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The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
2.0
I really wanted to like this book. But alas, we don’t always get what we want.
This was bad. Very, very bad. The characters were so bland I felt no attachment to them whatsoever, and the romance was abysmal. Though told in two perspectives, the narrations felt so identical I often had to double check who was speaking.
Then, of course, you have to deal with the blatant grooming and pedophilia tendencies Henry exhibits throughout the book. I’m sorry, but this man groomed Claire and I won’t take any objections. I have never felt more uncomfortable trying to get through their time-traveling scenes, especially the one in which Claire turns 18 (iykyk). Overall, a very bland and kinda gross book.
The only reason I’m rating this 2 stars is because it oddly got me out of my reading slump. It was kind of like a train wreck, terrible but I couldn’t look away (even though I badly wanted to).
Final thoughts: Ew.
This was bad. Very, very bad. The characters were so bland I felt no attachment to them whatsoever, and the romance was abysmal. Though told in two perspectives, the narrations felt so identical I often had to double check who was speaking.
Then, of course, you have to deal with the blatant grooming and pedophilia tendencies Henry exhibits throughout the book. I’m sorry, but this man groomed Claire and I won’t take any objections. I have never felt more uncomfortable trying to get through their time-traveling scenes, especially the one in which Claire turns 18 (iykyk). Overall, a very bland and kinda gross book.
The only reason I’m rating this 2 stars is because it oddly got me out of my reading slump. It was kind of like a train wreck, terrible but I couldn’t look away (even though I badly wanted to).
Final thoughts: Ew.