Jamie Fraser is completely swoon-worthy in the book, but really, my love for Outlander wasn't complete until I finally got my hands on the DVDs a few weeks ago. I watched the first four episodes at a nice, respectable one-a-night pace, until I couldn't take the suspense anymore and binge-watched the last four in a day and a half. The casting for the show is perfect, and having watched the "extras," which include a segment about the making of the costumes, I'm really impressed with how much trouble they took to make everything historically accurate.
On the one hand, I'm glad I waited until now to watch the show, since I have a much shorter wait for Season 2. But now I have to figure out how I'm going to get my hands on a copy in Peru. There's no way I can wait another year to continue the journey! In the meantime, I plan on reading the sequel to Outlander, Dragonfly in Amber, post haste.
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I have very mixed feelings on the book (like, where was the editor? among other character-related things), but I LOVE the show. It's gorgeous, well-casted, and the influence from women writers and filmmakers is so evident in many episodes. I was so surprised at how well I liked it given my reservations with the book, I'm considering upgrading to Starz with my cable just to watch it! Also, a writer friend and I who recapped Downton Abbey this year on The Stake are thinking of doing chat reviews of Outlander.
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