tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28345407.post710539507746890072..comments2023-09-04T07:28:30.176-07:00Comments on soul's left hand: Audrey Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wifegwenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16684599886443032476noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28345407.post-14313308868523431652010-07-27T08:56:19.947-07:002010-07-27T08:56:19.947-07:00I was really mad that he let her know that she wou...I was really mad that he let her know that she would see him again. He should have let her go. Did you see the movie? They screwed the end up majorly. They saw each other again while she was still young... in the meadow all happy and huggy. So it was all warm fuzzies instead of being so profoundly tragic. I don't know how the author could have agreed to let them take away the entire emotional impact of her book.Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15199195243780906123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28345407.post-26306314079071462252010-07-24T09:05:07.674-07:002010-07-24T09:05:07.674-07:00I think you're exactly right. It made the stor...I think you're exactly right. It made the story so frustrating for me. I resented Henry for the whole thing, and it wasn't entirely his fault. I had an axe to grind. I wanted her to fight him! Or dump him when she finally met him, at least. I hate predestination and I always have. I suppose it's because I'm not one of the elect.gwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16684599886443032476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28345407.post-73460983871084260252010-07-16T10:35:54.847-07:002010-07-16T10:35:54.847-07:00I thought Claire's lack of identity was intent...I thought Claire's lack of identity was intentional and what made her story so heart-wrenching. She never had any choice about where her life was going to go. It was about the years of waiting to meet the man she always knew she would meet, the years of being with the man, then the years of waiting for the man she knew she would see again but had no way of knowing when. She was robbed of having a childhood before she met present Henry and robbed of moving on with her life after Henry died. What kind of life or identity can you have for yourself under those circumstances?Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15199195243780906123noreply@blogger.com