The Time Traveler's Wife

The Time Traveler’s Wife
By Audrey Niffenegger
2003, debut novel

I saw this movie (2009) a long time ago and wanted to read the book right away. The story line is so compelling that I wanted to deeply connect with the book from which the movie was based. It appears that this was the debut novel of the author, and I admired her writing more for a very good start. I have not yet checked whether she has other titles under her name. I am so drunken by the no-fuss storytelling of a raw love story tested by instability, time and faith.

I love how the author used the storytelling through the eyes of the two main characters, Clare and Henry. It was a complete love story from childhood up to old age of Clare. I love the poems sprinkled along the way as I read. I love how science was used in order not to make this one a magical realism. I love the rawness of the language employed by the author. She made me feel that these two people are in love like other humans, only challenged by the time travels of Henry.

I can’t add or subtract anything on this. If there is a sequel, I want to know what happens to their offspring, Alba. I totally adore this one. Perhaps, because I am an adult now and this is a romantic realism, not a romantic magical story. So, drawing from the novel itself, I can only say now that it pays to wait for the right time to read this novel. 



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