Reviews

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

dmsehnert's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

nicolegiordano's review against another edition

5.0

A beautiful book. At times it can feel a bit hard to follow but the story is so original, sweet and beautiful. I'm re-reading this one for book club. Love it!

laurenshikari's review against another edition

4.0

What a brilliant novel, I couldn’t put this down and read through it in a couple of days! This is a beautiful romance plagued with uncertainty and tragedy. Niffenegger’s prose is so interesting and the way she brings together all of the different time slots is explosive by the end of the novel, every little memory of Henry and Claire has an important place. There are times of incredible beauty and times of incredible sadness but you fall in love with Henry and Claire, Henry being the most loveable of rogues. It explores the limits of what we can love and how soon this love can start to blossom. You really feel for Henry’s inability to control his time travel and throughout the novel you long for him to find a way to anchor himself to his present, to live a normal life with the woman he loves. But it is of course this time travel that makes this story so unusual and so indulgent. This novel is much deserving of its popularity, and it is definitely one of a kind!

erinthompson11's review against another edition

2.0

One of my closest friends shared this book with me and claimed that it was her favorite book. After finishing it, I'm unsure why she said that. I was intrigued in the beginning of the story, but as time went on I became less interested in what was happening. The plot struggled to keep me engaged and by the end of the novel I didn't even have the energy to finish the book. I merely scanned the last 30 pages. With that being said, I appreciate the relationships portrayed because even with the supernatural element, they represent a very realistic relationship. I haven't seen the movie and after reading I'm not sure I want to.

tiffanysmith's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

steph_askew's review against another edition

emotional fast-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? No

4.75

bangtan_bookworm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

23kak85's review against another edition

5.0

Loved this book. Audrey Niffenegger has such a way with words. This book is so beautifully written. I got lost in this book for hours, I couldn't put it down.

saucemallow's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

Too much sex.  Even books I have read where they have sex a bunch at least they relate it to the events of the book and work it into the plot some way.  If each moment where they are getting freaky was taken out of this book, it would be half the size of what it was originally.  The rest of the book was okay.  The age gap was weird and it did not help that met and did things like have sex when they were more than twenty years apart.  I do not think the author did the “timeless love” thing very well.  
The book does not live up to its title because the book was equally split between the couple’s perspective and was mainly focused on husband rather than the wife.
Also, they never really end up fully addressing how the main character was a jerk in the past.
I tried to think of something to say that I liked about this book but it was just mid.  That’s really all it was.

much_ado_about_mothman's review against another edition

The pedophilia of it all