I am reading the last 40 pages tonight. I'm excited to see how it wraps up. I agree the middle was slow. I've been trying to caluculate just how many people actually know Henry's a time traveler. The part I've had enough of already is the sex. Too much detail that stands counter to the level of detail that other more critical plot elements have. Here's my discussion point: Clare is selfish and I do not like her. This is great idea, Toni. Looking foward to seeing everyone Thursday!
I finished awhile ago and liked the book, even though it was hard to follow at first. I seemed to get the hang of it by the end. I didn't like Clare either, but I think her selfishness may be due to immaturity or stunted personal development secondary to her odd relationship with Henry. Does anyone else picture Gomez as Gomez Addams from the Addams family even though he is described as blonde?
Hmm this reminds me of The Friday Night Knitting Club discussion where Georgia wasn't a fan favorite either, but I liked her. I don't have any problem with Clare either, I actually admire her profound love for a man who, I dare say, most of us would not want anything to do with other than to pick his brain about good stock picks. As for Gomez, I can't get past the chain smoking to even consider what he looks like. He has to smell awful!
I agree about the stinkiness...nothing worse than a chain smoker. How could Clare sleep with that!? Now I'm picturing him as James Spader from his 80's movies - stinky, smug, and smarmy (ha!)
I don't HATE Clare, I just get upset with her whiny-ness and the 8! pregnancies and then NOT ALLOWING Kendrick to do any studies on Alba (hate that name). As far as Gomez, I pictured him as very dark Spanish, with the chain-smoking and all and that did not snych with blonde, so then I thought of him as some Russian-mafia type guy. Nonetheless, I had a harder time with Charise as some uber-radical....
Gotta agree on the name Alba, but then, after seeing Wicked a few years back I was ready to name my next child Elfaba! LOL I wonder how radical Charise would get if she found out Gomez actually got a chance at Claire again!
Discussion group analysis: All around thumbs up for this one, even though there were a few comments about this book being a little lengthy. A few of us plan to read it again to try and get a better grip on the time line. I actually already have started it again but if I am not through by the time Twilight arrives in the mail then, oh well... We were not able to figure out entirely the scene where Clare, as a teen lying in bed, hears her name being called out and ventures down to the field outside to find her father, brother and Henry looking over a bloody patch on the ground. We know by the end of the book where the blood came from but what about Henry's presence? He hadn't been introduced to Clare's family yet; who did they think he was? And did he time travel to that particular moment at two different ages? If anybody understands that scene better than I do please comment!
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I am reading the last 40 pages tonight. I'm excited to see how it wraps up. I agree the middle was slow. I've been trying to caluculate just how many people actually know Henry's a time traveler. The part I've had enough of already is the sex. Too much detail that stands counter to the level of detail that other more critical plot elements have. Here's my discussion point: Clare is selfish and I do not like her.
This is great idea, Toni. Looking foward to seeing everyone Thursday!
I finished awhile ago and liked the book, even though it was hard to follow at first. I seemed to get the hang of it by the end. I didn't like Clare either, but I think her selfishness may be due to immaturity or stunted personal development secondary to her odd relationship with Henry. Does anyone else picture Gomez as Gomez Addams from the Addams family even though he is described as blonde?
Hmm this reminds me of The Friday Night Knitting Club discussion where Georgia wasn't a fan favorite either, but I liked her. I don't have any problem with Clare either, I actually admire her profound love for a man who, I dare say, most of us would not want anything to do with other than to pick his brain about good stock picks. As for Gomez, I can't get past the chain smoking to even consider what he looks like. He has to smell awful!
I agree about the stinkiness...nothing worse than a chain smoker. How could Clare sleep with that!? Now I'm picturing him as James Spader from his 80's movies - stinky, smug, and smarmy (ha!)
I don't HATE Clare, I just get upset with her whiny-ness and the 8! pregnancies and then NOT ALLOWING Kendrick to do any studies on Alba (hate that name). As far as Gomez, I pictured him as very dark Spanish, with the chain-smoking and all and that did not snych with blonde, so then I thought of him as some Russian-mafia type guy. Nonetheless, I had a harder time with Charise as some uber-radical....
Gotta agree on the name Alba, but then, after seeing Wicked a few years back I was ready to name my next child Elfaba! LOL
I wonder how radical Charise would get if she found out Gomez actually got a chance at Claire again!
Discussion group analysis: All around thumbs up for this one, even though there were a few comments about this book being a little lengthy. A few of us plan to read it again to try and get a better grip on the time line. I actually already have started it again but if I am not through by the time Twilight arrives in the mail then, oh well... We were not able to figure out entirely the scene where Clare, as a teen lying in bed, hears her name being called out and ventures down to the field outside to find her father, brother and Henry looking over a bloody patch on the ground. We know by the end of the book where the blood came from but what about Henry's presence? He hadn't been introduced to Clare's family yet; who did they think he was? And did he time travel to that particular moment at two different ages? If anybody understands that scene better than I do please comment!
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