"An effective drama."

Though The Time Traveler's Wife is more about the guy than his wife, the reference to Mrs. Time Traveler in the title is important. It's how you know it's not a science-fiction story but a romantic drama. Like many such tales, it is about a woman who loves a man that she can never completely have, even though he loves her too. In this case, it's because he's forever jumping back and forth in time. But it could just as easily be because he's married to…