The Time Traveler's Wife

Author: Audrey Niffenegger
Stars: 4
Review by: JamBob

The premise is very creative and at times confusing....do not get bogged down with the time travel element. I found the first half of the book somewhat shallow with the characters underdeveloped. The second half was more engaging and poignant. Most lovers have the normal relationship challenges, while Clare and Henry need to overcome his out of control disappearing in time. A more romantic movie with a similar time traveling premise is Somewhere in Time with Jane Seymore and Christopher Reeve...gorgeous. Anyway the book has a feel to it that it is really written by a man or thru a man's perspective despite the title. However after the couple's marriage we see a more caring Henry and a desperate desire to conceive a child. The final quarter of the book has you rushing to tie up loose ends and revel in the bittersweet anachronism of the here and now versus the future beyond the pall of death. Interesting and thought provoking. I will see the movie debuting August 14th!

The part I like the most is when they review baby names because they decide upon my mother's.