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| The Time Traveler's Wife | 
 enlarge | Author: Audrey Niffenegger
Publisher: Harvest Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (1676 reviews)
Sales Rank: 406
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 560
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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 Complex, Brilliant, and All So True... September 23, 2003
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is absolutely the best novel I have read this year, a strange, wonderful, contradictory love story, at once both simple and complex, both fantastical and true---completely logical but with a fascinating magical-realism edge to it. Niffenegger alters one teensy little detail (a genetic fluke that causes a man to be transported, unexpectedly and uncontrollably, naked and vulnerable, anywhere throughout his lifetime) and then tells the story that results. And what a story it is: Clare, an artist, and Henry, a time-travelling librarian, and their true, true love, painful and glorious in its give and take, in its aggression and surrender, in its family ties and dark personal singularities...One of the things that I admire most about it is the absolute clarity of the two voices in which the narrative takes place. I enjoy novels written in the first-person, if the characters are interesting people, and in this novel I'm doubly-lucky: at a glance, one can tell who is speaking, whether it's Henry as an adult or Clare as a child, as well as their states of mind. An additional pleasure is the setting, a strongly-evoked Chicagoland, with all its gritty streets, quirky restaurants, secret neighborhoods, and atmospheric weather. I can't recommend this book highly-enough. How many ways can I say the words "unique," "entrancing," and "fabulous"? It's not like anything I've ever read before, and until Ms. Niffenegger writes her next, it's unlikely that I'll read anything like it again.
A Beautiful Romance September 23, 2003
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I'm a sucker for time-travel novels, but I was stunned at how rich the romance is here. The characters are so real, so moving, that you are drawn into the plot from the first few pages. I haven't had a book make me cry in a long, long time, but from the time that Henry learns how the book must end, I was absolutely riveted and by the last chapter I wasn't bothering to wipe the tears away as I read. What a wonderful first novel. Bravo!
 Too long and sappy September 23, 2003
9 out of 41 found this review helpful
I didn't like this book. It was like acid in my eyes to read about this heart-felt love that I will never have. I had so much hatred for the tenderness of the characters. And I found two typos.
Ah, the rarity of good writing! September 22, 2003
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
This book is worth traveling to a desert island to read. Although the language occasionally became a bit too salty for my taste, I never wanted to stop reading. Frankly, I hope that the movie deal mentioned by another reviewer falls apart: only the eyes of the reader's mind should ever be slaked in the wealth of images created on these pages. Audrey Niffernegger should tear up the movie contract, pulp it, make new paper, and use it to write her second novel.
Thank you, Ms. Niffenegger: a lot of time has passed since I so enjoyed a read!
Bravo!! Ms. Niffenegger September 21, 2003
12 out of 15 found this review helpful
This is one of the most beautiful books I've read in ages. I think I cried the last 40 pages or so. The love of Henry and Clare is so tender, and sweet, and there longing is also heart breaking. You get drawn into the intense love and also loss of these very memorable characters. I didn't want this book to end. Bravo Ms Niffenegger!! I so very look forward to reading more fiction from this 1st time novelist.
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