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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I started watching the show and then started reading the first book.  Is it just me, but I find the book to be disapponting compared to the series. I t may be because I just read throught he scene where he beats claire and then the it seems as if he practically rapes her later.  I stopped reading at that point.   I know its the times they live in but why did the writer have to go there.  I will be curious to see how the show addresses that part.   Anyhow, maybe the show Jamie is just so hot that the book can't top that....[/quote]

well, two things. First, you said it yourself: it is the times they live in. People were physically punished for transgressions, including wives and children and subjects and underlings.

Second, I don't perceive that scene as rape at all. (I assume you are talking about the part where they have a big fight about Laoghaire and whether or not Jamie and Claire have "claims" on one another.) Claire certainly doesn't view what happens as rape--in fact, she quite enjoys it, and appears to dish it out as well as take it. The next morning, he complains about his bite and scratch marks. And again, in the times they are in, Claire *is* Jamie's property. He has absolute claim to her, in every way, shape, and form. It's clear that the author is tapping into that aspect of 18th century living as part of a modern subjugation fantasy (which isn't an uncommon fantasy, by the way) , but that doesn't make it any less realistic in terms of what might have happened had Claire actually travelled back in time.[/quote]

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