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3.93 AVERAGE
3.93 AVERAGE
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Found myself at a loss for what to rate this. I really liked the premise of the book and thought that it was executed in a cool way that didn’t leave me confused. I genuinely wanted to get back to the book to find out what would happen as I came to care about the characters and the letter that Henry writes to Clare made me tear up. However, there were quite a few things about it that I think didn’t age well (ironically). A major one — although it’s unclear whether it ever landed — was the age difference between the two protagonists when Henry visited Clare as a child. Putting myself in their shoes, how beautiful it would be to visit your partner before you met them. I personally know that I’m in love when I feel sad that I didn’t know him through every stage of his life and have been relegated to hearing stories about it. But because we don’t know Clare yet in the present, it just felt perverted to read. This was such a major part of the book that it made a good segment of it difficult to read.
This book was not at all what I expected. I love that element of surprise when you have an idea what a book is going to be about, and your perception was totally wrong. I didn't expect science fiction (a genre I rarely read) yet thoroughly enjoyed reading this. I had a hard time putting it down.
For the first 300 pages the book was slow and way too descriptive. About 350 pages in, the book became AMAZING. Still way too detailed but amazing! Such a great love story.
emotional
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Okay, to be fair I have to admit that I only got a few chapters into this before I realized that it just wasn't my type of read.
sad
slow-paced
I really hated this book so much. I hated the characters, I could not connect with them at all. The writing style was so boring and uninteresting to me. While reading this book I was always in one of two states: bored or wildly uncomfortable. I hated that so much of the book was Henry "hanging out" with Claire as a child, the whole situation felt like grooming to me. I hated their relationship and I hated how many unnecessary sex scenes there were. I felt nothing at all when Henry died except for relief because that meant that the book was almost over. I hated how Claire had an affair with her best friend's partner TWICE. These characters were so unlikable I wish I had not read this book in the first place. As soon as I finished the book, my first thought was that reading this book was a waste of time. Genuinely, the characters felt so flat. I hope to forget this book as soon as I can. I don't want it wasting space in my brain.
(listened to the audiobook, if that matters)
(listened to the audiobook, if that matters)