Like most people, I tend to catch up on my reading list in the summer. My latest conquest is The Time Traveler’s Wife. I started reading the book three days ago. I got to work early today (a rarity) and I have about 30 pages left to read until I am finished. I look around and no one is here yet and so I decide to read. This was a bad idea. I am tearing up and come very close to sobbing out loud as I turn each page…506…505…504…..536 (Period). I hate for this book to be over. I am not ready for it to be over. I read it way to fast and I’m still immersed in this story. I Google for discussions on this book and unfortunately do not find any good ones. I am hoping that there are many people currently reading this book, about to finish, since the movie is coming out in a few days. Here are some of my thoughts on The Time Traveler’s Wife:
Love in real life is not all peaches and cream. There are ups and down. Audrey Niffenegger, the author, was able to capture all the highs and the lows of love. We’re captivated by the nature of the couple’s first real meeting, when they make love, fall in love and get married. But Audrey is not afraid to paint love in an ugly light. Henry and Clare try unsuccessfully for years to have a child and it tears away at the seams of their marriage. They bury the corpses of their dead fetuses. Clare admits to secretly enjoy being by herself sometimes when Henry time travels. The couple goes through the constraints of money and past love affairs. Henry and Clare’s love story is truthful and believable.
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