I saw the movie, so I thought I'd let you know: THE BOOK IS WAY BETTER! As most books are. The movie skipped soo much, and while some of it I understand (such as Clare and Henry making love for the first time when she's 18 and he's 43), some of it was what gave the characters their depth. They especially cut out a lot of their meetings when Clare was a kid and teenager. This is what provided us with an understanding of why Clare loved him. We didn't get much of a reason for that from the movie. In a sense the movie threw things at you and expected you to buy into it, while the book actually gave you reasons for it. There was no courting in the movie--it went from meeting, to a few dates, to a proposal, to a wedding. We missed Clare falling in love with Henry, and Henry falling in love with Clare.
That being said--the ending of the movie was way better! (Spoiler alert) In the movie after Henry dies, when he time travels to spend time with his daughter he also gets opportunities to see Clare. Even better than that was the interaction between Alba and Clare after he vanished from the final meeting we see. They connected; they understood each other; the look between Alba and Clare showed us that it would be okay, Clare could and would function as a mother. The book never gave us this hope. All we saw was a shell of a person who was waiting for her final meeting with Henry (when she's 83) and who was kind of resentful that her daughter got to see him. Not a happy ending for Clare, Henry, or Alba.
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