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Why I like this book:
I read this book in one day--all 518 pages of it. I remember when I read the last page feeling sad/disappointed that it was over. For me, it was just one of those books I connected with from the first page. I think the whole idea of time travel is completely cool. There are so many periods of time that I wish I could have been there to experience the energy of the world at that given time. But this book was about more than time travel. It may be classified as a romance but it was not a romance in a banal way. There is more to it than the typical: boy meets girl, some drama in the middle, and "happily ever after". Like most books, one could pick it apart and find its literary flaws. Some may find it a little "cheesy" at times but I found it very entertaining. Actually, I decided to read this book after reading a very depressing, heavy book. I needed to come out of the darkness and read something "a little far fetched" and fun. Don't take it too seriously--just let it take you on a journey that shows you that love is truly "timeless". Okay, that was a little "cheesy". Looking forward to the book talks! Happy Reading!
Summary:
Audrey Niffenegger's innovative debut, The Time Traveler's Wife, is the story of Clare, a beautiful art student, and Henry, an adventuresome librarian, who have known each other since Clare was six and Henry was thirty-six, and were married when Clare was twenty-three and Henry thirty-one. Impossible but true, because Henry finds himself periodically displaced in time, pulled to moments of emotional gravity from his life, past and future. His disappearances are spontaneous, his experiences unpredictable, alternately harrowing and amusing.The Time Traveler’s Wife depicts the effects of time travel on Henry and Clare's marriage and their passionate love for each other, as the story unfolds from both points of view. Clare and Henry attempt to live normal lives, pursuing familiar goals -- steady jobs, good friends, children of their own. All of this is threatened by something they can neither prevent nor control, making their story intensely moving and entirely unforgettable.
(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:11 -0400)
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