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I'm on about page 150 of The Time Traveller's Wife and I'm fing it a bit tedious.

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Tinker · 20/03/2009 19:15

Is it really worth finishing? I probably will just because I'll want to know if it was worth it but I don't care about either Henry or Claire yet. Will I?

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barbarianoftheuniverse · 30/03/2009 09:13

I found it a complete plod- didn't finish it. Read the end and thought it really wasn't worth the time. Couldn't care less about any of the characters.

Tryharder · 30/03/2009 08:40

I loved this book and was extremely sad when I finished it as I had enjoyed reading it so much. I have reread it 6 or 7 times I think.

I didnt know there was going to be a film... can't wait.

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Tinker · 28/03/2009 17:35

Well, I've finally finished it. I'll admit to feeling a bit weepy at certain parts and could half-imagine that Henry mught be quite attractive. Clare was still bit of a drip and their relationship/friends/family stuff was all just too perfect. Even the imperfections weren't very convincing. The characeters were all a bit one-dimensional so all set up to be a film.

So, not worth it on any intellectual level but as a holiday read it's quite engrossing

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Tinker · 22/03/2009 14:19

Well, I'm over halfway now and am not exactly gripped by it but far enough in to keep going.

The jumpiness is till pissing me off and I'm not interested at all in which is the real Henry. Find it all a bit convenient that he could manage to stay for most of his wedding and Christmas but at other times it's all unpredictable.

It's written with a view to making a film, I think. And a lot of the descriptions are very boring.

Their conversation about whether or not they have too much sex was puke-inducing.

And why do these female characters always have to have such wanky "arty" jobs? Paper sculptures? Oh, please, stop it.

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Jenbot · 22/03/2009 10:58

I finished it, but if I could travel back in time and have a chat to myself before starting to read it I would tell myself not to bother!

midnightexpress · 22/03/2009 09:56

LOL at the ending is the best bit. I bet it blimmin is.

Spaceman · 21/03/2009 21:14

It is definately worth carrying on as the ending is the best bit. I wept like a baby! Hated the build up though; it really annoyed be.

Sails · 21/03/2009 21:09

Yurtgirl- If you are reading this just received the book and ds loves it thank you ever so much just sent you an e-mail!

mrsmaidamess · 21/03/2009 21:06

It made me cry. I loved it and all the guessing about which was the real Henry in any situation.

pecanpie · 21/03/2009 21:05

Oooh read it all if you can. Great book and I was in tears by the end. I couldn't put it down and ignored DH a lot so that I could finish the book! Having said that, it doesn't mean that you have to love it. If you're finding it challenging to read, leave it for a while and come back to it. If it's still not for you then leave it alone altogether.

TheYearOfTheCat · 21/03/2009 20:52

I got quite bored about half way through - lots of dull descriptions of bands & going to concerts if I recall, but I kept going and it really picked up after that.

Flibbertyjibbet · 21/03/2009 20:38

You got much further than I did before I thought 'nah, sod it' and gave the book to the charity shop.

I would never carry on with a book that I found tedious but someone else said was 'worth sticking at' - fiction is meant to be enjoyable, entertainment, recreation, not some dull chore.

My mother enjoyed it though.

Yurtgirl · 21/03/2009 20:29

Apart from the numerous mention of three words that I dislike intensely......... - I loved this book

Sidge · 21/03/2009 20:27

Bored the tits off me.

I got to about page 50 and decided life was too short and there were plenty of better books to read.

MariaCC · 21/03/2009 20:24

Keep going. It's a good read. Can't say it's the best book I've ever read but it's worth sticking at.

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macaco · 21/03/2009 20:04

I normally hate stuff like this and didn't like it at first but absolutely loved it once I got going.

oldcrock · 21/03/2009 19:24

I enjoyed this and found it hard to put down, I found the ending very moving (and my Dad did too who admitted to crying!) Even so, I'm not sure I ever really felt any particular link with the characters.

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Lilymaid · 21/03/2009 19:20

It didn't click for me either. I just didn't care what happened to the characters.

LauriefairycakeeatsCupid · 21/03/2009 19:15

Tedious book - this is the only book I have not finished in the last five years- and I read 3 a week

It still sits on my book shelf mocking me

OrmIrian · 21/03/2009 19:13

Tedious? Tedious? It's bloody hideous.

Stop reading it and chuck it in the bin. That will save a few hours of your life.

Awful book.

troutpout · 21/03/2009 19:12

probably not if you've got that far and it hasn't got you.
I was loving it way before then. it's one of my top ten definitely

Podrick · 21/03/2009 19:12

It is hard going to start with, then it becomes amazing - stick with it!

ra29needsabettername · 21/03/2009 19:07

dreadful...