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Aug 11, 2007
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It was a good read with a great ending but began to drag a bit toward the end...contains some brief sexual encounters between a couple if that is offensive to you.
I think one reader described this novel best when she labeled it "an enjoyable disappointment."
So many potentially great themes left unexplored makes this book a ramble of a romance novel. The author seizes every opportunity to show how hip she is, as if her third mention of The Violent Femmes would definitely convince me that she's supercool. Just in case you don't stay awake at night pondering her characters resemblance to Odysseus and Penelope, she points it out. And she just can't wait to te ...more
So many potentially great themes left unexplored makes this book a ramble of a romance novel. The author seizes every opportunity to show how hip she is, as if her third mention of The Violent Femmes would definitely convince me that she's supercool. Just in case you don't stay awake at night pondering her characters resemblance to Odysseus and Penelope, she points it out. And she just can't wait to te ...more
I loved this book! It inspired a great deal of conversation in the Rory Gilmore Book Club. I thought it was a creative twist on an old idea (time traveling) and I thought the characters were richly drawn and the story beautifully told. I couldn't put it down. I loved the way the narrative switched between Henry's and Clare's perspectives. I loved the way it moved around in time, so that events would come together later.
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I think this story was really a beautiful love story. I loved how it was a new take on how love survives through all obstacles including time. The only thing I wish that was maybe addressed a little more was how it did kind of mess up Clare's life to at least have a vague idea of where she would end up. Overall I really liked this book and I think it's one of those stories that will stay with me for a while and that I will remember.
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Loved the book. Movie was "eh "
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