REVIEW: The Time Keeper - Mitch Albom

Well, this is my first entry on this blog. As this new year is barely beginning, I made a promise to myself: to start my own blog about books, films, TV series and a lot of things I like.

I received a copy of The Time Keeper, written by Mitch Albom, as a late Christmas gift. And I decided to read it just hours before this year started. I think that I read it in the right ideal time.

BOOK FACTS

Author: Mitch Albom

Country: United States

Language: English

Genre: Fiction

Media Type: Mass Media Paperback

Publisher: Hyperion

Publication Date: September 4, 2012

Bookstore I got the book: Mr. Books Guayaquil

Date I got the book: December 30th, 2013

PLOT

In this fable, the first man on earth to count the hours becomes Father Time. The inventor of the world's first clock is punished for trying to measure God's greatest gift. He is banished to a cave for centuries and forced to 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 magical hourglass and a mission: a chance to redeem himself by teaching two earthly people the true meaning of time.

He returns to our world--now dominated by the hour-counting he so innocently began--and commences a journey with two unlikely partners: one a teenage girl who is about to give up on life, the other a wealthy old businessman who wants to live forever. To save himself, he must save them both. And stop the world to do so.

REVIEW

Written in a clear, easy-to-understand American English, I read this book in an hour. Although it is a novel, it is divided in many parts, each one focusing on one of the three main characters: Dor, a neolithic man, Sarah, a 21st. century typical teenager, and Victor, an old businessman.

Short chapters compose this book, and it is ideal for those who are starting to read in English (I prefer to read books in their original language).

It teaches us that time is just an illusion created by humans, and that we are too concerned about time, to stop and really live life as it should be lived.

I give it an A-, just because the end lacked some depth.

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Bueno, esta es mi primera entrada en este blog. Mientras este año apenas empieza, me hice una promesa a mi misma: Empezar un blog sobre cosas que me gustan, como leer, películas, series de TV y muchas otras cosas más.

Recibí una copia de "El Guardián del Tiempo", de Mitch Albom, como un regalo atrasado de Navidad. Y decidí empezar a leerlo unas horas antes de que este año comenzara. Pienso que lo leí justo en el momento ideal.

SOBRE EL LIBRO

Autor: Mitch Albom

País: Estados Unidos

Idioma: Inglés

Género: Ficción

Tipo de Publicación: Pasta Blanda 

Editorial: Hyperion

Fecha de Publicación: 4 de Septiembre de 2012

Librería en donde conseguí el libro: Mr. Books Guayaquil

Fecha cuando lo conseguí: 30 de diciembre de 2013

SINOPSIS
En esta fábula, el primer hombre en contar el tiempo se convierte en el Padre Tiempo