The Time Traveler's Wife in Crazy Challenge Connection

May 29, 2012 Kaitlin rated it it was amazing

I thought this was extraordinarily creative and well-executed. We've all read a thousand love stories, but this is something entirely different. It comes at you in pieces and dances around in time, but it's so well done that it's easy to follow. You can tell that Niffenegger really took her time and knows Henry and Clare inside and out. I love that feeling - that there's even more to these characters than we will ever know.

I am super sensitive, so I figured from the movie previews that this was ...more

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Nov 07, 2011 Shannon rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobooks

I liked the premise of the book and didn't *hate* the book itself, but it definitely didn't live up to my expectations. For one, the fatalistic worldview wiped out one of my favorite elements of time travel books -- the impact of time travelers' actions when they are out of their own time. (In this one, Henry, the protagonist, cannot change any events.) For another, the book is supposed to be a love story, but it's really more about how each spouse responds to the couple's unusual lifestyle than ...more

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Apr 17, 2011 Alex rated it it was amazing

Shelves: contemporary, fantasy, science-fiction, romance, 5-stars, reread-2011, fiction, authors-n

This is one of those books I could read over and over. Original, funny in places and heart wrenching in others, Niffenegger has provided us with two characters to completely fall in love with. Her ability to narrate from a child's point of view aswell as an adult's is incredible.

This book makes me cry every time I read it. ...more

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Apr 01, 2011 April rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: historical-fiction, src-monthly-challenges, read-in-2012, hf-monthly-challenges, ccc-2012-yearly, april-s-high-mountain-2012

I don't want to say too much and give the book away. It was an interesting concept and I liked it fine. I cried more that I laughed and I usually don't like books like that. I was worried that everyone I knew who read it liked it. I usually don't like those books either. But it was good. I did enjoy the way the story flowed. It was not choppy with Henry popping in and out all the time. That was handled well. Ready to see the movie now. ...more

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