Time for Reality

As the story of The Time Traveler's Wife begins to unravel, so does the characters themselves. It is hard to keep track of where a certain character is because not all events are one after another, coinciding with each other. However, jumping from the present to past or in some cases, from the future to the present, brings up a new way of introducing characters and new information we learn about them that we haven't read about yet.

I am up to the point where the chapters talk about Christmastime, but in three different chapters, and the settings are in the past and the present. Besides the relationship between Clare and Henry, Niffenegger also focuses on the relationships between the protagonists and their families and how it affects their relationship in the future. Clare's parents are mainly concerned for their son Mark whose fiancee is pregnant and Henry's father is still grieving for his dead wife and is also an alcoholic. I have also passed the point where Henry proposes to Clare, which will mark a whole new beginning and problem for them especially with his time traveling in the way. Since the wedding is arriving, Henry decides to buy new drugs to "stall" his time travels until the wedding reception ends but something goes wrong and he heads to the hospital.

It can be overwhelming sometimes and maybe confusing because at one moment, Henry can be 25-years-old stealing someones clothes in the middle of the night, and in another he's 28-years-old visiting Clare's parents' home. But so far, the book is very interesting to the point how Clare can completely trust Henry even though she might not know where he is and what time he's in. Sometimes she forces herself to believe that everything will be and is alright.