After thoroughly enjoying the Best-selling novel authored by Audrey Niffeneger, I was anxiously waiting for the movie. The book was tearful, joyful and heart-wrenching at points; it was beautifully constructed to give us an idea of the loneliness that Clare Abshire felt while Henry De Tamble, her husband, would be traveling through time. Suddenly popping in and out of her life yet always seeking out Clare during his adventures, Henry carried a gene that made him travel through time involuntarily. Even though the book is based on a science-fictional premise, the author doesn’t delve much into the paradox that is often so poorly handled by modern science-fiction. She rather focuses on the lives of these two people and how their love survives even the certainty of the flow of time. Enough said, go read the book.

I hope the makers of the movie will be able to maintain the balance of joy and sadness that the readers felt for the characters and the eventual understanding that the conclusion of the book wrought upon its readers. The movie has been set to be released on August 14th, 2009.