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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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Dior · 04/03/2005 15:07

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LIZS · 04/03/2005 14:42

Wasn't he there simoultaneously, to meet Clare, so he witnessed his own death as it were and was transported back to his later present to die. (Read it a few months back and may have misremembered)

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lilibet · 04/03/2005 14:36

Small Island is an excellent read if you need something to recommend to a group.

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MrsWednesday · 03/03/2005 11:38

I really must go back and re-read the ending... I'm supposed to be talking about it in my book club next Thursday! I think I was probably blinded by tears at that point.

Dior · 03/03/2005 11:33

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MrsWednesday · 03/03/2005 11:30

I loved it...so much so that I just took the ending at face value, and didn't really question it. What didn't you like about it?

I think he died when he was shot by Claire's dad and brother when they were out hunting. Do you know the bit I mean? When she heard him calling her name and went outside and there was blood on the snow. I assumed he'd then time-travelled back to the present, covered in blood, then died.

Dior · 03/03/2005 11:21

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