Week Three for the Outlander read-a-long is over! I admit that I wasn’t as diligent with my reading this week and had about 5 chapters left to read last night, but once I started I couldn’t stop! There were some really great chapters scheduled for this week!
Here are my answers to this week’s questions:
1) We FINALLY get to the scene we’ve all been waiting for. You know what I’m talking about–yay sexytimes! What were your impressions? Was it what you were expecting? Or did you want more?
Ha ha! I love that — “sexytimes.” It was definitely what I was expecting! Actually, after last week’s chapters, I just had to keep reading through chapter 15 — I couldn’t be left hanging like that!
I thought it was crazy that Claire and Jamie had to consummate their marriage so that it couldn’t be annulled — but I guess that’s still somewhat in practice today (though harder to prove).
All in all, Gabaldon does write somy damn fine sexy scenes!
2) I know that some readers thus far have been bothered by the fact of Claire being married to Frank but still being involved with Jamie, despite the different time periods. Does their time as newlyweds change anyone’s opinion of that? If not, now what are you thinking of the situation?
Uhhh …. Frank? Frank who?
3) What did you think about the “waterhorse” that Claire saw? Why do you think Peter was so spooked? And what do you think this means for Claire?
Honestly, that was such a crazy chapter to read — what with the Loch Ness Monster legend and all. I love stories about sea monsters, so I loved it. But honestly, I had no idea what it was! I mean, obviously people of that time probably weren’t used to seeing such creatures in the water and bodies of water probably weren’t studied as much as they are these days.
I have no clue what it means for Claire! Did I miss something?
4) If you were Claire and you were knowingly in the vicinity of the stones, would you have done the same thing she did?
Yes! Though I would’ve been just as torn as she was, definitely feeling something for Jamie at the thought of leaving. And I probably would’ve taken the horse, which makes Claire a much better thinker than I am!
5) What do you think about Captain Randall? How do you think the family resemblance between him and Frank affects Claire and particularly her relationship with Jamie?
Captain Randall is such an arrogant prick and a douche! (Excuse my language!) I can’t believe how he seemed to have been put up on a pedestal in his later family — such as to Frank — but really, he was a user and abuser. To think what Frank would’ve thought if he really knew how his relative acted. I can definitely see how Claire is so torn about him at times — especially when his hair falls at a certain angle, or when he laughs. It would be hard to look at him in times like that and not remember Frank and the life that Claire had to leave.
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Tune in next week for my answers to the next questions for Chapters 22 – 28 …
See my update from Week One …
See my update from Week Two …
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I love how short your answer to #2 is! Team Jamie!
I think your comment about Frank reading about Randall in the past versus Claire experiencing his behavior in the present is interesting, and so true about history. It’s hard to get a true sense of a person until you meet them.
I think I missed something about the water horse scene as well.
Exactly! I read somewhere that the victors write history … naturally they’ll want to make themselves look AWESOME in those history books.
Haha, Frank Who? Love it. Jamie is awesome.
When I first read about the waterhorse, I thought it an odd little chapter – remember that it was super short? – but I didn’t think anything of it and blew past it, of course in an attempt to probably get more Jamie. Then I promptly forgot all about it. When it showed up in the questions for the week, I realized there must be something more to that story and supposed it to be foreshadowing for something. But I was like you DID I MISS SOMETHING??
Randall is just horrible. I just can’t stand him. I understand how important he is to the story, but I can’t stand his scenes, can’t stand that he is “like” Frank, can’t stand the thought that there is more of him in the book for me to endure. He just really gives me the creeps.
Randall gives me the creeps as well!
I guess we’ll both see what happens — if anything — with the waterhorse! It was such a short chapter. I thought it was pretty neat, though!
I was so excited that I read ahead last week as well :] and I am DEFINITELY right there with ya on the “Frank who?” part and I am feeling less bad about it as I read everyone’s posts this week! You are the only one I have read who has a definite “yes” about going to the stones on her own! Good for you! I definitely wouldn’t have gone for soo many reasons but I can see how she was very conflicted! Also just blech on so many levels to Randall..
Exactly. Even though she’s married to Jamie now and seemingly happy, she’s STILL married to Frank and there should definitely be a part of her that would want to go back to him.
And how could you NOT read ahead last week! That would be just nuts.
When she decided to leave, I almost wept for Jamie. He loves with all his heart. I know if she’d made it back it would gave broken his heart. And I know finding she had disobeyed him & endangered herself must have hurt him too.
It so would’ve broken his heart!! I totally agree!
I was interested in the waterhorse chapter as well. I mean–the fact that she asked him if he wanted to know the scientific name for the creature has me convinced that it wasn’t the Loch Ness monster, because is there a scientific name for that? I want to know!
Did she ask him? I need to go back and reread that chapter! I wonder if it comes up later in the book …
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