| Re: Diana Gabaldon
Romantically, not romance. She doesn't stick closely enough to the romance "formula."
I read Outlander many years ago, and although I liked much about the book, there was an unfortunate whiff of homophobia about the novel. Perhaps homophobia is too strong a word, but I didn't enjoy her depiction of the sadistic, gay, bad guy. There was something . . . over the top about the depiction that made it feel like the author's personal issue rather than mere characterization.
(Don't get me wrong. I've read and not been bothered by other books with gay villains or gay characters who have sadistic tendencies. I'm not being "politically correct" here or responding in a knee-jerk fashion. I'm saying that there was something in Gabaldon's depiction of such a character that threw me out of the story and, once I had finished the book, made me disinclined to read any other novel by her.) |