Outlander

Approached this with high hopes and really wanted to like it. The plot's worthy of some wretched erotic novel from the depths of the Kindle Store (Kidnapped and Forced to Marry a Hot Scot?) but is somehow spun out for at least 400 pages too long. It had some moments of genuine interest, but was mostly a tedious and sour experience. Erratic characters with only momentary glimmers of behaving and reacting like real people. Sex scenes worthy of Jean M. Auel. Too much dubious consent. Too many adverbs. Loch Ness monster not “historically accurate”.