A review by emmalyn_reads
The Time Keeper by Mitch Albom

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Dor, the inventor of the world's first clock, had absolutely no warning about just how severely he would be punished for trying to measure God's greatest gift: time. As his wife, Alli, lies dying in their hut, Dor rushes the tower in town and tries to over take the Gods, demanding more time. Dor is banished to a cave for centuries for his plight, forced to listen to voices of all who come after him praying and begging and seeking for just one more minute, one more hour, one more day, one more year....just more time. Dor, known here on out as Father Time, spends centuries locked away, barely holding onto memories of his life, watching his soul deterriate. Eventually, Dor is set free with a magical hourglass and one impossible task: make two people, the old rich man vying for eternity and the young girl wanting today to not turn into tomorrow, understand the gift they have been given and save them both. So Dor returns to our world, centuries beyond when he was banished, with his magical hourglass and nothing but time on his hands, literally, to do the unthinkable. Mitch weaves a truly evocative story about time's true value, the preciousness of life and mortality. 

Unfortunately, like my previous reviews of The Dead and the Dark and The Little Liar (also Mitch Album), I read this book while on a grippy sock vacay and I do not have a PLAYLIST nor a FAVORITE QUOTES.