A Goodreads user asked this question about How to Stop Time:
I just read the brief synopsis, is it a "time traveller's wife" rehash?
Aimee Not at all. For starters, as other people have explained, How to Stop Time isn't a time travel novel - the protagonist moves forwards through time as …moreNot at all. For starters, as other people have explained, How to Stop Time isn't a time travel novel - the protagonist moves forwards through time as we all do, he just lives longer.
Also The Time Traveller's Wife is a romance told from the point of view of the wife of a time traveller, whereas this book is told from the MC's perspective. There is some romance in this, but it's a secondary plot line rather than the main point of the story.(less)
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