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Old 2011.07.07, 04:14 AM   #61
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Originally Posted by frecklegirl View Post
Ugh. Finished reading The Time Traveler's Wife (overall verdict, didn't like it very much) so I watched the movie. THE MOVIE BLEW EVEN MORE THAN THE BOOK. Ugh ugh ugh. Terrible film, terrible adaptation. So flat and boring. And they couldn't even get details like hair color right. Evidently I have been watching a lot of bad movies lately.

But now I am watching The Reader and loving it already, maybe my luck is changing...
Both the book and movie of The Time Traveler's Wife are very overrated, which is a shame because the premise itself is quite interesting.

If you like The Reader you should read the original. Really good stuff.
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