Halls of the Dark Muse

I have mentioned in a previous post that I have recently started reading a couple of books of which I am now finding a bit difficult or at the least somewhat disappointing considering what my expectations for the book were.

One of the books mentioned is a book called Outlander, which caught my interest initially because of my great love of historical fiction, and most particularly of all things Celtic, the story is set primarily in 18th century Scotland.

Well the book is geared towards a female audience and most people (primarily all women) who have read the book rave about how much they love it.

Now one of the biggest problems I have with the book is the fact that the narrator of the story who is the stories main heroine (and presumably suppose to be someone likeable and sympathetic) is as far as I am concerned an adulteress and it seems to be I am the only person (who has read/reading the book) that finds this the least bit morally questionable and is at all bothered by the fact.

The primary premises of the book revolves around this woman who travels back into time, and in the 20th century she is married, and then of course she ends up hooking up with some dude in the 18th century.

I suppose some people can use the time travel aspect as justification of her infidelity, but because she is fully conscious of her actions, and knows what she is doing, and when she is in the past fully remembers her life in Modern day and her husband, I really don't find that as a viable or acceptable excuse.

I am just a bit surprised that so many women are so willing to rally around such a hussy of a female protagonist, though it seems also that the majority of women who read the books also develop a crush upon the heroine's lover.

Then perhaps I am just too steadfast upon my views against infidelity, while most women I suppose see the book as some sort of romantic escapist fantasy about dashing through the highlands with some Scottish hunk, I just wish that someone would shove the narrator off the cliff.

Perhaps the other problem is that being that I never have got along well with women in actuality, it should not be surprising I am equally incapable of getting along with a woman narrator in a story. In addition to her being an adulteress, I find her overall personality grating upon my nerves.