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kirsto's review against another edition
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Pedophilia
melcally's review against another edition
0.5
Graphic: Pedophilia
frankieclc's review against another edition
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Death of parent
Minor: Pedophilia
inkspitblog's review against another edition
Stephen Moffat really read this and went I love paedophilia let’s make River Song
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship
Moderate: Pedophilia and Sexual assault
hjb_128's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.25
Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Infertility, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Racism
leer_amor's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Miscarriage, and Pedophilia
alexandrawpayne's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
This book is a creative concept but has several problematic themes. A romance that transcends time itself is fascinating, particularly through a sci-fi lens.
However, the grooming and pedophilia riddled throughout the story is impossible to get past. There are several mentions of the husband being sexual attracted to his wife while she is still a child and him trying to fight off the urge to be with her sexually before she’s legal.
When they have sex for the first time, the wife is freshly 18, and the husband is in his 40s. He has known her since she was 6 and has been grooming her since then.
The characters are also flat. I found myself not caring what happened to anyone. Some of the plot was set up for deeper character development that never occurred.
By the end of the book, I felt like nothing had changed.
Moderate: Pedophilia
Minor: Genocide and Rape
riverofhorton's review against another edition
The final straw for me was getting jumpscared by an utterly needless homophobic slur (as it was until very recently) less than 100 pages in. Given the 'past' parts of the book are set in the 60s, 70s, and 80s, I could have deal with some casual prejudice, so as the world was at that time, especially if it were there to make a point and/or portray that character as being a negative person. But these prejudices are not only blatant, but could have been removed from the story without it losing anything.
And there is also the moral weirdness surrounding the relationship between itself. From Claire's perspective, she first met Henry at the age of ~5 years old, when he was in his 40s. He visited her regularly growing up, even waiting for her to turn 18 so he could have sex with her on her birthday. Sounds creepy, right? From his perspective though, he first her in his late 20s, her being early 20s, and the relationship proceeded somewhat normally to begin with, only a couple of mentions of how long she has known a future version of him. It's just kind of a mess, and considering he could time travel as a child as well, I don't quite understand why he couldn't have been a child of a similar age, or even have the whole thing contain within their respective adulthoods.
It's such a shame, the basic premise of two people falling in love out of sync because of time travel has the potential to be incredible, but this was just a disappointment. It's the first book I've ever DNFed, and it saddens me that it's a Sci-Fi book (one of my favourite genres) that can claim that title.
Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
taylormadespines's review against another edition
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting
mrs_reading_runes's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
By: Audrey Niffenegger
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Trigger Warnings⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️
Suicide
Pedophilia
Sex & Violence
Many have watched the movie and show.
This is the origin, this is NOT a love story as expected in my opinion its a tragedy.
Henry is a time traveler, that witnesses death and sadness at a young age. This creates his path of a life of drugs and alcohol.
Clare is 6 when she meets Henry who is already middle aged. This is Clare’s present and Henrys Past, Present and Future.
As they are already married in Henrys present with his belief he cannot change the pst and future he in a way grooms her to love him. First as a person and friend then romantically.
See she’s not given a choice but this is debatable. Henry is the first and only man she loves besides her father.
AT AGE 6!!
The story is confusing in the aspect of dates and times because how old is he in his present, the past and future as he time travels I eventually skipped over the dates.
You will meet Gomez, Henrys “best friend” he makes me sick.
This book really is about Clarethe girl with no free will, tortured by love and time.
I cried when I finished this read because it was exhausting. This is no happy ending it is all very sad.
Deep down in the plot,between each line of text there is a love story however if I didn’t LOVE the movie and the show, this book would have been 1 star or DNF which I have never done.
I appreciate the authors imagery and the development with so many moving parts but I am sad that the movie and show was better then the book. 😒
Graphic: Pedophilia and Suicide
Moderate: Miscarriage
Minor: Sexual violence