The Time Traveler's Wife ~ pages 500 - Fin.
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The Time Traveler's Wife ~ pages 500 - Fin.
Share your overall view of the book here =)
i'd give it a 9.0/10 (which is surprising for me, i'm generally not a fan of contemporary work)
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Him losing his feet was the first real heartbreaker for me, and then it just went all downhill from there.
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Anyway, I usually do not like love stories, but I enjoyed reading this book.
"Non ignara mali miseris succurrere disco." Virgil, The Aeneid
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Most of fiction is either plot-driven or character-driven, whereas this book failed to successfully meet the standards of either category.
It was written in a fragmentary style where the author presented the whole book in just snapshots which was a lazy way to write a novel. This vignette-style rendered the novel effectively plotless since the author just conjured up a domestic scene and based a chapter on that. The narrative was not intriguing enough to drive the story forward.
On the other hand, the novel could not be deemed character-driven either, since the author could not develop her characters beyond the stereotypical ones that she created. Such characters did not justify the novel to be one which is character-driven. Despite the book being over five-hundred pages long, I was unable to identify with the characters or get to know them with any depth. The author only described them superficially focusing on their favourite clothes, food, and music, and not much else.
For a much more intelligent, human, and wiser handling of the subject of time-travel, please read 'Replay' by Ken Grimwood.
http://www.amazon.com/Replay-Fantasy-Ma ... f_rd_i=ybh
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I didn't feel this at all and after thinking about these two very different interpretations I came up with this conclusion.ghazali wrote:I read 'The Time Traveler's Wife' a few months ago and I thought it was poorly-written, below-average book.
Most of fiction is either plot-driven or character-driven, whereas this book failed to successfully meet the standards of either category.
It was written in a fragmentary style where the author presented the whole book in just snapshots which was a lazy way to write a novel. This vignette-style rendered the novel effectively plotless since the author just conjured up a domestic scene and based a chapter on that. The narrative was not intriguing enough to drive the story forward.
On the other hand, the novel could not be deemed character-driven either, since the author could not develop her characters beyond the stereotypical ones that she created. Such characters did not justify the novel to be one which is character-driven. Despite the book being over five-hundred pages long, I was unable to identify with the characters or get to know them with any depth. The author only described them superficially focusing on their favourite clothes, food, and music, and not much else.
For a much more intelligent, human, and wiser handling of the subject of time-travel, please read 'Replay' by Ken Grimwood.
http://www.amazon.com/Replay-Fantasy-Ma ... f_rd_i=ybh
The flip side to what you are saying is...the author intended the novel to feel this way, she wanted you to feel disconnect from the characters and their stories as they themselves were. The focus of the novel was the 'now', the smells, the sounds, the likes and dislikes, the pain and the love. The book was emotion-driven meant to feel just out of reach. Therefore the author succeded as proven by you.
Just an idea.
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