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Mar 05, 2010 Paula Phillips rated it liked it

Here's a book that is a mix between Jumper and The Notebook Movies. It is coming soon to a cinema near you starring Eric Bana ( Henry) and Rachel McAdams ( Clare).

The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger (2003)
This book focuses on a lifelong love between two people, librarian Henry and artist Clare. Henry was born with a genetic condition called Chrono-Displacement Disorder which causes him to time-travel back and forth - and unfortunately most of the time Henry doesn't have control over i ...more

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May 10, 2010 Aly (Fantasy4eva) rated it it was amazing

Shelves: big-fat-tears, favourites, oh-how-the-heart-flutters, you-inspire-me, my-kinda-protagonist

Perhaps a 100 pages too long but this has to be one of the most beautiful love stories I have comes across to date. Despite all the suffering, unfairness and heartbreak they will face, the two are completely in love and dedicated to each other. Their love is tested time and time again and although life is certainly cruel in their case they are determined to push through.

A man who can travel through time and a lover who waits at the end of that tunnel hoping he comes back to her safe. Heart - br ...more

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Mar 01, 2009 Angela Randall rated it it was amazing

Shelves: ange-recommends, we-own, i-own, bbc-top-100-books, favourites, sci-fi, fiction, essential-reading, guardian-1000-best-novels, guardian-best-scifi-and-fantasy

From the first few paragraphs I was hooked. I was nearly 200 pages in before I even thought about getting myself a drink and making myself comfortable. A few sleepless nights later and I was back from this strange journey.

This story is absolutely lovely and will make you cry more than you thought possible. It's part sci-fi and part love story and I highly recommend it for fans of either genre.

The only real criticism I have is that it felt sometimes as if Audrey Niffenegger was trying to prove ...more

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Jun 26, 2009 Christine (booktumbling) rated it really liked it

I stayed away from the computer and up into the wee hours to finish The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. This is the author's debut novel and I must say, I am impressed. I am not a lover of love stories, but the abundant praise and upcoming release of the movie sparked my curiosity. I was obviously caught up in the often confusing and exasperating story of Henry and Clare. Their love was apparent along with their anger, fear and jealousy that arose from the fact that Henry would time- ...more

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Feb 03, 2009 Shellie (Layers of Thought) rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: read-abandoned, spec-fic-sf-time-travel, read-in-2008

Couldn't get through it. ...more

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Apr 07, 2009 Deohannah rated it liked it

Shelves: summer-break-2009, the-movie-was-better-than-the-book

This book is one of the most difficult books I have to rate but I settled for three stars anyway, okay, my explanation goes...

I was hooked by it's storyline, which was quite impressive. And I hate to say that the following would sound very negative but I'd like to voice my negative opinions for someone to just realize the positive bits I'm not going to mention because I'm afraid I would make this review very long.

DEEP BREATH...

The characters almost sound like each other. Sometimes, it's difficul This book is one of the most difficult books I have to rate but I settled for three stars anyway, okay, my explanation goes...

I was hooked by it's storyline, which was quite impressive. And I hate to say that the following would sound very negative but I'd like to voice my negative opinions for someone to just realize the positive bits I'm not going to mention because I'm afraid I would make this review very long.

DEEP BREATH...

The characters almost sound like each other. Sometimes, it's difficult to distinguish Clare and Henry because they sound alike. I mean, there are no special characteristics except their likes and dislikes about philosophy, literature, music, etc.
And it disappointed me in a way because I hoped there would be something deeper than that.

Oh, I hate the name-dropping part! I really hate it that I skipped most of it. I know the author wants to say that he loooves punk music, or art, or literature considering his great knowledge about it, but engraving it to a character, who wants to blab and blab about it? Puh-lease, I already get the picture.

And Clare? Flat. Narrating in the first person is a good thing because it can express what the character is thinking, which makes her more like a total person, in other words, she becomes almost alive. But I can see the author has failed to make Clare the ideal character, which is bad because isn't the title all about her?

When I got to the middle part, I was panicking because I wanted to finish the book without losing my interest on it, which by the way, was starting to weaken considering the boring scenes which consists of headache-causing shifts of past, present, and future time, and conversations from two first person's point of view (Henry and Clare), which I thought wasn't really going anywhere- and I know that if I'll stop I won't be able to grasp the feel of the narratives or get something major plot turn. So I read... and read until it was already 1am... and I was sensing that finally, finally... it is starting to interest me so much, and the loose ends are going to be knot (I'm sad to tell you, it didn't) and it was breathtaking to just stop in the middle of something so I decided to read, and I finished at 4:50am which was not a good thing, considering I was obliged to wake up at 6am!

I'm about to say something off-tangent and may be a spoiler here:

Yeah, the ending disappointed me... it was just hanging there, impossible to grasp and you just kept thinking, "Now what?" and then there was something annoying about seeing someone who has died like a ghost, I mean, imagine... you're old, in a retirement home, and this person you love who has died 40 years ago just approaches you and yeah... whatever... spoiler... blah blah blah...

Read it at your own risk... but don't blame me if you would come to hate it and if you'll luuuurve it, no one's going to shoot you for that... as in no one's going to shoot me for giving this so-called "it" book 3 stars.

Maybe, one day, someday, I'm going to reread this and see it in a different light, and then I'd come to realize that this was sooo goood after all. But reading this again is remotely possible considering I have to read gazillions of books before I get back to this. Or maybe not that many, but I don't think I'll be able to find time in reading this again. I don't know why I have the urge to reread this. MAYBE it's got something to do with almost everyone loving the book and hugging it too tightly, and the crying and the almost relating- "almost" here being: they don't have partners who are time travelers.

So there, that's not all I've got to say but my fingers are already aching... Hahaha... ...more

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Aug 24, 2009 Heather C rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: united-states, contemporary-fiction, favorites

The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

Genre: Fiction

Henry DeTamble is just your thirtysomething average guy – he’s a librarian, is in a relationship, and likes to go out and have a few drinks – except he time travels at any given moment and leaves a pile of clothes behind, and when he comes back he is absolutely naked!

Clare Abshire is your average little girl – she has picnics in the meadow, goes to school, and lives in a huge house – except a naked older man shows up in the meadow one d ...more

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Mar 20, 2009 Lisarenee rated it it was amazing

Shelves: contemporary-romance, timetravel

Loved it. Sometimes I had to go and re-read something to make sure I had the correct connection between past, present, & future. Kept me on my toes. Great love story. A little sad. Reminded me of the now defunct TV show Journeyman. Loved that show.

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Aug 24, 2009 Harvee Lau rated it liked it

Does a review of the movie made from the book count? Here's my grumpy reax to the MOVIE, not the book: Movie vs Book: The Time Traveler's Wife. ...more

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Oct 09, 2025 Kathy (Bermudaonion) rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

4.75 stars

Henry has chrono-impairment, a rare genetic disorder that causes him to time travel both backwards and forwards. On one trip, he encounters young Clare and the two form a bond and eventually marry. Because of his disorder, their marriage and life are unique.

The point of view in THE TIME TRAVELER’S WIFE alternates between Henry and Clare so readers get to know both characters well in this romantic science fiction novel. I thought the characters were great and the unique plot kept me hoo ...more

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May 14, 2009 Aladdin Elaasar rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

A great read. Perfect with Silent Victims The Plight Of Arab & Muslim Americans In Post 9/11 America The Last Pharaoh Mubarak and the Uncertain Future of Egypt in the Volatile Mid East ...more

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Oct 07, 2008 Robin marked it as to-read

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Jan 23, 2009 Kay rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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Sep 14, 2009 Janet Morris marked it as to-read

Shelves: fantasy, romance, movie-adaptation, award-winning, time-travel, science-fiction, contemporary, america-and-canada, contemporary-romance, midwest

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