Book Review: The Time Traveller’s Wife
The Time Traveller’s Wife tells the story of Henry a time traveller and his wife Clare.
Clare first meets Henry when she is 6 and he is 36. He meets her for the first time (in real time) when Clare is 20 and Henry 28 and they get married when she is 22 and he 30.
Henry has a genetic disorder that periodically resets his genetic clock, causing him to time travel backward and forward in time.
His situation is dangerous, as he leaves everything behind when he travels, even his clothes. This causes him to have to steal clothes and money – leading to some hair raising moments for Henry. He gets beat up often, when he falls naked into wherever he lands up. Something he has no control over.
He sometimes meets up with his older or younger self.
One of the downsides to time travelling for Henry is that he can’t change the sequence of events.
Clare has the unenviable position of watching Henry disappear all the time and she has no idea the condition he will be in when he returns.
A very different kind of story, suspenseful in parts, but overall a love story.
Many people have read and enjoyed this book. The Time Traveller’s Wife was for weeks on many best seller lists for weeks.
Halfway through the book, my interest waned though – I took 2 weeks to finish it, not something that happens when I’m into a book.
I enjoyed it in parts and the story itself was satisfying. You can almost believe time travel is possible.
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