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

[astrogirl2.livejournal.com]

Actually, it's a distinction that makes sense to me. :)

And, as a further note, from the responses I've read to the book, I think the thing is that either it grabs you emotionally or it doesn't. If it does, it works for you despite any objective flaws it may have, and if it doesn't, it's kind of annoying.

Anyway, I do think it's worth giving it another shot, to see whether it manages to grab you or not. I hope it does!

[ladymercury-10.livejournal.com]

:)

That makes sense. Maybe I'll give it another try.