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The Time Traveler's Wife

  • 23-08-2009 6:46pm
    #1
    _LilyRose_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 211 ✭✭


    Has anyone read The Time Traveler's Wife and seen the film? Any feedback?
    My sister was raving about the book so I read it to see if it was any good. I didn't find most of the first half of the book all that gripping, but once they stayed somewhat in Clare and Henrys present together, instead of all this choping and changing to different times and ages and places.....I was so confused!
    But anyway in the end I really liked it! But haven't gotten to see the movie yet. I love Rachel McAdams, and they guy who plays Henry looks cute..;)
    Again, no spoilers, just chat!!:)


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  • #2
    Fysh
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Regional Abroad Moderators Posts: 11,106 Mod ✭✭✭✭Fysh


    I thought the book was fantastic, a really engrossing depiction of the relationship between Clare and Henry that managed to make the everyday stuff interesting and worth reading.

    I thought the film was a load of old bollocks. Too many of the things that made the book any good were chucked out so that the film could instead try and adhere to the conventional romantic drama structure. There's a review thread here where the concensus seems to be a bit more positive than my reaction, for what it's worth.


  • #3
    _LilyRose_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 211 ✭✭_LilyRose_


    Thanks.
    From reading the review thread, I'm guessing the film left out all the uncomfortable, gritty real-life stuff that made the book.
    I'm going to read it again though; the first time I was waiting for it to get really good so I kind of skimmed past the first half..!
    I noticed in trailers that Clare's hair isn't red! They always leave out stuff like that in films! It's not like they had to dye it orange; her hair is dark red!
    *sigh*


  • #4
    DublinWriter
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    I read the book and it seemed like the author had basically taken 'Slaughterhouse 5' and spot-welded a romantic plot onto it.

    It's a nice, life-affirming pot-boiler of a novel that doesn't tax the brain too much.


  • #5
    _LilyRose_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 211 ✭✭_LilyRose_


    DublinWriter wrote: »
    I read the book and it seemed like the author had basically taken 'Slaughterhouse 5' and spot-welded a romantic plot onto it.

    It's a nice, life-affirming pot-boiler of a novel that doesn't tax the brain too much.

    I don't know what 'Slaughterhouse 5' is, but you got to admit the idea is original.


  • #6
    JohnnyChimpo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,136 ✭✭✭JohnnyChimpo


    _LilyRose_ wrote: »
    I don't know what 'Slaughterhouse 5' is, but you got to admit the idea is original.

    oh my..


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  • #7
    starn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,259 ✭✭✭starn


    _LilyRose_ wrote: »
    I don't know what 'Slaughterhouse 5' is, but you got to admit the idea is original.

    Hahahahahahahahaha.

    Only if youve never read Slaughterhouse 5 :)


  • #8
    Fysh
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Regional Abroad Moderators Posts: 11,106 Mod ✭✭✭✭Fysh


    DublinWriter wrote: »
    I read the book and it seemed like the author had basically taken 'Slaughterhouse 5' and spot-welded a romantic plot onto it.

    It's a nice, life-affirming pot-boiler of a novel that doesn't tax the brain too much.

    Well, yes, or you could try and take it as its own book and read it as someone trying to create a romantic drama that isn't predicated entirely on depicting the courtship leading up to a relationship, but rather the entire relationship.

    The time-travel aspects do have some semblance to Slaughterhouse 5 as I recall (though it's about 10 years since I read it so I couldn't be certain), but the thrust of the book and what made it worth reading for me was the relationship between Claire and Henry and the way in which they cope with their relationship's structure.


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