All these things are true, yet none of them conveys the sense I had of complete disruption, of being slammed very had against something that wasn't there." I could say that I felt as though I were spinning or as though I were being pulled inside out. I could say that my field of vision contracted to a single dark spot, then disappeared altogether, leaving not darkness, but a bright void. Without warning, and for no apparent reason, Claire is whisked back to the year 1743. The tallest stone of the circle was cleft, with a vertical split dividing the two massive pieces." I wonder if she felt called to that magical place, as if fate had plans for her and she was simply following her destiny. (The modern witches at the stone circle.spooky and oh, such a good mood setter!!!)Ĭlaire returns to the circle later.
but the hair prickled on the back of my neck at the sound of their call. A collection of women in bedsheets, many of them stout and far from agile, parading in circles on top of a hill. "They should have been ridiculous, and perhaps they were. One morning, they are witness to a group of women performing a ritual at a nearby stone circle. She and her husband are visiting Scotland and soaking up the history while indulging in some much needed time alone. I give ye my Spirit, 'til our Life shall be Done."Ĭlaire is happily married. I give ye my Body, that we Two might be One. "Ye are Blood of my Blood, and Bone of my Bone. Sad that this amazing book's two most populare (and therefore most visible) reviews are not in keeping with most people's thoughts. That's what people see first when they look for reviews on Goodreads.the ones with the most popularity, or "likes". If you enjoy a book, click "like" on the good reviews as well. Quick question: if this book has a quarter of a million ratings and still maintains an average rating of 4.13, why the hell are the most popular reviews the snarky, mean spirited, one or two star reviews? That doesn't match up at all with what I'd assume would be the case, which is that most people who read this book LOVED IT. That's what people see first when they look for reviews on Goodreads.the one For here James Fraser, a gallant young Scots warrior, shows her a love so absolute that Claire becomes a woman torn between fidelity and desire-and between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives.more Hurled back in time by forces she cannot understand, Claire is catapulted into the intrigues of lairds and spies that may threaten her life, and shatter her heart. Suddenly she is a Sassenach-an “outlander”-in a Scotland torn by war and raiding border clans in the year of Our Lord.1743.
Claire Randall, a former combat nurse, is just back from the war and reunited with her husband on a second honeymoon when she walks through a standing stone in one of the ancient circles that dot the British Isles.