Outlander

I think I have changed my rating of this book about 10 times since I finished reading it. But I have finally settled on 4 stars.

In hindsight, this is a very good story. There is good world building and character building. There is a lot of adventure, a lot of emotional depth. Overall, I wanted a little more from Claire, but this is only the first in a very long series, so I'm sure I will get a lot more.

The one problem I had with this book was the monotony at times. The action scenes where things are actually happening are great, but there was sooo much in between that really slowed me down. I would read several pages sometimes and realize that I wasn't even paying attention... thus it took me about 5 weeks to actually finish this book. I would put it down for a whole week at a time to read another book and refresh myself before continuing. Since this is the first book, I'm chalking it up to still trying to get to know the characters. I understand all the extra was there for character development, so I'm hoping that now that I know them, the second book will be easier to get through.

On a positive note, I absolutely love Jamie - his stubborn manliness, but also his romantic protectiveness. Probably one of my favorite male characters of all time and definitely the reason that I am going to read on in this series.