First let me say that I have a tremendous fondness for Chicago novels. I'd go even farther and say that I'm a sucker if an author writes a book and I can recognize the locations all the way through. And when you mention Bookman's Alley AND the Newberry Library in the same book, how can I not like it? Sure, it's an odd mix of disturbing, sappy and unbelievable even for the fantastical, but it's also a really enjoyable read and quite a good love story. Because it's written in little vignettes, it almost feels like a collection of short stories, but I think the disconcerting moving around perfectly mirrors the disconcerting nature of a time traveler's life. ( )

very unique and imaginative. I loved it. ( )

I tried to listen to this talking book and turned it off after 20 minutes. One of only two talking books I have ever turned off. Perhaps I will revisit this book after reading all the positive review. This time I will try reading the book rather that listening to it. ( )

I finished The Time Traveller’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger the other day, and I’m surprised at how much it’s stayed in my head since then. It’s not the kind of book that I’d usually pick up, but the girlfriend rated it and said it’s one of her favourite ever books, so I figured I’d give it a go.

And from the opening chapter it just gripped me. There’s not so much a plot, more of a tale of love between two people. Admittedly, the eponymous time travelling does give the book something different, and its execution is simply fantastic, but it’s still a love story at heart.

The switch in narration between the two lovers works well, especially with the chronology so thrown out by all of the time travelling taking place. Within half a paragraph you know exactly where you are, and what each character does and doesn’t know.

I really don’t know how to describe it further. It’s poignant in places, bittersweet in others; the sex scenes are well written, but equally well put across are other intimate moments that don’t necessarily involve getting down to it.

I fully agree with the girlfriend: this is a great book, and I can highly recommend it. ( )

I adored this book, even while surfacing occasionally to go – wait a minute, he's a creep!