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Title: The Outlander

Author: Gil Adamson

Narrator: Charlotte Strevens

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 23 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-10-14

Publisher: Oakhill Publishing

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

On a moonlit night in 1903, a mysterious young woman flees alone across the Canadian wilderness. Mary Bouton is 19 years old, half mad and widowed - by her own hand. Tearing through the forest, she is desperate, her nerves burning, and she is certain of only one thing - that two red-headed brothers, rifles across their backs, lurch close behind her. She has murdered their brother and their cold lust for vengeance is unswerving.

Critic Reviews:

"Striking, thoughtful, full of unexpected twists, The Outlander is that rare delight: a novel that is beautifully written yet as gripping as any airport page-turner." (Guardian)

"... With the breathless pace of an old-fashioned adventure story, and a supporting cast of mavericks, eccentrics and outcasts, this rich novel is packed full of drama." (Daily Mail)

"A superb adventure story." ( Kate Saunders, The Times)

Members Reviews:

Good Lord...

This is so sad. This book/story-line had great potential. But it doesn't get anywhere. There's no dialogue...it's all narration. There's no direction to the story. I mean, what on earth?!? I read upwards of four books a week and never...NEVER have I not finished a book. It's an OCD thing...I gotta finish a book or I feel like I'm on the verge of falling off a cliff or something. Well folks...I'm cured! I'm proud to say I got to chapter six and I think I deserve a trophy...or at the very least, a standing ovation...but I'm so bored I cannot go any further. Sorry...but I'm bored reading about a bull standing in a field with stars shining off it's back...or a copse of trees...the density of the forest...the leaves floating in a stream. Good golly. Thank heavens this was a freebie. Now I know why.

Thumbs Down this time!

I am a member of a book club and as 'The Outlander' came highly recommended we chose it without hesitation. But what a disappointment. I couldn't believe that a book without a plot , a beginning , middle or end could possibly span six hundred pages. I did like the style of writing used by Gil Adamson in the book and in my opinion this was the only redeeming feature. The description of the wild open spaces and the natural beauty of remote Canada was excellent, but after about 100 pages of this it became boring in the extreme. I did not enjoy this book at all as it was grey, bleak and downbeat . I was very tempted to give up about half way through, but I thought it could only improve, so I persisted to the end . And what a stupid ending ... 'Find me' .It was probably the only book that we read in the club since we started two years ago, that got such a unanimous negative response.

Not To My Liking

Oh, this book. I don't like giving negative reviews or feedback because writing books is difficult. But reading this book was also difficult. Let me start by saying that I did not finish this book. Its still in my Kindle and I made it about less than half of the way in. The writing is great. The story...it was confusing to me.

Things that I liked about the book:

-strong images via tight writing which flowed nicely

-believable characters

-awesome time and setting of the story

Things I did not like:

-The main character being referred to simply as the "widow" instead of by her name. That actually really irritated me.

-Nothing exciting happening the entire time I read.