c’est la vie

This again was recommended by Cheryl.

I always fancy the "time-travelling" kind of story (such as "Frequency"), as it is more realistic than the Star War types of science fiction, but more imaginative than a love story. And I respect those writers who can write the "time-travelling" kind of story as it needs to have a very logical (albeit sentimental) mind. 

Especially when Henry travels not only once, but many times back and forth.

Honestly I didn’t find this book very interesting at the beginning that’s why I have spent weeks to finish the first half.  I brought this book with me on vacation, and finished the book in 2 days.

What touched me was, the story ends in 2006’s Christmas, and it was exactly the time I was holding this book.

This, indeed, is a beautifully written story.

What would you do if you could time-travel? 

• you could know when you should buy the dot-com stocks and when to get rid of them before it blew up;
• you could read tomorrow’s newspaper and find out the lottery results;
• you could meet your wife’s childhood (and vice versa, your wife would meet your adulthood when she was 6);
• you could talk to your own self in another time space;

Sad thing is, even if you know the future, you can’t change anything (that make real sense).  Or you would do a certain thing (or make a particular decision) because you knew what the result would be. 

The real story goes (which really attracted me) when the time Clare married Henry.  The sobbing parts are when:

• Henry won the lottery in order to give Clare a better live (she knew he could always do that but he did that only once, for her);
• The many times miscarriages (so sad);
• Henry met his future daughter the first time;
• Alba (Henry’s daughter) met his father’s adolescence before he ever knew Clare;
• Henry knew he is dying;
• Clare read Henry’s letter after he died;
• Henry met Clare the last time.

And you will know why the first part was so long as it purposely paved all the details for the incidents happened later.  Reading this book is like seeing a person’s whole life, and is like knowing this person.

Conclusion: don’t fancy time-travelling, the life will be miserable.

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