It would be vital to review this book if I want this blog to be the IN-book review-blog. Besides, Popular is doing this promotion for the month of April anyway. So grab yours today!
Look, I know I should use this cover as the picture;
But to be frank, I love this one more, so what the heck, it's my review anyway:
TITLE: THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE
AUTHOR: AUDREY NIFFENEGGER
GENRE: SCIENTIFIC ROMANCE - FICTION
PUBLISHER:VINTAGE BOOKS (2003)
ISBN: 0-099-46446-2
PAGES: 518
NARRATOR: Alternating from Clare to Henry
POV: First Person POV
SETTING (TIME): Birth of Henry - 2053
SETTING (PLACE): USA
Look, I know I should use this cover as the picture;
But to be frank, I love this one more, so what the heck, it's my review anyway:
TITLE: THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE
AUTHOR: AUDREY NIFFENEGGER
GENRE: SCIENTIFIC ROMANCE - FICTION
PUBLISHER:VINTAGE BOOKS (2003)
ISBN: 0-099-46446-2
PAGES: 518
NARRATOR: Alternating from Clare to Henry
POV: First Person POV
SETTING (TIME): Birth of Henry - 2053
SETTING (PLACE): USA
SYNOPSIS
The story is about Henry DeTamble and Clare Abshire and how Henry time travels throughout the novel. It started with Clare meeting Henry when they are all grown ups, but chronologically, they met when Clare was still a child while Henry is in his forties.
They fell in love, and get married, have a child (after so many miscarriages), and demise of one of the spouse. Overall it deals with their daily lives, and how they vie for a normal lifestyle which is quite impossible.
***spoilers alert!*** below are analysis of themes, characters etc. heavy spoilers.
CHARACTERS OVERVIEW
Henry DeTamble - Son of singer, Annette Robinson, and violist, Richard DeTamble. He is an only child in the family. Despite being born in a musical background family, he has no talent in music at all. In fact, he majored English Literature in college and he speaks French and German fluently, having constantly quotes from literatures. Chronologically, he is all over the place. He has this chromosome disorder that makes him involuntarily time travels to places and times that he is, somehow, related. He is emotional. His emotions will act as a gravity, pulling Henry towards the time that he strongly attached, emotionally. For example, he time traveled more than 6 times back to the X'mas Eve that his mother died. From there, he saw the accident from every angles, and saw how the younger self time traveled to save himself. He is also organized, despite the irony of incapable of controlling his own 24 hours. He taught his young self how to survive in the future, with all the skills; he saved his wedding, literally, by time traveling back to the wedding. Henry is a responsible person, being someone who can see the future and alter it at his own will, he never did it. except the time he wants to buy a new house for Clare and decided to cheat the lottery.
Clare Abshire - A child of a wealthy and big family, Clare is probably the youngest of the siblings. She was six when she first met Henry. Henry time traveled to the meadow where little Clare was playing alone. She doesn't believe Henry until he vanished in front of her eyes. Throughout her childhood, she is convinced that Henry would be her husband and hence she does not really date back in her schooling years. She is excited to see Henry when he appears but she would get worried , as an adult, whenever Hnery disappeared to meet her younger self. Her whole life centers around Henry, she loves him, even after Henry;s death.
THEMES
Absence of spouse in a relationship
Love transcends time
The law of Cause and Effect
Future is inevitable
Science improves humanity
Genetic diseases and their cures
QUOTES
"Don't you think it's better to be extremely happy for a short while, even if you lose it, than to be just okay for your whole life?"
"There is only one page left to write on. I will fill it with words of only one syllable. I love. I have loved. I will love."
"It’s dark now and I am very tired. I love you, always. Time is nothing."
★★★☆☆
-KarWai
The story is about Henry DeTamble and Clare Abshire and how Henry time travels throughout the novel. It started with Clare meeting Henry when they are all grown ups, but chronologically, they met when Clare was still a child while Henry is in his forties.
They fell in love, and get married, have a child (after so many miscarriages), and demise of one of the spouse. Overall it deals with their daily lives, and how they vie for a normal lifestyle which is quite impossible.
***spoilers alert!*** below are analysis of themes, characters etc. heavy spoilers.
CHARACTERS OVERVIEW
Henry DeTamble - Son of singer, Annette Robinson, and violist, Richard DeTamble. He is an only child in the family. Despite being born in a musical background family, he has no talent in music at all. In fact, he majored English Literature in college and he speaks French and German fluently, having constantly quotes from literatures. Chronologically, he is all over the place. He has this chromosome disorder that makes him involuntarily time travels to places and times that he is, somehow, related. He is emotional. His emotions will act as a gravity, pulling Henry towards the time that he strongly attached, emotionally. For example, he time traveled more than 6 times back to the X'mas Eve that his mother died. From there, he saw the accident from every angles, and saw how the younger self time traveled to save himself. He is also organized, despite the irony of incapable of controlling his own 24 hours. He taught his young self how to survive in the future, with all the skills; he saved his wedding, literally, by time traveling back to the wedding. Henry is a responsible person, being someone who can see the future and alter it at his own will, he never did it. except the time he wants to buy a new house for Clare and decided to cheat the lottery.
Clare Abshire - A child of a wealthy and big family, Clare is probably the youngest of the siblings. She was six when she first met Henry. Henry time traveled to the meadow where little Clare was playing alone. She doesn't believe Henry until he vanished in front of her eyes. Throughout her childhood, she is convinced that Henry would be her husband and hence she does not really date back in her schooling years. She is excited to see Henry when he appears but she would get worried , as an adult, whenever Hnery disappeared to meet her younger self. Her whole life centers around Henry, she loves him, even after Henry;s death.
THEMES
Absence of spouse in a relationship
Love transcends time
The law of Cause and Effect
Future is inevitable
Science improves humanity
Genetic diseases and their cures
QUOTES
"Don't you think it's better to be extremely happy for a short while, even if you lose it, than to be just okay for your whole life?"
"There is only one page left to write on. I will fill it with words of only one syllable. I love. I have loved. I will love."
"It’s dark now and I am very tired. I love you, always. Time is nothing."
★★★☆☆
-KarWai
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