How to Stop Time

De: Matt Haig

Narrado por: Mark Meadows

"'The first rule is that you don't fall in love,' he said.... 'There are other rules too, but that is the main one. No falling in love. No staying in love. No daydreaming of love. If you stick to this you will just about be okay.'"

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

Tom Hazard 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.

So Tom moves back his to London, his old home, to become a high school history teacher - the perfect job for someone who has witnessed the city's history first hand. Better yet, a captivating French teacher at his school seems fascinated by him. But 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 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.

©2018 Matt Haig (P)2018 Penguin Audio

Reseñas de la Crítica

“Matt Haig’s latest book, How To Stop Time, is marvelous in every sense of the word. Clever, funny, poignant, and written with Haig’s trademark blend of crystalline prose and deft storytelling, this is a book that stirs the heart and mind in equal measure. A hugely enjoyable read.” (Deborah Harkness, author of The All Souls Trilogy)

"Inventive and heartfelt and unusual. . . . [How To Stop Time] made for a great summer read." (Kristin Hannah, New York Times best-selling author of The Nightingale)

"Mark Meadows is the expert narrator of this compelling audiobook.... Meadows does a fantastic job bringing to life all of the people Hazard interacts with over the centuries - from William Shakespeare to F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, Captain Cook, and more." (AudioFile)

somewhat disappointinv

you never became emotionally attached to the characters. found the narrator accent sounding like Count Dracula.

Entertaining and Inspiring 💕

I thoroughly enjoyed this read. It satisfies many of my preferences:
1. Great story and character development
2. Incredibly intimate and real-feeling “visits” to the past - reveals then-present experiences of both daily life and historical events
3. Weaves philosophical and “spiritual” truths seamlessly into the fascinatingly personal narrative cloth
4. Provides a sound structure for easily imagining the joys and sorrows of living far beyond our current life span
5. So fun to read that time (ironically) accelerates

Not the midnight library

Haig tells another great story but it didn’t captivate me to the same extent. Worth a listen but I didn’t walk away in awe.

Didn't Stop Time For Me

I really wanted to love this book, but I didn't. Always like the premise of time travel, past lives, etc., and the idea of having a "condition" that slows down aging seemed interesting. While the book was an easy ready, it just was a bit base. Maybe it didn't go deep enough for me. The narration of the audiobook was, however, quite good.

Can cause you to think deeply

i stopped and wrote down a few sentences that really struck me. i think the concept is wonderful and wish it were real.

Interesting reading

I liked how the author integrated the past with the present events. The story makes you think about your own life.

Traveling through time

Enjoyed this time travel story and the main characters reflections of his life. After reading the Midnight Library, all else pales in comparison, but this was certainly good too.

not the best

This book took me a long time to finish, and I almost didn't. I had high hopes after reading The Midnight Library. I'm just not sure there was a clear point to this book and only the last chapter showed any character development.

Best story I've read in a long time

Narrator was fantastic, too, doing many different accents seamlessly. Great story. Helped me with my own struggles with time.

Another enjoyable novel by Matt Haig

Overall I enjoyed the story felt a little like the Highlander movie. It seemed a little longer than it needed to be but stil a must read.