The story is intriguing even if it never quite fully rises to its potential. There are certainly delights to be found in How to Stop Time, despite its tendency to oversimplify. That’s not a knock on How to Stop Time, but perhaps it does explain my lingering dissatisfaction with the thin mythos of the novel and the too-quick wrap-up at the end. The sharp jumps back and forth through time-the current-day actions neatly cut through with relevant flashbacks that amplify their poignance-practically slot themselves into your brain as visual media. Perhaps it’s a case of hindsight informing an opinion after the fact, but as soon as I read that How to Stop Time had already been optioned for a film (set to star Benedict Cumberbatch of Sherlock fame) before the novel hit shelves, it occurred to me that the pacing of Matt Haig’s newest novel reminded me of a screenplay more than a novel.
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