The Time Traveler’s Wife
Audrey Niffenegger
Page Count: 518
Publication: 2003
I chose to the read The Time Traveler’s Wife because immediately after reading the book selections it caught my attention, mainly because I’ve seen the movie. In my personal opinion all books are far superior to their motion picture counter part. And the movie directed by Robert Schwentke was truly a great film. I am lso an avid reader in my spare time, and always find books with some sense of suspense and supernatural natural occurrences to capture my interest. So all in all if the movie was in my top choices, the book will be extraordinary.
From the amount of the book I have read Im already interested and excited to see the drama unfold. The book is clearly going to be a very good read, and I would not change my choice for any other book. I also like the layout of the book and the writing construction. The author encompasses both the main characters through different roles, in their first chat in the modern day. This opened my knowledge up to what to expect the actions of both to be, and the way they view each other for their “first” time meeting as far as Henry is aware of.
In all honesty I have not read far, only about ¾’s through the first chapter. Although the feeling I’m getting from the book is quite interesting.
So far the main characters Henry and Clare, have both met for the first time to Henry’s knowledge though Clare has known of, and been close friends of Henry’s since her childhood at the age of 6. The relationship she developed with the “time traveling Henry” is clearly very strong, and Clare knows of the future she holds with Henry as she ages. The current day Henry is taken aback by the beauty and obvious love she has for him, but too feels the strong bond and they agree to meet for dinner At this dinner she has introduced herself properly, and explained the truth behind her bashful and excited nature at the book store. As well as explaining the story about his time travelling, which nearly literally knocks him off his feet, but he composes himself and listens onward to the content of their previous encounters. A very significant object which is first shown in this chapter is the collection of news paper articles brought to Clare by the future Henry, this secures Henry’s belief of their adventures, and also as far as I’ve gotten in my reading.
At the moment the most obvious and most important theme, and obviously developing through the whole book, is romance/ love. It is, in my mind, a twist on the classic love story of Romeo and Juliet though rather than star-crossed lovers they are time-crossed lovers. This makes the romance between them less relatable but much more interesting. Which in all honestly would draw the attention of the female readers, which girl wouldn’t be interested in living this lifestyle initially. This also leads me to feel suspicious and excited for what will happen as far as Henry’s later on time traveling occurs.
I’ve also found a book review on The Time Traveler’s Wife on Pajimba.com sharing the opinions of a fellow reader, her interest and observations of the book. This review is also quite interesting because not only did she read this book, she’s read 100 other books in that year. It is interesting reading someone’s thoughts on the very same book that you’re reading, and seeing the contrasts and similarities you both share.
“Oh. That’s probably good news but somehow at the moment I don’t want to be thought of as parental.” I think this is a really interesting quote because it sums up all of his thoughts and hers in one sentence. They both already know how they feel about each other, also it shows irony. The irony is, he doesn’t want to be thought of as parental for certain reasons but the majority of Clare’s life, Henry has appeared as a father figure.
