holiday. How can anyone find this mixture of inaccurate and lazy historical research, bad writing, soft porn and repetitive plotting enticing? Boars were extinct in Scotland by this time and how can a one-legged husband kneel at the bedside of his wife in labour? Ghastly book; it should have a mental health warning. Please, please don't think that this is an accurate picture of Scotland in the 18th century.
Seriously? some people actually gave this 5 stars! June 8, 2008
Laura Phillipson (UK)
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
Ok, I gave into the hype and after seeing the US version had over 1000 very good reviews I decided that i would buy it. After all, people accused Karen Marie Moning of ripping off these books in her highlander series, and I adored her books and devoured them all in a few weeks. So i was desperate for a new author.
I can only say how VERY dissapointed I was.
Firstly, call me narrow minded, but i DETEST books written in the first person. So to anyone out there like me ( I wish someone had written this in a review before i bought it) ITS WRITTEN IN THE FIRST PERSON!!
Secondly: I'm really not into ginger haired, virgin heroes that are described as the "young lad" and are all of 23 years old poverty stricken and constantly get hurt. its just not sexy.
Call me shallow i dont care. Nothing against ginger hair, but I just hate it in my heroes and heroines, yet writers constantly give them ginger hair and think by describing it as auburn or golden sunlight or many other trite euphemisms, that it will be gorgeous. Sorry, but with red hair comes millions of freckles and ginger pubes. My imagination cant assimilate it.
The story was boring, no explanation of how the hell she got sent back in time. She's married to two people at the same time. Great role model.
Either do an historical novel and make it exciting, like Ken Follett, or stick to romance and make it that. Romance. There is nothing romantic about not having a bath for months and having twigs in your mane of curly frizzy hair. And no matter what the author says, the smell of man sweat and earth (dirt) is NOT condusive to a good romantic read.
At 800+ pages, i was ready to hang myself by the end of it. It felt like a life sentence. I just wanted it to end. The descriptions went on for pages. Who cares what the hell the castle looked like from every angle, and the view from the hill, for that matter. Just get on with the blooming story woman.
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