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This is one of the greatest books I've ever read. I couldn't put it down!

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These 500 pages seemed like 1,000. Are editors no longer employed by the publishing companies? She's one of several authors in recent months who seem to go to press without one word being deleted from their manuscripts. I would have red-penciled at least half her pages.
Interesting premise, but entirely too unruly and disjointed for even the most patient of readers.

I really loved this book. I did have to do some backtracking for dates to keep track of it all, the didn't keep me from becoming absorbed by it. It was one of those books that won't let me start another until I had this one out of my system. I read it because the idea of time travel intrigues me, but I loved it because of the love story between Claire and Henry.

Very few books have had the privilege of hooking me from the opening line. "The Time Traveler's Wife" is one of them. I first set out to read "The Time Traveler's Wife" because it fit into my Eponymous Challenge, and because I wanted to read the book before the movie came out. (By the way, the movie "The Time Traveler's Wife" is in production right now. It stars Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams and is set for release some time in November 2008.)

"The Time Traveler's Wife" is the story of Henry and his wife Clare. Henry has the ability to travel through time. However, he does not have the ability to control his time travels. This enables him to see his wife Clare as she's growing up, but it also forces him to re-live painful experiences over and over again.

If you've read "The Time Traveler's Wife", I'd love to start a discussion with you. If you haven't read "The Time Traveler's Wife" yet, I am fearful to say too much in my review. But I highly highly recommend that you read the book before the movie is released in (or around) November.

interesting book about a man who can travel through time - and the girl/woman who stands by him on his journey

Dear Audrey Niffenegger,
You made me cry. Will you do it again, soon? Oh, and Claire is sexy. Can you get me her number?
Tony H

This book will disorient you in the beginning. I feel this is necessary to help you understand Henry's problem. Keep pushing on and I promise it will start to make sense. Before you know it you'll be incredibly invested in this remarkable story of a bizarre affliction that led to a Love that withstands the seriously unconventional boundaries of time. Not only do you start to realize that this could actually be happening, you start to feel like it's happening to you. A tragedy from the very beginning, this book crosses sci-fi with love-story so eloquently and with a grace that I've never before seen in literature. It's the only book that has ever made me cry. Thank you Ms. Niffenegger.

I read this book quite a while ago. Still, I have fond memories of the ride it took me on. This is a tender love story with a twist; the Time Traveler alluded to in the title. Time travel is used as a device in which a man, through some kind of freak disease, is able to travel to different points in a woman's life. In fact, the man has no control over where in time he's going to end up.

The book is funny, yet moving. exhilarating, yet contemplative.

Masterful first novel! Niffenegger weaves time matrices, plot lines, and passion masterfully. A must read that made year's best list on many PBS discussion forum posters.

I loved this book. Showed that love can over come any odds...even time travel.

A love story about two people who travel back and forth in time. It's an amazing trip.

This is the story of a man trying to lead a normal life, while bouncing around his past and future in the style of Quantum Leap.

This edition is a full-size hardcover book with a price (U.S. $25.00) on the dust jacket. It also has the Today's Book Club logo printed on it, looking like a sticker.

This is a great read for anyone facinated about the idea of time travel.