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Time Traveller's Wife - Spoilers present!

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lilibet · 03/03/2005 11:02

I finished this a few weeks back and have been pleased to see that other people have read it too. It wasn't my book group read - just finished Small Island for that, but it waqs recommended by someone at book group. What did everyone think of it. I have read some fantastic reviews and although I enjoyed it, I wouldn't go over the top with praise. I felt that the ending was too ambiguous - how did he die? I did break my heart at the bit with his daughter.

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sorrel · 23/06/2005 10:07

I always wondered about Gomez too Lua. Bit of a dog in a manger. Always felt very sorry for Charisse knowing that he had 'settled' for her.

Lua · 23/06/2005 09:30

Hi all! I love the book too, and was ok with the end, But was frustrated with how much the feelings of Gomez for Clare comes up and we never learn more about it... Was anyone else curious to knowhy did hemarried charisse and why Clare is always willing to be around him, even though she knows he likes her?

Blu · 15/06/2005 21:06

Small Island: Andrea Levy.

thedogmother · 15/06/2005 20:54

Loved this book. Kept going back to look at dates etc. v.sad at the end I thought.

Who is the author of Small Island?

albosmum · 15/06/2005 20:46

I loved this book about 4 days ago - the ending was a bit naff but well worth a read

Titania · 15/06/2005 20:27

ooh i bought this book the other day!! its my next read after i have read sickened.

soapbox · 14/06/2005 10:28

Just resurrecting this to say that I have just finished this book and loved it. Will be handing it round all my friends to read now

What struck me was how important every moment became to him as soon as he knew when he would die. It made me realise that although many people say that we should live each day as if its our last, in practice so few people actually achieve this.

Has made me more determined not to let time drift by frittering it on unimportant banal stuff

emmatmg · 20/04/2005 12:57

I just finished this earlier today.

It's left me feeling wistful and gushy and romantic and sad and in love and soooooooo many other things.

I LOVED this book.

(Just bought Small island while shopping and pleased to see it's been recommended here.)

catsnkids · 06/04/2005 19:17

Thought the book was excellent. Got to be one of my all time favorites. I think Tom Hanks would be better to play Henry or Dustin Hoffman i know he is older but Henry looks older than his age. Maybe Tom Haks would be too tall.

florenceuk · 04/04/2005 21:17

I loved this book - so romantic and so sad. Brad Pitt is not Henry though at all.

hsanders · 04/04/2005 19:45

One of my favourite books ever and I normally read crime novels, but somehow just felt compelled to buy it purely because of the cute shoes on the front! Marketing works then?

Cried when he died and also when he met his daughter at the museum.

Loved it also because I have lived in Chicago so really pictured where they were at different times of their life.

Brilliant read and would recommend it to everyone.

posyhairdresser · 03/04/2005 20:57

Definitely my fave read of the year so far! MrsW's ending is in line with what I thought happened FWIW!

darlingbud · 03/04/2005 20:52

I bought it in February but not read it yet. Been interested to read all your views on it though.

spykid · 03/04/2005 10:45

thought about this a lot, Ralph Fiennes (shakespeare in love) would be perfect

GhostofNatt · 01/04/2005 12:59

Keanu reeves would look more like - dark hair and slanty eyes but is a rubbish actor

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lilibet · 01/04/2005 12:25

oh yes - Christopher Eccleston now he's out of a job!

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Potty1 · 01/04/2005 12:24

Yeah! good idea or Christopher Eccleston.

renaldo · 01/04/2005 12:15

nicholas cage for henry!!

stitch · 25/03/2005 23:49

henry isnt supposed to be a pretty boy at all.
brad pitt is soo wrong.

Dior · 18/03/2005 20:37

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Aimsmum · 18/03/2005 19:43

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morningpaper · 18/03/2005 19:39

Oooh no not Brad Pitt.

Kevin Spacey?

Aimsmum · 18/03/2005 19:34

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stitch · 05/03/2005 09:42

i loved this book. look forward to other books by this author.
since the book was entitled his wife, i thought it wouldhave been nice to know how she coped with the fifty years before she saw him again.

Potty1 · 04/03/2005 15:13

My understanding was that he had travelled as a 43(?) year old, got shot and travelled back to the present and died. As a younger man he'd also travelled back to the exact same time and witnessed the aftermath of his death (talking to Claire's father) although not the actual shooting.

I really enjoyed it.