I read it because I was told it was one of the few love stories in which both characters are fully developed. Typically the hero of a book is the lover and fully developed where as one us left wondering what us so great about the object of his or her love, except that often the beloved is super beautiful and sexy.

It is true that both Clare and Henry are fully fleshed out characters. So I appreciated that. The winding plot also works pretty well in some places. The book occasionally made me laugh and cry.

But in a lot of places the drama and emotion seemed manufactured. Too many time he pops in bleeding and she hugs him and cries. But why is he bleeding? Is it serious or just a paper cut? A couple of places where she deliberately gets us worked up for nothing.

And then weird things like mutual masturbation and odd resolution. Ok if his future self fucks her then she can get pregnant safely because in the future the dopamine blockers have .. Oh wait no. All that science crap comes to nothing. Sometimes it felt like she had made a brainstorm of things that could be emotionally dramatic and then written them but without the emotion.

Also given that people who find out about his condition don't seen to care and it doesn't change his relationship with anyone ever, I'm not sure why he doesn't just tell everyone.

In short, good idea. I'm glad I read it. I probably won't read it again.