La mujer del viajero en el tiempo

Hardcover, 608 pages

Spanish language

Published Sept. 30, 2005 by Random House Mondadori, S.A. (Grijalbo).

ISBN:: 978-84-253-3962-2

(4 reviews)

Una fascinante y muy poco convencional historia de amor: Henry es bibliotecario y padece una extraña disfunción genética que le hace viajar involuntariamente en el tiempo; Clare, su mujer, es artista. Su amor es apasionado y solo aspiran a llevar una vida normal. Sin embargo, los viajes al pasado y al futuro de Henry, que a veces producen situaciones comprometedoras y otras divertidas, son un desafío a su relación. Una novela que invita a pensar en la perdurabilidad del amor y el paso del tiempo, en la emoción irrepetible de las primeras sensaciones, tanto en una relación como en la vida. Una lectura que, llevando de la sonrisa a la emoción, conmueve. Y una historia original e inolvidable.

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Anthony Burgess reviewed The time traveler's wife by Audrey Niffenegger

Surprisingly good story that's not too corny

4 stars

Starting this book, I was worried, that it's gonna be one of those heavy romance novels but I'm glad I stuck around. It sure is romance, no doubt about it, but the story was good enough to keep me interested until the end. I try to not spoil anything here, as always.

The mechanics of the time travel are well done. It left some questions open, but not enough to pull me out of the story. I especially like the way she goes about time paradoxes. It's a bit of an easy way to deal with it, but at least it's done consistently. Maybe that's just me, but I dislike books that try to come up with some complicated approach to some known fiction theme and end up creating obvious plot holes that distract me from the story itself. It could also be, that the story did a better job …

Starting this book, I was worried, that it's gonna be one of those heavy romance novels but I'm glad I stuck around. It sure is romance, no doubt about it, but the story was good enough to keep me interested until the end. I try to not spoil anything here, as always.

The mechanics of the time travel are well done. It left some questions open, but not enough to pull me out of the story. I especially like the way she goes about time paradoxes. It's a bit of an easy way to deal with it, but at least it's done consistently. Maybe that's just me, but I dislike books that try to come up with some complicated approach to some known fiction theme and end up creating obvious plot holes that distract me from the story itself. It could also be, that the story did a better job distracting me from these plot holes. 🤷🏼

The story itself was romantic of course, but the characters did a good job reacting to the situation at hand, they seemed believable, though the protagonists could have had a bit more depth. I didn't read it as critically as other books though, it was just an easy and enjoyable read.

It's not gonna be one of my favorites, but I would recommend it. If you just want to read something nice, give it a go.