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Well, I am back to rekindle my love for Jamie Alexander Fraser. The second book left me in such an emotional turmoil, I just had to know how the drama ends. I cheated and flipped through pages of “Voyager” to get closure some weeks ago but now it is finally time to read and enjoy the book in full…

Once again, Gabaldon doesn’t disappoint. She has a talent for characterization and is a stellar storyteller, there is no doubt about it. Once again, she takes us on a fabulous adventure through times and countries. The first third of the book follows the stories of Claire and Jamie as they live separately for 20 years in their own worlds. I thought I would dislike this segment, but in fact it is by far my favorite part of the book. There is a lot of sadness, tragedy, loneliness and longing on these pages, as Jamie and Claire mourn each other’s loss.

When our couple get together, Gabaldon takes us on an emotional roller-coaster ride as Jamie and Claire try to re-discover each other and come to terms with their dark secrets of the past and their time apart, they are also forced to undertake a lot of traveling when all they want is to be together. Not to give anything away, but prepare yourself for an intense adventure through brothels, slave markets, sea voyage, Jamaican forests, etc.

“Voyager” is a great book, but again, I can’t give it 5 stars. First, the shift in POVs. It bothered me some in “Dragonfly in Amber,” but there is more of it in “Voyager.” For the most part, the book is written in 1st person from Claire’s POV, but some parts are written in 3rd person from the POVs of Jaime, Roger, Clare, and even Lord John Grey, even though he is a very-very secondary character. I am not going to say that the story itself suffers from it, but it creates a bit of a sloppy narration IMO.

The other thing I didn’t care for is the presence of mysticism. Granted, the time-travel itself isn’t really something real, but the ending of the book just has way too much of “unrealness,” too much of unexplained paranormal, in fact so much that I found it a little hard to swallow.

Were Gabaldon not such an engaging writer, I probably wouldn’t have forgiven these flaws. But she is one, and in spite of the flaws, “Voyager” is an irresistible combination of adventure, history, tragedy, violence, love, humour, and (last but not leas) smut. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and will undoubtedly read next installment – “Drums of Autumn.”

Voyager (Outlander) Feature

• ISBN13: 9780385335997
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.

Voyager (Outlander) Overview

In this rich, vibrant tale, Diana Gabaldon continues the story of Claire Randall and Jamie Fraser that began with the now-classic novel Outlander and continued in Dragonfly in Amber. Sweeping us from the battlefields of eighteenth-century Scotland to the exotic West Indies, Diana Gabaldon weaves magic once again in an exhilarating and utterly unforgettable novel….

Their love affair happened long ago by whatever measurement Claire Randall took. Two decades before, she had traveled back in time and into the arms of a gallant eighteenth-century Scot named Jamie Fraser. Then she returned to her own century to bear his child, believing him dead in the tragic battle of Culloden. Yet his memory has never lessened its hold on her … and her body still cries out for him in her dreams.

When she discovers that Jamie may have survived, Claire must choose her destiny. And as time and space come full circle, she must find the courage to face what awaits her … the deadly intrigues raging in a divided Scotland … and the daring voyage into the dark unknown that lies beyond the standing stones.

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