Everyone would realise their nationality means little in the long run. Everyone will become a refugee if they live long enough. “The longer you live, the more you realise that nothing is fixed. He angered me so much! Just let Tom live in peace, let him live how he wants to I just wanted him to be okay… He was awful! I get that he was just trying to keep the Albas safe, and make sure that they were never found out, but jeez… He was just horrible, and especially at the end! He finally shows his true colours and I just wanted to punch him in the face. There were characters that I loved and characters that I loved to hate, that of Hendrich. The characters were also brilliantly written. It was just absolutely fascinating to be able to read about the jazz age, meeting Shakespeare and Scott Fitzgerald… Who wouldn’t want to read about those times? Of course, the romance was adorable to read and I really felt the heartbreak that Tom would feel over the years. The main focus – for me – wasn’t romance it was travelling through time and experiencing different periods of history. From the synopsis, it gives off the feel of a romance novel… It is and it isn’t. The novel starts off by introducing us to the character of Tom, a man who is over four-hundred years old. I didn’t think that I would like this book at first. The only thing Tom mustn’t do is fall in love. He can try and tame the past that is fast catching up with him. Here he can teach the kids about wars and witch hunts as if he’d never witnessed them first-hand. Always changing his identity to stay alive, Tom has the perfect cover – working as a history teacher at a London comprehensive. From Elizabethan England to Jazz Age Paris, from New York to the South Seas, Tom has seen a lot, and now craves an ordinary life. He may look like an ordinary 41-year-old, but owing to a rare condition, he’s been alive for centuries.
When I was given the opportunity to read How to Stop Time, I jumped at the chance to read this book, and oh what a wonderful book it was! If you haven’t seen the books, How to Stay Alive or The Humans by Matt Haig floating around BookTube, the blogosphere or just anywhere, where have you been? I have not read either books, but I know that Matt Haig is an author who is greatly admired within the book community.
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