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The Time Traveler's Wife
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Mike
Nov 25, 2017 rated it really liked it
The premise of being able to time travel, and circling your life’s true love on a variety of time arcs is of course fascinating it itself, and certainly leads to pretty incredible opportunities for character development! While I don’t think the premise was fully realized by the author, it was a enjoyable read after a slow start.

Thoughts:
1. Would you want to visit her life long before she met you, when she was still a child, and influence her if you could? Would it be moral? To what extent shoul
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MichelleCH
I am so in the minority it seems with this one. The concept reminded me a bit of Outlander which I really didn't like; time traveling and true love that overcomes all odds.

Henry is the time traveling boyfriend and later husband to Clare his ever patient love interest. I really didn't care if or when Henry disappeared after a while because I was getting lost myself in the timeline between the two. The shifts in ages and the numerous Henrys wandering about were too much. Simpler is better.

There w
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