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The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

6 reviews

flowers_and_cows's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

The story of Clare and Henry was surprisingly easy to follow, even with all of Henry's time traveling. A great story, and the ending left me wanting and wishing that there was more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Child death, and Addiction

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Car accident, Grief, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, and Drug abuse

fishgulper's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Infertility, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Child death, Alcohol, Gun violence, Medical content, Drug abuse, Death, Drug use, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Car accident, and Suicide attempt

delvie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

I went in blind, and I wasn't ready. 

If not for some unfortunate stereotypes and slurs used and the gratuitous sex, it would have been a slam dunk five stars- the audiobook specifically. I think I would have hated this book in print. 

Check TW's; I would not recommend this book if you use reading to escape. 

The last 40 minutes hit so hard, I had to take my headphones out because I was on the threshold of tears. 

I get why it's been adapted twice; I imagine you could do some pretty cool stuff via film with this premise. 

I'm not gonna get over this for a while. Sheesh. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Suicide, Abandonment, Car accident, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Ableism, Blood, Drug abuse, Death, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Murder

Minor: Abortion, Cancer, and Confinement

uranaishi's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Drug use, Sexual content, Classism, Medical content, Abandonment, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Blood, Cancer, Cursing, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Infertility, Mental illness, and Torture

Minor: Addiction, Child death, Classism, Self harm, Homophobia, Rape, and Vomit

filipacarvalho's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Miscarriage, Drug abuse, Drug use, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Car accident, Suicide, and Violence

Minor: Infidelity

katsbooks's review

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

"...absence can be present, like a damaged nerve, like a dark bird..."

"It's hard being left behind... It's hard to be the one who stays... Why is love intensified by absence?"

I had a lot of feelings about this novel. I originally thought I would give this 4 or 5 stars because when I initially finished reading, the story evoked a lot of emotion for me and I felt so melancholic at the end of the novel. However, now that I've had some time to sit with it, I also have some critiques. First off, I loved the writing. It was emotional and really packed a punch. I also liked the format. The dual perspectives and multiple timelines were interesting but not overly confusing. I also really enjoyed how Henry and Clare's characters were not perfect and I found the fact that their flaws were not downplayed very refreshing. Now a few things of which I wasn't a huge fan. The scenes where older Henry visited young Clare made me cringe. It was very clear that Henry didn't want to cross any lines but every scene just felt a bit like grooming to me. I applaud the author for exploring the implications of that part of the plot but the scenes just didn't quite sit well with me. I also really disliked the representation of some of the side characters. It was written almost 20 years ago but having both Henry and Clare grow up with women of color as pseudo-mother figures felt incredibly tokenistic to me. It felt very much like the author was trying to have some kind of diverse representation but didn't know how to do that authentically. The last thing I really hated was Gomez. His character was the worst! And I still don't really understand what the purpose of his character was to begin with. It really feels like he was just there for me to hate. Overall, this book was just okay for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Car accident, Sexual content, Miscarriage, Medical content, Infertility, Grief, Gore, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Death, and Cursing