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The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
1.0
This review was a reply to a comment years ago, but I thought I'd use it as a review now. Slightly edited.
For the first time ever, I'll have to say the movie was a hundred times better than the book. In the book, events were too drawn out, and the plot kept going around in circles.
The author seemed so pretentious when she kept making Henry and Claire talk about punk bands from decades ago. There was an entire page dedicated to a dialogue about Henry and a "baby punk" guy exchanging names of bands they listen to. And then there were quoted passages in foreign languages. I can't count the times I rolled my eyes.
The other reviewers on this site are correct--this book contains a shit-ton of namedropping, punk bands, fancy restaurant menu items, and things that make scream out PRETENTIOUS. That's the one word I would describe this book. PRETENTIOUS, in all caps. This is the Gwyneth Paltrow of books.
I even skipped two whole chapters, and found that my action didn't even throw me off the plotline. Two chapters of useless fangirling by the author could've wasted my time.
So, I went to BookMooch and gave it away in exchange for a better book.
It's sad because after watching the movie, I knew the story wasn't horrible. I loved the movie, and it was obviously because the movie got to the gist and it was stripped of all the useless "OMG PUNK BANDS ARE COOL N'EST CES PAS?"-ing of the author.
For the first time ever, I'll have to say the movie was a hundred times better than the book. In the book, events were too drawn out, and the plot kept going around in circles.
The author seemed so pretentious when she kept making Henry and Claire talk about punk bands from decades ago. There was an entire page dedicated to a dialogue about Henry and a "baby punk" guy exchanging names of bands they listen to. And then there were quoted passages in foreign languages. I can't count the times I rolled my eyes.
The other reviewers on this site are correct--this book contains a shit-ton of namedropping, punk bands, fancy restaurant menu items, and things that make scream out PRETENTIOUS. That's the one word I would describe this book. PRETENTIOUS, in all caps. This is the Gwyneth Paltrow of books.
I even skipped two whole chapters, and found that my action didn't even throw me off the plotline. Two chapters of useless fangirling by the author could've wasted my time.
So, I went to BookMooch and gave it away in exchange for a better book.
It's sad because after watching the movie, I knew the story wasn't horrible. I loved the movie, and it was obviously because the movie got to the gist and it was stripped of all the useless "OMG PUNK BANDS ARE COOL N'EST CES PAS?"-ing of the author.