The Time Traveler's Wife - Read Jim Fulner

Paperback, 518 pages

English language

Published 2004 by Vintage Canada.

ISBN:: 978-0-676-97633-5

The Time Traveler's Wife is the debut novel by the American author Audrey Niffengger, published in 2003. It is a love story about Henry, a man, with a genetic disorder that causes him to time travel unpredictably, and about Clare, his wife, an artist, who has to cope with his frequent absences and dangerous experiences of reappearing in odd places. Niffenegger, who was frustrated in love when she began the novel, wrote the story as a metaphor for her failed relationships. The tale's central relationship came to Niffenegger suddenly and subsequently supplied the novel's title. The novel, which has been classified as both science fiction and romance, examines the themes of love, loss, and free will. In particular, the novel uses time travel to explore miscommunication and distance in relationships, while also investigating deeper existential questions. The book was published by MacAdam/Cage, a small publishing firm located in San Francisco, …

The Time Traveler's Wife is the debut novel by the American author Audrey Niffengger, published in 2003. It is a love story about Henry, a man, with a genetic disorder that causes him to time travel unpredictably, and about Clare, his wife, an artist, who has to cope with his frequent absences and dangerous experiences of reappearing in odd places. Niffenegger, who was frustrated in love when she began the novel, wrote the story as a metaphor for her failed relationships. The tale's central relationship came to Niffenegger suddenly and subsequently supplied the novel's title. The novel, which has been classified as both science fiction and romance, examines the themes of love, loss, and free will. In particular, the novel uses time travel to explore miscommunication and distance in relationships, while also investigating deeper existential questions. The book was published by MacAdam/Cage, a small publishing firm located in San Francisco, California. The book became a bestseller after an endorsement from author and family friend Scott Turow on The Today Show. As of March 2009, the novel has sold nearly 2.5 million copies in the United States and the United Kingdom. Many reviewers were impressed with Niffenegger's unique perspectives on time travel. Some praised her characterization of the couple, applauding their emotional depth; while others criticized her writing style as melodramatic and the plot as emotionally trite. The novel won the Exclusive Books Boeke Prize and a British Book Award. A film version starring Rachel McAdams as Clare and Eric Bana as Henry was released in August 2009.

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Jim Fulner reviewed The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

2 stars

I went into listening to this audio-book not really knowing a lot about it save its title and that it was popular enough to have been made into a movie. returnreturnThis is not really a science fiction book at all, even though the title would lead you to believe. The Time Travel of the title is no Jules Verne character but a 21st century heart throb who has some kind of disease that forces him into other points in time without his ability to anything about. He can't take anything with him, so he always shows up naked, so he spends most of his time running and trying to find clothes. Somehow one of those naked adventures was to meet a 7 year old girl who would end up being his wife. returnreturnAt the beginning they author made it very clear that there are no multiverses, there is no possibility …

I went into listening to this audio-book not really knowing a lot about it save its title and that it was popular enough to have been made into a movie. returnreturnThis is not really a science fiction book at all, even though the title would lead you to believe. The Time Travel of the title is no Jules Verne character but a 21st century heart throb who has some kind of disease that forces him into other points in time without his ability to anything about. He can't take anything with him, so he always shows up naked, so he spends most of his time running and trying to find clothes. Somehow one of those naked adventures was to meet a 7 year old girl who would end up being his wife. returnreturnAt the beginning they author made it very clear that there are no multiverses, there is no possibility of screwing up the past or the future, stuff just happens. returnreturnThe worst part of it, however, is the overly descriptive passages about dead babies. Clair and Henry loose something like 5 different kids, eventually learning that they are time traveling out of Clair's womb without the needed connection to mom to survive. This is the main reason it took me months to finish it, because I kept having to turn it off due to how nauseated it made my stomach. returnreturnI liked the audio-book included two different narrators depending on whether the chapter was told from Henry or Clair's perspective.