Addendum -- The Time Traveler's Wife

One more thing I'd like to say about The Time Traveler's Wife, in case it wasn't clear before. Niffenegger is a brilliant writer, at least this book is well done; I haven't read Her Fearful Symmetry yet.

One of the things that impressed me in TTTW was her ability to develop a character in such an economical way. There were bits where Henry and Clare were talking to Henry's father, and he was so fascinating that she could have written another entire book just about the father. And Mrs. Kim also. And Mrs. Abshire. They're all just secondary characters in this story, but the way they interacted with the main characters was so intriguing that I found myself wanting to know more about everyone!