The Time Traveler's Wife
Now a series on HBO starring Rose Leslie and Theo James!
The iconic time travel love story and mega-bestselling first novel from Audrey Niffenegger is "a soaring celebration of the victory of love over time" (Chicago Tribune).
Henry DeTamble is a dashing, adventurous librarian who is at the mercy of his random time time-traveling abilities. Clare Abshire is an artist whose life moves through a natural sequential course. This is the celebrated and timeless tale of their love. Henry and Clare's passionate affair is built and endures across a sea of time and captures them in an impossibly romantic trap that tests the strength of fate and basks in the bonds of love. “Niffenegger’s inventive and poignant writing is well worth a trip” (Entertainment Weekly).
The iconic time travel love story and mega-bestselling first novel from Audrey Niffenegger is "a soaring celebration of the victory of love over time" (Chicago Tribune).
Henry DeTamble is a dashing, adventurous librarian who is at the mercy of his random time time-traveling abilities. Clare Abshire is an artist whose life moves through a natural sequential course. This is the celebrated and timeless tale of their love. Henry and Clare's passionate affair is built and endures across a sea of time and captures them in an impossibly romantic trap that tests the strength of fate and basks in the bonds of love. “Niffenegger’s inventive and poignant writing is well worth a trip” (Entertainment Weekly).
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Readers say *The Time Traveler’s Wife* is beautifully written, with a unique romantic story enriched by inventive time travel and emotional depth. Man...
DNF...I rarely do this, but I got halfway though and couldn't get past the fact that she was basically groomed by him. I've seen the movie and read enough other reviews to realize my time will be spent on other books on my shelf.
I was a little disappointed with this book...I watched the movie before I read the book...not usual for me. I was really into the story at the beginning but was steadily uninterested as it went on...It just kinda ended without an ending...she's forever waiting for him, from the time she is 6 through old age, how is that a good story?
I’ve read the book and watched the film multiple times, and each revisit reveals something new. The love between Henry and Clare is timeless steadfast beyond logic or chronology. While the novel offers greater depth, both formats capture the same enduring devotion.
A personal highlight is the name Alba for their time-traveling daughter and the significance of September in key moments. Gómez remains brilliantly humorous, while Ingrid’s storyline adds emotional weight. If you want a story rich in yearning, with mild spiciness and a full-circle view of love and life, this book delivers.
LOVED this. Can't wait for the movie now. The love between Henry and Clare, even though their relationship didn't seem so stable, was the kind of love that even the happiest and most stable couples never experience.
I wanted to like this book, but ultimately it left me with a big "meh."The plot device is good and I really enjoyed the first half of the book. As I read, I increasingly felt that Nifenegger left us less engaged with the characters, focusing instead on (sometimes pompous) minutiae. The second half of the book was overwritten and depressing. Maybe with a bit of editing in these parts, I could have felt better about it. I finished the book and felt a little let down by the resolution. Anyhow, I did enjoy the first half and it wasn't horrible--so 3 stars and a big yawn.
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