BOOK: The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

Title: The Time Traveler's Wife
Author: Audrey Niffenegger
Genre: Romance? (yech;)
Rating: 10/10 (seriously)
I recommended this book before in my lj. Plotwise I will once again only post the (cropped!) synopsis from the back of the book.
Clare and Henry met when Clare was six and Henry was thirty-six, and they were married when Clare was twenty-two and Henry thirty. Impossible but true, because Henry suffers from a rare condition where his genetic clock periodically resets and he finds himself pulled suddenly into his past or future. In the face of this force they can neither prevent nor control, Henry and Clare struggle to lead normal lives.

Spoilerfree review
Although this story might seem like it belongs in the fantasy-section, it is written like a present-day romance-novel. Clare and Henry talk about their lives and relationship, with chapters divided between both their points of view. They tell their story not by looking back, but while it happens. Because of Henry's inability to stay in the present, the story is not lineair, but often gets off track. So the person telling the story is either young or old and may or may not have knowledge of past (or future!) events. (It's that wibbly wobbly, timey whimey stuff!)

Besides the intriguing story, I really enjoyed the language of the book. It's very dynamic to hear the different voices from the characters at all ages. Both Clare and Henry sound true to their ages, however old they are. They both are completely lovable as kids and adults, not because they are perfect, but because they both have their faults. They are not afraid to confront themselves and each other with all the doubts they have about how to deal with the situation.

The geek in me loved all the medical information on Henry's condition; the time-traveling is not just a fancy plot-device, it is scientifically explained to the smallest details. Nowhere in the story did I doubt the possibility of time-traveling. It is exciting and scary and sometimes simply bloody inconvenient.

I loved this book with a passion. Try it and agree with me.