The Time travellers wife

A little Girl, at work. Recommended this to me.
Henry DeTamble, can time travel. He travels back and forth through time, crossing the path of Clare. Henri encounters Clare in a non linear way. Sometimes, he is in his 40’s and Clare is only 6.
Henri’s time travel is a dangerous affair. It leaves him naked in strange places, without knowing where he is
Clare falls in love with Henry. Despite not seeing him for years. When we first meet Clare. She encounters Henri for the first time, from Henri’s point of view.
It took a while for me to get into the book. I was reminded why, I dislike women on a few levels. Henry is a male Mary stu. He is a librarian, but tough. He is skilled at breaking and entering. He never murders or rapes.  He is dangerous, but a safe level of danger
(Idiots, Malchera curses to himself)
Henri is clearly written by a woman.
There there is Clare. The Penelope or the Nausicaa to Henri’s Odysseus. Remember Nausicaa, brings Odysseus clothes.
When the woman you live with is an artist, every day is a surprise."
Fuck off.
Perhaps that is a bit harsh. One gets the impression that Clare is a glorified version of the authoress.
I liked the Chicago setting it was something I recognised and it was one of the reasons, I stayed with the book. The story grew richer as I settled down, with the characters. Henry’s condition, is given a plausible explanation. Its not lingered on.
There are some odd references.
During a a Catholic mass, someone mentions ``swaddling’’ clothes, AFAIK this is a reference to the King James bible
Would anyone put on their mothers music. Henri’s mother was a world class soloist. If they were trying to seduce someone
There is a bit of library porn. Henry is a Librarian, for a Chicago institution
Henry has a strange relationship with causality. He gives people stock advice, but can’t save burning buildings. Yes I know he can’t speak, why can’t he pull the fire alarm
A character is described as smoking crystal meth in the late 80s?
There is a visit to 9/11/2001
I am glad I read it. Its an interesting book. I may have thought about this sort of thing way to much.