Gabaldon uses multiple POV in her latest novel - followin the stories of at least 4 major characters, with a few stops elsewhere. While in a way this disappointed me (I'm a huge Jamie and Claire fan and have been waiting FOREVER for another book with them instead of John Gray and he gets a 1/4 of this book as well!) no one could complain about the quality of writing, research, or originality of story. Each chapter reads like a perfectly crafted short story, with gorgeous language and historical detail. I wanted more time with my favorites, and the book ends on 4 - count 'em, 4! - cliffhangers, but this is a wonderful book nevertheless. ( )

This is the seventh and final novel in the series called "Outlander" by Diana Gabaldon. This last novel continues the romantic and extraordinary story of time travel into and out of 18th Century Scotland and America.

The main characters, Jamie and Claire, are presented once more so that they are just as much alive and full of love as they have been in the preceding novels of the series. The research for this story is as well-done as we have come to expect from the author. As a special gift, we in America have a very interesting look at our own Revolutionary War.

Of course the author has left a few stray threads of the story floating at the end, but they hopefully whisper a promise of something to come in the future. ( )

In this sizable tome, Diana Gabaldon continues the saga of Claire and Jamie Fraser and their nearest and dearest. Claire and Jamie are trying to make their way to Scotland from revolutionary America, while Breanna and Roger are adjusting to life back in the 20th century.

Although the ending left a bit too much up in the air for my taste, Gabaldon’s prose is, as always, richly detailed and enchanting. It will be a pity to eventually see this series complete. ( )

I'm done. That is, I'm finally done with this 800-page tree stump, and I fear I'm also done with this series. Now, I'm normally a dirty-realism kind of reader, and the idea of reading a time-travel romance would normally send me into gales of snobbish laughter. But I picked up Outlander in the days directly following 9/11, having decided that I needed to read something that had nothing to do with anything. To my surprise, I liked it. Appealing protagonist, fascinating historical detail, and good dirty bits as well. I read the books as they came out, and I began to notice a shift in emphasis from the female characters to the males. More war, less physick. (And what is with Gabaldon and her penchant for writing gay male sex scenes???) Basically, as the series evolved, it lost what originally attracted me. This book is overlong, overcrowded with people and events, and not likely to gain Gabaldon any new followers. Pity.

First, I loved the book. I don't think I can highlight its great points better than others, so I am going to take a few words to say what I didn't like, and that I can't believe others did. The sex scenes are embarrassingly stupid. Perhaps that is a good thing for as a born-again Christian I don't want to be tempted to get engrossed in those areas. Right now the only thing I am tempted to do is laugh my tail off. Actually that is my only big complaint with the book and has always been with the series. The rest is epic even if somewhat predictable. I do know that I wanted to go back through a few stones myself and slap Jenny across the face.

If you haven't listened to the audio version narrated by Davina Porter, then you are missing out on a lot. You will fall in love with the series all over again. And the sex scenes are even stupider in audio so I guess if you thought they were good in writing, you will be in soft-porn rape-fantasy heaven with the audio. Ugh. Freud would have a field day with Gabaldon. ( )