Review: The Time Keeper by Mitch Albom
After trying to interfere with God’s gift of time, Father Time must redeem himself on a critical mission to Earth.
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Contemporary Fiction | Speculative Fiction
The Time Keeper by Mitch Albom
Description
When the inventor of the world’s first clock seeks to interfere with God’s gift of time, the man ends up stuck in a cave, where he becomes Father Time. For centuries, he must listen to the voices of all who come after him seeking more days, more years. Eventually, with his soul nearly broken, Father Time is granted his freedom, along with a special hourglass and a chance to redeem himself by teaching two earthly people the true meaning of time.
My Thoughts
I came across this inspirational fable while I was searching for gentle reads. I had a pretty good idea of what I would be in for—but I also had little idea.
Here and there, I thought the author could have said a little less, could have been less on-the-nose, and after the first batch of chapters, I wondered how he’d fill the rest of the pages. How much more really needed to happen to get to what I guessed the point would be?
Nevertheless, I found myself on pretty much all the pins, all the needles as the main characters headed down their paths. I couldn’t stop them from making certain decisions I wished that I could, and I became increasingly intrigued about the “how” that would lead to the “what” in the fable.
I’m most into a story when the storyteller gives me good reason to care. And, my goodness, I wound up caring to the point of my own tears.
What a poignant, life-affirming story of hope.
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