The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

In general, I liked this book.  I wouldn't recommend it to everyone however. "Time-travel" is always an interesting concept.  I actually liked how the author provided an explanation as to why Henry time-traveled - and explained how he tried to "fix" himself so that he could stay in the present.  I think it was a wonderful love story.  Talk about never-ending love! ;)

That being said, I also found it to be confusing at times.  Part of the problem (for me) was that the two "voices", meaning Henry and Clare, were not distinct enough from each other.  I would oftentimes be reading a section and I would think I was reading Henry's thoughts and something would confuse me, so I would look back to the "title" - and sure enough, I was actually reading Clare's thought.  When an author flips back and forth in time, and back and forth between two characters, the two characters have to each have a distinctive voice!  I mean, considering their different genders - and different ages, we should be able to tell who is talking without always looking to the sub-heading for clarification.

It took me about 70 pages to really get into the book.  Once I understood what was going on though, with the different ages of Henry and Clare, I thought it was cleverly written.  I'm still not sure what to think of the two Henry's being together though....  I like how the author doles out information a little at a time, so it kept you guessing as to what was going to happen - or what had already happened!

A comment about the death of Henry: I didn't have a problem with Henry standing there looking at his own blood in the field with Clare's dad and brother, but I thought it was weird that Clare's dad and brother weren't freaked out by Henry being there.  They did see him, right?  It's not like he was a ghost or anything.  That was a weird scene because Henry #1 called out to Clare after he was shot.  If Clare heard that in the house, then her dad and brother would have heard it.  Then, they only find blood (no body) - AND they find Henry #2 standing there looking at the blood with them.  Later, when they meet Henry, no one ever mentions this day.  Weird.

Wendy's Rating: ****