tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36749015.post9116580991204367615..comments2023-09-27T07:59:56.176-05:00Comments on Hoser's Blook: Outlander by Diana GabaldonLaurenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05528213683129033923noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36749015.post-13250560096715666112007-07-12T18:41:00.000-05:002007-07-12T18:41:00.000-05:00As much as I enjoyed Outlander, I think I enjoyed ...As much as I enjoyed Outlander, I think I enjoyed Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follet more!Laurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05528213683129033923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36749015.post-88195775040144100272007-07-12T12:42:00.000-05:002007-07-12T12:42:00.000-05:00The Outlander series is an achievement difficult t...The Outlander series is an achievement difficult to compare with anything else. Gabaldon's imagination and story-telling ability are, in my opinion, comparable to Bernard Cornwell and Ken Follet. These are truly epic stories that plant us firmly in eighteeth century Scotland and don't let us out. What a way to get lost in a good book.<BR/>Douglas W Jacobson<BR/>Author, Night of Flames:A Novel of World War Two<BR/>http://douglaswjacobson.blogspot.comDWJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07955543293635599553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36749015.post-52325636747954258132007-03-13T01:55:00.000-05:002007-03-13T01:55:00.000-05:00I thought the first three in the series were well ...I thought the first three in the series were well worth reading. The second and third books complete a extended story arc. I felt that the later books in the series fall into the trap of many serialized novels by attempting to maintain the world without compelling character development.<BR/><BR/>There is plenty of plot to be had in The Drums of Autumn and forward, but the challenges don't seem as fresh.<BR/><BR/>www.honeyed-words.comKimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10190381475955722022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36749015.post-90898953062186641272007-02-26T07:47:00.000-05:002007-02-26T07:47:00.000-05:00I liked the first one well enough, but then read a...I liked the first one well enough, but then read a later one and it felt like a lot of same old, same old.<BR/><BR/>Let me know if that's how you start to feel, too.Susan Helene Gottfriedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12778191943289129869noreply@blogger.com