Emily P. (mizparker) reviewed on 12/10/2008 + 87 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 1

I liked this story a lot and even shed a tear at the end, but it was relatively easy for me to put down, also. At first, it's hard to get a handle on how the time travel works, and as you get into it, you don't even notice it.

I was intrigued by the idea that Henry spent so much time (when he traveled into the past) visiting his wife as a little girl. The result is that when they finally meet in the present, she has known him basically her whole life and he's never met her. I liked that the visitation of a forty-something man to a little girl seemed just like part of the love story and not Humbert Humbert-ish. Well done. The characters seemed very real and human, but it's written in such a classic style that the occasional use of a glaringly "modern" word as part of the characters' speech really stands out. Would recommend it, and will re-list it after I lend it around to friends.

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