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The Time Traveler's Wife | 
 enlarge | Author: Audrey Niffenegger
Publisher: Harvest Books
Category: Book
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Rating:  1676 reviews
Sales Rank: 436
Media: Paperback
Pages: 560
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.3 x 1
ISBN: 015602943X
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780156029438
ASIN: 015602943X
Publication Date: May 27, 2004
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Condition: FEW BENT CORNERS Used - Good Default Text
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Product Description
A dazzling novel in the most untraditional fashion, this is the remarkable story of Henry DeTamble, a dashing, adventuresome librarian who travels involuntarily through time, and Clare Abshire, an artist whose life takes a natural sequential course. Henry and Clare's passionate love affair endures across a sea of time and captures the two lovers in an impossibly romantic trap, and it is Audrey Niffenegger's cinematic storytelling that makes the novel's unconventional chronology so vibrantly triumphant.
An enchanting debut and a spellbinding tale of fate and belief in the bonds of love, The Time Traveler's Wife is destined to captivate readers for years to come.
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A great idea decently executed November 21, 2008
Buried in Books (Oregon)
I really liked parts of this book. The concept is great, the first section of the book was really good, and there were some really nice moments through out.
I also disliked some parts of this book. Its really sad, probably too sad. I actually almost stopped reading the book after the first part because I could tell that it was going to become really depressing. I put it down for a day but decided it would be worth finishing. I didn't regret my decision until the end, which was not at all pleasing. I was really not happy with the end. Two minor problems were ethnic stereotyping (it doesn't come off as racist but is sort of comical in a bad way) and an overabundance of sex.
I would probably recommend this book to others because I was really grabbed by it emotionally BUT I would be wary of doing so because there is a real possibility that a person wouldn't like this book at all.
 I'm am SOOO disappointed! November 17, 2008
B. Maples (New York)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I can't say I had high expectations for this book, but I was looking forward to reading it. Unfortunately I can't count the times I nearly threw it against the wall in despair and almost gave up. I don't give up easily though, and continued to torture myself with finishing this awful book. I read quite a bit, and was sooo disappointed that this book ended up rising to the very top of my 'never recommend/never read again' list.
As some others have said, the characters were so out of well..'character' with their useage of the "f" word and even the "C" word. I was completely put off, and I'm no prude....However, nothing felt loving or romantic about this book AT ALL. I was under the impression that this was a love story that spands time,etc..But I only felt slightly sickened by the two main characters interactions. He always came off a tad bit pervy...and she seemed naive and manipulated....when she wasn't using the 'f' or 'c' word or having sex....which they had lots of. Too bad we never had a chance to see what the rest of their world may have been like. There were no romantic encounters....the most sentimental moments happened when Clare was a child...and even those were a bit ruined by the fact that Henry is NUDE a majority of the time. I couldn't quite figure out what the author was trying to get across. The premise of the story is a unique and interesting one, but the actual story was not worth reading. I felt it could have been written so much better. It's a shame.
 Best Book I've read in a LONG time November 14, 2008
Emma Bennett (Mississippi)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I absolutely loved this book. I abandoned all of my responsibilities for two days so that I could read The Time Traveler's wife without stopping. I have now recommended it to everyone I know. It's a little confusing in the beginning, but a good confusing, because the author makes you want to keep reading to find out how everything will work out. You read bits and pieces of this man's great life at the times that he his experiencing them and it's very suspenseful. There is enough of both suspense and romance to appeal to all audiences.
 A Great book Ruined in the Last 10 Pages by Present Day Ending November 11, 2008
basharx (Cleveland, OH United States)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
SPOILERS: A totally disturbing, offensive, and unwarranted present day ending scene left me wondering where the hell was love in this story to start with.. Was love really there? A love story that had been building for at least 12 years (age 6-18) was spoiled in an instant (18.5), which ripples throughout the story until the finale, where again it is double spoiled in the last scene in the present. One wonders how much love was really there..
I was going to give this book a 5 as I very much enjoyed reading it. However, all was gone when I got to the last 10 pages. What I would have been left with was going to be a very memorable love story. Then in the last 10 pages, the story that has been building from page one collapses, and I see Clare for what she really is, an idiot - to avoid using much more colorful words ...
The main issue is that there was no devotion, and exactly after 6 months of Henry leaving Clare at 18, and then at his death, she is already with someone else.. and in between all of these years, that someone else who is an ugly character, is on the back burner in her mind.
I really tried to give it a chance. I reread the last 20 pages three times. I also listened to it on Audio CD, which is read very well. But I was always left with an overwhelming feeling of being cheated of my time and investment in the story. I felt I was lied to, without an excuse or proper setup.
I hated the Gomez character from the first time I read him. Thank you for ruining an other wise great read.
I am not one of those people who hate a book because of its ending. I also welcome tragic endings and don't cry for happy endings.
I am going back to Kin Grimwood's masterpiece, "Replay," which was spinning in my mind non-stop for days after I finished reading it. Replay was balanced and comprehensive. It brought me to tears. The Time Traveler's Wife, on the other hand, offended me.
 Great concept; not a good book though! November 9, 2008
K. Bridges
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I LOVE books. I will read anything I get my hands on and appreciate all books. Even one's that aern't my favorites can take me away somewhere even for a short while and entertain me. I personally don't think I could write a book either, so I commend anyone who can :) I also very rarely review books, but felt so compelled to after reading this to write one.
This was the author's first book, and frankly it was obvious in reading it that this was her first book. She had an AMAZING concept, the book sounded like a lot of fun... I REALLY wanted to like this book, but I cannot... at all.
The book is very poorly developed. The author obviously took a lot of time outlining the book to coincide dates, etc... so in that way it was developed, but her character and plot development was very poorly done. Also this book has so much useless information put in it that I can't understand why it was there! I feel like the author could have written 3 or 4 WELL written novels with the information she tried to cram into one book. It ended up being a book that DRAGGED on and had little development on many pieces of information put out there. This probably would have even made a great series book.
This book was like watching a 4 hour movie that really only needs to be 2 hours. I have no problem with a long book, or a long movie if it keeps me entertained or turning the pages in anticipation or interest. This book however didn't do that. Easily a third to half of this book could have been cut out and it would have lost nothing, in my opinion would have made a better book.She wrote in a way that every single detail of every single time and place was described.
Also, I want to add this: I am a reader of erotica novels as well. I have no problem personally with graphic or foul language, but her sex scenes in here were COMPLETLEY out of place for the book, unnecessarily graphic, poorly written and frankly appalling and well foul.It's like pouring a glass of milk and once you take a sip you realize it has curdled, horrible!! I would have been really upset if I had let my daughter read this book. There's no reason or indication of why this book should have sex scenes like that or as many 4 letter words as it did. Even a romance novel with scenes like that gives indication that they are there by indicating that it's "steamy" or "sensual" or "erotically charged" etc...
All in all I give the book a thumbs down. It is an overall shallow book, with MANY MANY MANY undeveloped sub-plots, needless information and poorly edited information. All the characters speak in the same manner and say the same things (except Kimy and Nell which were racially stereotyped)so there is not even diversity in that aspect. For me it's like this: If you go into bath and body works store you may like 15 of the scents in the store and the may all smell good on their own, but they won't smell good all mixed together and used at the same time!!!
Highly disappointed, but wish the author luck in her next book should there be one.
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