Voyager by Diana Gabaldon

                                                              

 Title: Voyager

Author: Diana Gabaldon
Genre: Fiction, SciFi, Historical, Fantasy

Other books I've read by this author: Outlander, Dragonfly in Amber

Synopsis: "Their passionate encounter 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.
Then Claire discovers that Jamie survived. Torn between returning to him and staying with their daughter in her own era, Claire must choose her destiny. And as time and space come full circle, she must find the courage to face the passion and pain awaiting her...the deadly intrigues raging in a divided Scotland... and the daring voyage into the dark unknown that can reunite--or forever doom--her timeless love." - back cover

My Thoughts

So much happens in this third book of the Outlander series that I had to use the back cover synopsis rather than write my own. Just thinking about all the settings in this book was overwhelming to try to write about; 1969 in Boston, 1766 in Edinburgh, Lallybroch, France, at sea, Jamaica. All taking place in 4 months' time and just over 1000 pages... its a lot.

As ever, Gabaldon brings back a bunch of familiar characters, even ones you don't expect to find in Claire and Jamie's varied travels. It is well researched, so it all makes sense why certain unexpected characters would pop up in new places based on what was happening there in the mid-1700s.

For those of you who also watch the show, there are a few major events that are portrayed differently than they were in season 3 but the outcome is the same so the story still goes in the same direction. Often I would think, well that would be hard to portray on TV, or that would take way more time than the show could allow for.

Once again, I was engaged from beginning to end and read it faster than I thought I would. I look forward to book 4! 

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