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Date: January 15, 2005

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffeneger


BCDC's rating: 4.35

The menu for this meeting: curry chicken, rice pudding, apple pie, and more...

The BCDC Reading Guide for this book is below.

  • Is this book science fiction?
  • Is there fate or do we have free will? (In Henry & Clare's world: fate or free will?)
  • In what ways is this book different from 'standard science fiction'?
  • Was the death of Henry contrived?
  • Is Clare and Henry's desire to have a child merely a time-travel plot device, or does it seem genuine?
  • Who shot Henry?
  • Is it creepy that an adult Henry meets with a child Clare, or romantic?
  • Is Henry good?