I'll tell you off the bat that if you're looking for another Time Traveler's Wife, this ain't it. I'm not referring to the quality of the writing. You know what, actually I'm mystified by this book. It's the story of two sets of twins, one estranged and one symbiotic; and the residents of the building where three of the four twins lived or live. Pretty much no one in the story is sympathetic, and at least one of them is downright horrible. There's sort of a side story about a guy with debilitating OCD. Because I'm so baffled by a writer I previously so enjoyed, I'm choosing to believe that there are deeper meanings to everything that I'm just not getting. Otherwise, I just didn't care for this book. A fair amount.
Aside from the twin thing, themes and elements include identity, love, loss, ghosts, and cemeteries. It's set mostly in London.
Please, someone who loved The Time Traveler's Wife and also liked Her Fearful Symmetry, tell me what's up!
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Maura (not verified)
Mon, 06/14/2010 - 9:37pm
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I'm with you on this -- I
I'm with you on this -- I loved Time Traveler's Wife so much I still get a little sad when I think of how I devastated I felt when I finished it. But this book was pretty meh. It's not that I hated it, just that it didn't make much of an impression at all.
But Time Traveler's Wife was so good, I kind of think it's okay if that's the only awesome book she ever writes, you know? I'd still be damn proud of myself if I were her.