Originally published in my intranet site.
What would you get if you mixed the idea of science fiction with a regular love story? Well, depending on who is writing it, you may get a shoddily written mushy love story, or a poignant and brilliantly written novel like Audrey Niffenegger’s ‘The Time Traveler’s Wife’.
The premise is interesting. Henry De Tumble, a librarian, suffers from a rare disorder called Chrono Displacement disorder. He travels through time, at random times without warning. So according to him, the first time he saw his wife was when he was 28 and she was 20; but according to Clare, his wife, she first met with him when he was 40 and she was 6 !!
Sounds interesting? In spite of dealing with the concept of frequent time travel, the story is more believable than other time-travel novel and is very engaging, although there is no time travel to prehistoric times or to Kings’ courts !! At its core, it is a simple love story. The difference between this one and the others is that here the twist comes in the form of Henry’s disorder.
Romance is not my cup of tea. I hate mushy romantic novels. There are very few romantic novels that I have liked and this one definitely figures in that list. It is difficult to believe that this was the author’s debut novel !
Get hold of the novel if you can. You will never regret it !!
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