Skip to main content

Book # 33 The Time Traveler's Wife

Late last night, I finished The Time Traveler's Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger, which is also a wonderful movie. Most people already know, but this book is about a man who time travels and meets his future wife in the future when she is a young girl in the past, makes sense doesn't it? It's about how Henry time travels, and gives up his free will in order to see what his life is going to be like, who he marries, if he has children, etc. He already knows what will happen in his future, therefore most of his free will is gone, he still chooses things, but in the end those choices are the ones that get him to his future he's already seen.

What I truly love about this book, is the unwavering love story. Through time and space, past, present, and future, Clare and Henry share a love that transcends all problems, all absences, all scrutiny. It's interesting that these characters never really question their love, or the fact that they will in time get together and get married, they just know that it feels right for them. No matter what time Henry is in the world, he is in love with Clare, and she with him. Their love extends past time and space, to mean something more to themselves and the world.

Time gets a little confusing in this book, but it's best just to go along with it, because the story pulls you in, and wraps you in a warm blanket of wonderful writing, interesting characters, beautiful settings, and a plot that blows your mind.

As for the movie to book comparison, I watched the movie awhile ago, so I don't remember everything about it, but they are quite similar. In my opinion, this is one of the best book to movie conversion, that I have seen and read lately. They only left out parts that really weren't integral to the plot in the movie, which they have to do for time sake. They really kept close to the book, and made it a true book to film movie.

All in all, I loved this movie, and I loved this book, and all it has to say about time, the future, love, and free will.

Rating: (out of seven stars)

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Remembering 9/11....

       I just wanted to say thank you to all those people out there who serve our country, and protect us day and night.        9 years ago, I was sitting in my 7th grade study hall, when we heard people running through the halls, thats when my teacher went out to investigate and he found out what was going on. He came back into the classroom and turned on our tv. What we saw was horrifying, surreal, and very very sad. I saw the second world trade center tower fall, and I saw people jumping out of the building, and I saw debris crashing to the ground in NYC. As a 7th grader, I was in shock, to me the U.S. was impenetrable. I really never thought that something like that could happen to my country. I was shocked, appalled, and confused. I realize now how naive I was, and how my judgement and view on life was forever changed that day.        I really have no idea whether it was the planes that knocked the to...
2 comments
Read more

How Rude!

As of recently, I was hired and took a Customer Service Associate position at Lowe's. Which at first, I thought was just really a glorified cashier. As it turns out, we do a lot more than just ring customers out with their purchases. As a customer service associate, we ring customers out, we handle customer complaints, requests, problems, inquiries, we handle the phones, we find, print, and call about customer's order that were special ordered, or an internet order, or just ordered. We do a lot, and sometimes it gets very busy and crazy. What I really want to write about concerning my job was how to me it seems that people have just lost their ability to be pleasant, nice, and gracious to the people they are buying products from. I had so many customers be rude to me today, that it got me wondering, (and using Full House phrases), "Why are we so rude?" I know that I don't have a very important job, but I am still a person that should be treated with respect wh...
2 comments
Read more

Book # 38 Water for Elephants

Thanks to a co-worker who lent me the book, and friends and family that told me how amazing this book was, I finally read, Water for Elephants , by Sara Gruen. I have been hearing rave reviews from friends, family, coworkers, online sites, and other blogs about this book, and I have to say that I agree whole-heartedly. This is a wonderful book about love, life, the circus, and how connected people can become with each other and animals in such a short time. It's a stunning tale of the carnival and circus people of a time long ago, and how their lives revolved around the circus, the performers, the workmen, the animals, and the crowds. I loved all the characters in this book, and it was really interesting going from the past to the present with the main character. The love between Marlena and Jacob is so wonderful, and pure that it's a great part of this book. I also love how involved and invested Jacob becomes with the animals and some people in the circus. It's a tale of...
2 comments
Read more