Last week I finished up the Time Traveler's Wife. It was my second straight fiction book, and I really tore through it, thanks to being on vacation. It was romantic, tragic, science fiction, escapist, and just a fantastic read. Henry was the ultimate romantic hero, and his love affair with Clare just was the ultimate bittersweet tale. I almost don't want to see the movie, which received mixed reviews at best, because I don't want it to spoil the book.
It presented interesting philosophical and religious questions concern fate and free will. It echoed Lost, actually. And in the end, there was nothing Henry could do to undo his intended end. Someone in some commentary mentioned how he knew about 9/11 and did nothing to stop that tragedy. That presented both a flaw and a logical continuity in the tale...what happened, happens.
You almost wonder if a sequel with Alba will be written one day to take the tale to its next chapter. If fate can be reversed, or halted. A question that remains to be answered.
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