Absolutely love this book ( )

High 2/10
Not what I expected (in a bad way) and the story lacks depth where it should be there. Basically the top review is what exactly i felt


At least the ending was nice. I think ( )

Si Sarah Lemon.... T______T ( )

The origin of Father Time blew my mind. The idea had so many possibilities.... but it ended up just going to a mediocre place.

The book intertwines the stories of Dor (Father Time) and two modern day character, Susan and Victor. Susan, a love stricken-high schooler is contemplating suicide. Victor, 14th richest man in the world, is trying to figure out a way to achieve immortality.

Susan's story was many times nauseating as she dragged me along in her teenage love angst. Victor's story was on the bland side.

Just an OK book.

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Mitch Albom is an extremely creative writer, and "The Time Keeper" presents a wonderful fable using "Father Time" as a main character to reinforce the importance of time and to identify what's truly important in our lives. Through this short and very readable book, Albom uses creative imagery and characters to remind us that we often spend too much time dwelling on the unimportant, and too often focus on the wrong things. His book uses two main characters, a teenage girl and an aging millionaire, to tell his story. Each have their own problems, and each learns a valuable lesson of what it truly important in life through their interaction with Father Time. The book is a simple story, neither "preachy" nor "sappy", but drives home the lesson that life is precious, and time with those who are important to us in life should never be neglected. ( )