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| Title | : | How to Stop Time |
| Author | : | Matt Haig |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 352 pages |
| Published | : | June 11th 2019 by Penguin Books (first published July 6th 2017) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Fantasy. Historical. Historical Fiction. Science Fiction. Time Travel. Audiobook. Romance |
Matt Haig
Paperback | Pages: 352 pages Rating: 3.85 | 60328 Users | 7366 Reviews
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"She smiled a soft, troubled smile and I felt the whole world slipping away, and I wanted to slip with it, to go wherever she was going... I had existed whole years without her, but that was all it had been. An existence. A book with no words." Tom Hazard has just moved back to London, his old home, to settle down and become a high school history teacher. And on his first day at school, he meets a captivating French teacher at his school who seems fascinated by him. But Tom has a dangerous secret. He may look like an ordinary 41-year-old, but owing to a rare condition, he's been alive for centuries. Tom has lived history--performing with Shakespeare, exploring the high seas with Captain Cook, and sharing cocktails with Fitzgerald. Now, he just wants an ordinary life. Unfortunately for Tom, the Albatross Society, the secretive group which protects people like Tom, has one rule: Never fall in love. As painful memories of his past and the erratic behavior of the Society's watchful leader threaten to derail his new life and romance, the one thing he can't have just happens to be the one thing that might save him. Tom will have to decide once and for all whether to remain stuck in the past, or finally begin living in the present. How to Stop Time tells a love story across the ages--and for the ages--about a man lost in time, the woman who could save him, and the lifetimes it can take to learn how to live. It is a bighearted, wildly original novel about losing and finding yourself, the inevitability of change, and how with enough time to learn, we just might find happiness. Soon to be a major motion picture starring Benedict Cumberbatch.
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| Original Title: | How to Stop Time |
| ISBN: | 0525522891 (ISBN13: 9780525522898) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Tom Hazard, Agnes Wade, Hendrich Pietersen, Rose Claybrook, Marion., Omai, Camille Guerin, Daphne Bello, Grace Claybrook, Joachim., Martin. |
| Setting: | England |
| Literary Awards: | Tähtifantasia Award Nominee (2019) |
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Tom Hazard, just one one the names he has been know by, is 439 years old. He has a rare condition called Anageria, meaning that his body ages at a very slow rate. For every 15 years of his life, his body ages just one, a condition that began during puberty. This means that he now looks like a man in his 40s.He has lived through many periods in history, met a lot of famous people from the past, and seen plenty of inventions brought to life.There is a secret organisation set up to protect theI am giving this five stars because I enjoyed it enormously and I finished it in one day! I love time travel and although this was not that really, it had the same effect and was just as pleasing.Tom Hazard has a condition which means he ages very slowly indeed and in this story he is well over four centuries old. How to Stop Time alternates chapters from the present with others from his extensive past. When I was reading the past I had to keep reminding myself he was living it at that time and
There comes a time when the only way to start living is to tell the truth. To be who you are, even if it is dangerous.So, I'm breaking the rule of not sharing a quote on an ARC book. You kind of have to know if you are going to read this one...do you like pretty flowery writing? It's pretty full of that. Tom is old. Very old. He just does not look it. He has been alive for centuries. No, he isn't one of those sparkly vampires. He has a condition that causes him to age much slower than the
I guess I should straight off the bat tell you what happened when I finished reading "The Humans." And yes, I know this is supposed to be a review about "How to Stop Time." Bear with me. So, I finished "The Humans" and I a)wept b) started it again immediately c) spent the next two years giving it to everyone on my gift list and basically insisting everyone read it. My ace in the hole has always been this - "If the road gets rocky (and everyone's road gets rocky sometimes) I can re-read "The
!! NOW AVAILABLE !!4.5 StarsIf you were to call him by name, you could call him Tom Hazard, but the truth is that over the years, hes been known by many names, having to change his identity before the truth catches up with him, reveals him to be who he is. Reveals what makes him different than any other man who appears to be around forty. The truth is slightly more than that.In this life Tom teaches history in London at a comprehensive school (a secondary, state school) to young men and young
4.5 stars for this one."If you saw me, you would probably think I was about forty, but you would be very wrong. I am old old in the way that a tree, or a quahog clam, or a Renaissance painting is old."Because of a rare medical condition, Tom Hazard has been alive since the 1500s. Born into a wealthy French family, he has traveled all over the world, assumed many different identities, and led a life characterized by adventure, trauma, emotion, and loneliness. Tom has performed with Shakespeare,
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