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touching, but I had a hard time getting into the book. The heavy descriptions sometimes distracted me from the plot, and the writing reminded me of 'water for elephants'.
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The book's about Henry DeTamble, a "dashing librarian" who travels involuntarily through time, and Clare Abshire, an artist whose life takes a natural sequential course. Henry and Clare have a "passionate love affair endur[ing] across a sea of time and captures the two lovers in an impossibly romantic trap".
I gave the book away without entirely reading it. The author botched Henry's POV. One particular scene was fatal: where Henry loops back in time and encounters a slightly younger version of ...more
I gave the book away without entirely reading it. The author botched Henry's POV. One particular scene was fatal: where Henry loops back in time and encounters a slightly younger version of ...more
It was really hard-going and not as accessible as the movie. I didn't like Clare's relationship with Gomez, I don't think it added to the story in any way.
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Apr 08, 2010
Maria Yohn
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Shelves:
great-love-stories,
books-that-made-me-cry
May 31, 2010
Tricia Schneider
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really liked it
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Shelves:
fiction,
time-travel
