That is, a voice that isn’t really heard. “‘Witches,’ I say, in the voice of a teacher. It also contains lots of humour the funniest parts being Tom’s modern day observations as a high school teacher: Because this novel contains so many elements history, romance, fantasy, I can understand why it has been so successful and how it could appeal to both men and women. Some would call this book a romance, but I hesitate to attach that label to it because it’s not about a particular relationship, more so the difficulties that Tom faces not being able to love someone for an entire lifetime because he has so many different lives to live. There’s lots of memorable quotes about time in it, and how we perceive time as humans we fear it, but also resent it, all while struggling to realize it’s one of the most precious things we have as mere mortals. I’d call this book ‘cute’, but in the best sense of the word. And I say ‘watch’ very deliberately-this book is very cinematic, and it has already been optioned for film with Benedict Cumberbatch set to star in it. Scott Fitzgerald, and Captain Cook just to name a few. So this book isn’t science fiction, it’s historical fiction! We watch Tom as he meets Shakespeare, F. He’s forced to move often because people begin to grow suspicious when he doesn’t age at the rate of everyone else. It’s important to note that we meet Tom during present day when he is living his newest life as a history teacher, but we also follow him during his frequent flashbacks, learning about his early life and the difficulties he experienced being so different from others. There are others like him in the world, known as ‘albs’, and many of them belong to a secret society cult run by a mysterious and manipulative man named Hendrich.
When I finished reading the last page of this book I said ‘AHow To Stop Time by Matt Haig is about a man named Tom who ages extremely slowly, therefore he’s been alive for centuries, and still looks about 40-ish.
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