Did any HATE time travelers wife book?

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I did! I couldn't see what the fuss was about and couldn't warm to the characters.

It's just a bit dull Eccentrica - I don't mind its sentimentality

Hated it with a passion, but am intrigued as to whether I might like the film and then feel differently about the book.

yes! god yes

Yep I disliked it intensely!

Oh my goodness, it was one of the worst books I've read in a long time. I can usually tolerate a lot of books or I simply don't get into them, but I actually DESPISED this story. Interesting idea, yes, but a disease that leads him to time travel and suck on the toes of his five-year-old future wife? Absurd and just plain creepy.

I thought it was ok. Not fabulous, not the worst book ever, just...meh.

It wasn't so much that I hated it, though I did, as that I thought it was a pointless pile of shite. The characters were self-absorbed and quite loathsome and the utter nothingness at its heart was totally wearisome.

I didn't like it, didn't get it until I was half way through but I finished it (was desperate, had no other books at the time) and I liked it at the end, well it was kind of sad wasn't it.

I loved it. The film looks shit though.

but The Lovely Bones was awful, as was Captain Correlli's Mandolin (books that everyone loved but me it seemed).

im so glad somebody else found the whole adult man/little girl love story creepy! I'm amazed that this hasnt been mentioned more.
I hated the book but thought i might not mind the film- throuht it could be cheesy fun with 12 year old ds but in fact we both fell asleep! Seeing little girl and grown man was possibly even more creepy!

I couldn't stand it either. Read it on the recommendation of a friend but found the Henry character a whiney, selfish, self-pitying twat and the female (can't remember her name) totally wet and pathetic.

All my colleagues at work were raving about it the other day and I had to speak up and say I thought it was shit.

Thre Lovely Bones was mawkish, sentimental, grief-porn twaddle as well. And don't get me started on those misery memoirs with the white covers with the sad faced kids. What is wrong with the people who want to read about that stuff?

I enjoyed it the first time, BUT...

DH had a quick look when I started to re-read it and pointed out that (1) the author uses lists all the time and (2) that the author is a paper making 'artist', just like the female lead character.

I hated it after that. Couldn't stop noticing the lists, and loathed the idea that the author had written a version of herself for the beautiful, sexy female lead. It seemed so... narcissistic...

"characters were self-absorbed and quite loathsome and the utter nothingness at its heart was totally wearisome"

Yep. That about sums it up

I thought it was just so bloody boring.
I found the characters unengaging, the plot daft, the writing style lacklustre, and by about halfway through, I was reading it just to finish it without feeling any connection with it at all.

The first time I read it, I loved it. Thought the concept was great, cried at the end etc etc.

The second time, I thought hmmm, not quite as good as I thought, but an entertaining read.

The third time (I had to check) I thought it was awful, over-written, self-indulgent nonsense. And full of inconsistencies. Like, Clare has all those miscarriages because the babies are time-travellers, so she has to take immunosuppressants to keep the pregnancy. So, in that case, how on earth did Henry survive? Eh? EH?

And I picked up on that paper artist thing as well. Definitely narcissistic.

Anyone who liked it has only read it once.

I also had to read it twice to reinforce what a pile of toad it was ...

LOl at peple being creeped out by the older man/young girl thing.

From his point of view, a hot woman comes up to him and says 'I know you in your future and my past, now you must shag me immediately'. She is a bit stalkerish, he's relatively normal in his behaviour.

Book rubbish. I read 3 a week and this is the only one I haven't finished in the last 2 years.

Film fantastic - even dh loved it.

So excited to find others like me! I hated this book soooo much. Made no sense and I found it almost impossible to follow the structure - past, future, where the hell were they? Didn't finish it and felt dismayed that the entire world seemed to think it was the best thing since Shakespeare.

It's terrible

I can't say I hated it, but I couldn't be bothered to finish it, it just didn't hold my attention at all. And I thought I was alone in that!

Not so much hate, (that I reserve for We Need To Talk About Kevin) but I was disappointed. Glad to see I'm not alone in that!

Agreed, absolute tosh of the highest order. Story concept sucks you in for first hundred pages, then decends into pretentious badly written drivel. over half way through now so will try to finish, but may lose will to live

Terrible book. Disappointing, because as hmc said, it was an interesting concept and in the right hands could've been done really well.

I actually went to see the film to see if that could re-spark my interest and make me finish reading the book. I came out regretting those lost hours.....

I thought the characters were insipid and just annoying!

I thought that the idea was very clever, but was disappointed in the way it was written. Didn't live up to the reviews.