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Originally Posted by HarryT
For me it had virtually no plot - just an endless succession of capture/rescue/sex scenes. I also intensely disliked all the bondage/rape scenes. I didn't just not like it; it's one of the few books I can honestly say that I've actively disliked.
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Well I can appreciate the bondage/rape stuff (although it's not quite as bad as some of the Anne Rice writings -- i.e. Beauty series) because it's the time period when those things were sort of acceptable, just not as graphic as the ones I read in Beauty. It's just the way things worked back then. Besides, I've read 50 Shades (well almost, I couldn't bring myself to finish the first book) and I have no aversion to smut when it's written well, but that was just crapoloa! If i ever read the word "quiver" again I may just throw up.
As for the plot, well it *is* a constant round of capture/rescue/sex. Well more like sex/capture/sex/rescue/sex/sex/sex (but hey, hubby certainly doesn't mind when I read him those parts) so that's fun, but I know this is going somewhere, it has to. I just don't know where it's going yet or where these people will end up and right now that is what I wanted to read (lately everything i have been reading fiction wise I've been able to basically figure it all out after the first few chapters and I'm frankly getting annoyed with my (apparently exceptional) mind reading abilities.
I love these characters. I think the authors' character development is fantastic. And that may be the reason the other poster mentioned that some of the episodes were a bit slow (i.e. the one where Jamie and Claire have just gotten married and they spend several days in the bridal room getting to know each other before finally consummating their marriage). While the reading dragged on and the episode never seemed to end, I think it was pivotal to the development of Jamie's character and a good insight as to his background, where he came from and what he's gone through in life and why it's made him the way he is today.
God, I could discuss this book forever. And here I am discussing it with someone who doesn't like it! Well if you got this far into reading my reply, kudos to you!
