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Loading... The Time Traveler's Wifeby Audrey Niffenegger
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. This book was beautifully written and a wonderful love story. (  ) risadabomb | Dec 22, 2009 |  A very unique love story is probably the only way to describe this novel. Romance is in general a genre I don't read, but from the get go this book had me hooked. An added bonus is the fact that this novel had me in tears which is not an easy thing to do even 'My Sister's Keeper' which itself is a moving story didn't reduce me to a crying wreck. Follow the lives of Henry and Clare a young couple who although have found their soulmate in each other have their lives complicated by the fact that Henry has a genetic condition that means he disappears and reappears suddenly to signficant points in his life. (  ) CrazyBabe | Dec 16, 2009 | Wow. Couldn't put the book down! Wonderful storyline, a joy to read!! Splendid writing. Fell in love with both, Henry and Clare. I would recommend this book to people who enjoy love stories, with an edge, and I would read this book again in a heartbeat. I can't wait to see the movie, so that I can see how horrible it is compared to the book. Kudos. ( ) MZahodnic | Dec 10, 2009 | I really wanted to like this book. Really, I did. I enjoyed it until the last few chapters. I thought the end was absolutely ridiculous and contrived. However, because I liked MOST of the book, I gave it two stars instead of just one. I feel bad about spoiling in a review, so I won't say what exactly happens...but just be aware the ending is not neatly tied up nor does the book end on a happy note. I found the way things resolved more than a little unbelievable, and depressing to boot. (  ) aboulomania | Dec 9, 2009 | This is an expertly woven story. The constant time shifts could easily have made the story difficult to follow, but I was amazed at Ms. Niffenberger's skill at keeping the reader involved and in the moment. I thought about the characters long after I read the last word. ( ) asomers | Dec 6, 2009 | 
 "The Time Traveler's Wife" can be an exasperating read, but as a love story it has its appeal: Refreshingly, the novel portrays long-term commitment as something lively and exuberant rather than dutiful and staid, evoking both the comforts it brings us and the tribulations we learn to live with.  Niffenegger, despite her moving, razor-edged prose, doesn't claim to be a romantic. She writes with the unflinching yet detached clarity of a war correspondent standing at the sidelines of an unfolding battle. She possesses a historian's eye for contextual detail. This is no romantic idyll.  About halfway through Audrey Niffenegger's debut novel, The Time Traveler's Wife, you realize you're going to be devastated. You love the characters, you're deeply involved in their lives, you can sense tragedy coming and you know it's going to hurt. But there's no way you can stop reading... Niffenegger structures the novel clearly enough that the timelines never get tangled, and her writing is so strong you'd keep going even if you did get confused.
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