A review by lorie336
The Time Keeper by Mitch Albom

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

It was an okay book, but I knew how this would turn out. I don't mind predictability, but with these characters it was the same thing I have read before. I didn't like Victor at all not even at the end and Sarah I pitied the girl, thank goodness there wasn't social media back when I was a teen because the internet was still in its infancy. Dor was interesting, but I feel this could have been portrayed better with different characters  besides the greedy rich man, think Scrooge, and the lonely suicidal outsider, think the character In It's A Wonderful Life (not sure if they were a lonely outsider, but they had wondered what life would be like without them). Why not someone suffering with a mental illness or someone abused (any abuse), or a BIPOC person, or someone  struggling with sexual identity? 

I liked the short chapters which made it easier to read, but the lack of fleshing out Victor and Sarah as well as their plots left questions. This book could have been longer so that maybe we could see the effects of certain life changing moments in Sarah and Victor's lives.

I felt Dor or Father Time was the only one fleshed out and had enough plot history to care about, other than that I feel this book was rushed and a far cry from The Five People  You Meet in Heaven. 
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