The Time Traveler's Wife

I am sure that many people have heard of The Time Traveler's Wife, a novel about a man, Henry DeTamble, who has some sort of genetic disease that causes him to time-travel to various locations and times at odd moments in his life. Each time he time-travels, he arrives naked and must steal clothes and money to survive until he is pulled back into the present. The Time Traveler's Wife is also about Clare DeTamble, his wife, who first met Henry when he landed naked in her backyard, when she was six years old.

While I wasn't glued to this book, I did enjoy it. I didn't like some of the scenes and some of the language but it was a good story. At times, it was hard to follow the time changes, but Niffenegger helps by including a reference to the date and the ages of Henry and Clare before each section.

This book is sad, due to events and the fact that Clare is often left waiting for Henry. First, she waits for the days when he will show up near her house, and then, she is waiting for him to come back. Still, I liked the book and found Niffenegger's idea of a disease that makes you travel through time to be very different.

One bothersome factor is that I didn't see the explaination for some of the scenes that I though should have been there. It was like Niffenegger had an idea for a scene but only wrote half of it. I might have missed it but it was something that took away from the book for me.

Rating: 3.5