A book rec
Title: The Time Traveler's Wife
Author: Audrey Niffenegger
Genre: Fiction
Approximate length: 518 pages
Rating: 9.5
Summary: Henry loves Claire and Claire loves Henry. She has known him since she was 6. He meets her for the first time when he is 28 and she is 20. As Henry helplessly bounces around in time, unwilling victim of his time traveling ability, he and Claire desperately try to have a normal relationship.
Assessment: My husband read this book and recommended it to me. I was hooked from the first page. The characters are beautifully and lovingly crafted. The emotional upheaval in their lives is stunning in its complexity. The reader feels as bounced around as poor Henry as the POV switches back and forth between Henry's telling of the tale and Claire's recounting of her side of the story. It both moves forward in chronological order, and has the insane randomness of Henry's life. Don't ask me how, but the author makes this work. It is the kind of book you cannot put down. And it is the kind of book that you think about long after it is done. It is deeply passionate, full of hope and despair. Above all, this is a love story that literally transcends time.
Author: Audrey Niffenegger
Genre: Fiction
Approximate length: 518 pages
Rating: 9.5
Summary: Henry loves Claire and Claire loves Henry. She has known him since she was 6. He meets her for the first time when he is 28 and she is 20. As Henry helplessly bounces around in time, unwilling victim of his time traveling ability, he and Claire desperately try to have a normal relationship.
Assessment: My husband read this book and recommended it to me. I was hooked from the first page. The characters are beautifully and lovingly crafted. The emotional upheaval in their lives is stunning in its complexity. The reader feels as bounced around as poor Henry as the POV switches back and forth between Henry's telling of the tale and Claire's recounting of her side of the story. It both moves forward in chronological order, and has the insane randomness of Henry's life. Don't ask me how, but the author makes this work. It is the kind of book you cannot put down. And it is the kind of book that you think about long after it is done. It is deeply passionate, full of hope and despair. Above all, this is a love story that literally transcends time.