Ex Libris Kirkland

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First Written 2003
Genre Fiction
Origin US
Publisher Scribner
ISBN-10 978-1476764832
ISBN-13 978-1476764832
My Copy library audiobook
First Read August 09, 2005

The Time Traveler's Wife



Extended dream sequences are tough to do - but I think Niffenegger uses them well here. It's a good solution to where you’ve got a lot of emotional content to deliver, without any active plot elements - the baby stuff, the amputation. I want to roll my eyes when book characters recount their dreams, but these were... fine?

Noted on August 9, 2024

Stray thoughts:
- is this book why I picked up Rilke the first time?
- The September 11 part was surprising. I guess at the time of writing it felt like you had to address it?
- another book from book club that describes how to chop an onion. ‘If I had a nickel for every time… two nickels. Which isn’t a lot but its weird but it’s weird that it happened twice’

Noted on August 9, 2024

I think I read this back in 2005 or so, definitely before I read anything else by Niffenegger. I reread it this summer because it was a book club selection (all men, surprisingly!). I'd forgotten what a ROMANCE book it is. The plot structure is still great, and it's a fun read still, but gosh: forgot it should be shelved in the romances for sure.

Noted on August 9, 2024


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