Apparently I've become a lazy reader

[ladymercury_10]

So I borrowed The Time Traveler's Wife from the library, and all it's done is sit on my parents' coffee table.  I got about a chapter in and gave up.  I just can't muster up the interest.  Which feels odd to me, since there are so many reasons that I should love it.  It has time travel, the fantasy/science fiction element, lovely local details (I'm from Chicago), etc.  It comes to me highly recommended by one of my favorite teachers ever.  And it's supposed to be well-written; literary fiction and whatnot.  But I just can't get into it.  I wonder if it's just long, and that puts me off, or if it has too much sex for my taste, or if I've read one too many bad reviews. 

Anyone a TTTW fan or hater and want to tell me why I should/shouldn't just get on with it? 

Comments

[rewindclunkplay.livejournal.com]

See, I didn't like it at all. I mean, it was well written and had a nice plot and everything, but I just didn't like it. I don't even really have a reason for not liking it, I just don't.

[ladymercury-10.livejournal.com]

Did you finish it anyway? Were you glad to get through it even though you didn't enjoy it?

[rewindclunkplay.livejournal.com]

I did finish it, but I can't remember most of it. In fact the only scene that I did love and can remember didn't even happen between the two major characters, but another minor one. The person below me wrote:

she does have a gift for vignettes, and individual scenes. But she doesn't have a talent for tying them together in a way that's ultimately satisfying.

and that is very true. I suppose I was glad to get through it, but just because it was over.

[ladymercury-10.livejournal.com]

Good things to consider. Thanks!

[izhilzha.livejournal.com]

Huh. I would disagree entirely with that evaluation of the book. I thought it all tied together extremely well, and was very impressed with her ability to structure the book so oddly and yet pull that off.