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Book Review of The Time Traveler's Wife

The Time Traveler's Wife
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Helpful Score: 1


While an original love story that twists and turns through time and makes the reader question the issues of fate vs. free will vs. determinism vs. God, this novel ultimately peters out at the end and falls flat. Honestly, it is to be expected for a first-time novelist who took on such heavy, literary material mixed with science fiction. Good endings are difficult to write, and how satisfying could an ending be for these two star-crossed lovers who are trapped by time? Having said that, the rest of the epic journey is well worth the ride, albeit a long and winding one.