The Time Keeper by Mitch Albom
Summary:
From the author who's inspired millions worldwide with books like Tuesdays with Morrie and The Five People You Meet in Heaven comes his most imaginative novel yet, The Time Keeper--a compelling fable about the first man on earth to count the hours.
The man who became Father Time.
In
Mitch Albom's newest work of fiction, the inventor of the world's first
clock is punished for trying to measure God's greatest gift. He is
banished to a cave for centuries and forced to listen to the voices of
all who come after him seeking more days, more years. Eventually, with
his soul nearly broken, Father Time is granted his freedom, along with a
magical hourglass and a mission: a chance to redeem himself by teaching
two earthly people the true meaning of time.
He returns to our
world--now dominated by the hour-counting he so innocently began--and
commences a journey with two unlikely partners: one a teenage girl who
is about to give up on life, the other a wealthy old businessman who
wants to live forever. To save himself, he must save them both. And stop
the world to do so.
Told in Albom's signature spare, evocative
prose, this remarkably original tale will inspire readers everywhere to
reconsider their own notions of time, how they spend it and how precious
it truly is.
Review:
This is not my usual type of book. And I didn't like it. It was a quick read, I read it in about a day. It was "cute", but other than that didn't really do anything for me. I did adore the end (the very last page), but other than that, I was not a fan. But, this is just not my type of book.
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I've been going back and forth on whether I should read this one or not. I'm kind of apathetic toward starting it, and this review just confirmed that for me. Thanks!
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