May 27 2005
Time Traveller’s Wife
Author: Audrey Niffenegger
DDS: 813.6
I read this books for Fantasy Favorites, but I’m a bit late so haven’t read any of the discussion there yet.
I’ve listed this under chick-lit as it is basically a romance story, with a little bit of sci-fi (in the form of time travel) thrown in. The plot revolves around Clare and Henry, who meet when Clare was 6 and Henry 36. But marry when Clare was 22 and Henry 30.
However the time-travel is really just a plot device, the real story is the romance between the two characters. And I’ll admit that at the start I didn’t really like the idea of this older Henry being so close with the child Clare. I felt it was a little close to “grooming.”
But that feeling was only ever very slight, and for the most part this was a well-written, enjoyable romance.
Tags: 8 Stars, 813.6, Audrey Niffenegger, chick-lit, Fantasy Favorites, group read, romance, sff, time travel, Time Traveller's Wife
