The Time Traveler's Wife - Book Review

 I decided to read The Time Traveler's Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger, after I heard that the series was cancelled.

I really liked the series (and the movie, but the series was better - much easier with all the extra time), and it felt like a logical time, while it was still fresh in my mind.

The book was pretty good, but the series was better in a number of small ways, specially the dinner scene - which is just a plain dinner in the book, but very memorable in the series.

***SPOILERS FOLLOW***

I think I see some of the reasons the series was cancelled. There isn't all that much to get an extra 6 episodes. And most of what there is, is pretty dark.

The nice part, of course, is their daughter Alba (which is also a time traveler and maybe, some day, will have her book - apparently the author is pulling a GRRM and have been writing it for 8 years now).

Henry's big plot points are losing his feet and dying. "At least" Clare can still meet Henry sometimes, but that seems way worse - no closure at all.

There is also a LOT of stuff about Clare making paper or drawing...

Overall, a great book, but it does suffer in some point in comparison to the series.

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