“A dazzling novel in the most untraditional fashion, this is the remarkable story of Henry DeTamble, a dashing, adventuresome librarian who travels involuntarily through time, and Clare Abshire, an artist whose life takes a natural sequential course. Henry and Clare’s passionate love affair endures across a sea of time and captures the two lovers in an impossibly romantic trap, and it is Audrey Niffenegger’s cinematic storytelling that makes the novel’s unconventional chronology so vibrantly triumphant. An enchanting debut and a spellbinding tale of fate and belief in the bonds of love, The Time Traveler’s Wife is destined to captivate readers for years to come.”

The rules about Henry’s time traveling ability/disorder are laid down and adhered to within the book. It acts as a fantastical element which spices things up while creating complications for Henry and Clare. The story centers on their relationship and focuses on each character equally. It’s a gripping story that incorporates time travel extremely well. I wouldn’t consider this a science fiction novel in the traditional sense. It’s more of a fiction novel with the time travel element added for a bit of excitement.

This book does contain a lot of sex and drug use. Not enough to put me off the story or make me consider it a romance novel but enough that I would not recommend this to younger readers. They made a movie based on this book which I greatly enjoyed as well. They take most of the mature content out and focus on Henry’s condition and his relationship with Clare. It stars Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams. If you don’t like the mature content but are interested in the story, check out the movie.

Interested in this book? Look for it at your local library. If you’re affiliated with Lindenwood, you can request this book from the Lindenwood Library.