The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffeneger

Our second meeting was held on the 21st of July. We started at the King and Queen and ended up in Fitzrovia!!
Synopsis from Amazon:
'From Publishers Weekly - This clever and inventive tale works on three levels: as an intriguing science fiction concept, a realistic character study and a touching love story. Henry De Tamble is a Chicago librarian with "Chrono Displacement" disorder; at random times, he suddenly disappears without warning and finds himself in the past or future, usually at a time or place of importance in his life. This leads to some wonderful paradoxes. From his point of view, he first met his wife, Clare, when he was 28 and she was 20. She ran up to him exclaiming that she'd known him all her life. He, however, had never seen her before. But when he reaches his 40s, already married to Clare, he suddenly finds himself time travelling to Clare's childhood and meeting her as a six-year-old. The book alternates between Henry and Clare's points of view, and so does the narration. Reed ably expresses the longing of the one always left behind, the frustrations of their unusual lifestyle, and above all, her overriding love for Henry. Likewise, Burns evokes the fear of a man who never knows where or when he'll turn up, and his gratitude at having Clare, whose love is his anchor. The expressive, evocative performances of both actors convey the protagonists' intense relationship, their personal quirks and their reminiscences, making this a fascinating audio.'
Please comment!!
This book was put up for selection by Kevin
The overall score for this book was 6.7/10 (within 5 readers)!!
Individual scores were: CE: 7; AS: 6; SM: 5.5; RB: 8 and KL: 7

4 Comments:
Ignore the junk post! I can't do anything about it. Sorry!!
Now the book. Well, I think I've rated 5.5/10. I found the first half of the book (when Clare was young)harder to read. I was a bit bored then. Then it got better in the second half, when she became an adult.
The book became a bit melodramatic towards the end and ended up in a sad note. It was a bit outrageous for Clare to wait until she became 80 to see Henry again!! This part was a bit hollywoodesque!!
To be honest I can't remember much now, it has been a while... I would say the book is quite readable if you read it through non-stop. Otherwise you might get confused with the present and past versions of the characters.
I liked this one! Was a bit dubious when I found out it belonged to Richard and Judy's book club, nonetheless they can pick a good story! Not sure about the time-travelling mouse cloning in my expert scientific opinion!! Agree with Sonia on the hollywood-ness at the end. I think this got a 7.
Hey,
now that i think about it wanst there another trasgenic in the first novel by that woman who was nominated for the booker prize this year..
you know... the one who wrote that total flop of a second novel ( brick lane or some such drivel?)
anyway ,, the more i think about it, the lower the score is dropping so i think that i will give the time traveller a six
So - 8 out of 10 - a hit!! Richard and Judy can always be trusted!
Ruth x
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