Book Review - How To Stop Time

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Name of the book: How to Stop Time
Author: Matt Haig
Genre: Romance, Fantasy Fiction
Published by: Canongate Books Ltd.
No. Of Pages: 325

Off lately, I am glad to be reading fewer but some great books.

The Sunday times bestseller and the Winner of the 2017 "books are my bag readers" award for popular fiction, How to Stop Time by Matt Haig, is one amazing book!

When I say the word “Amazing”, it ought to be no less than it.

The story is of a man who does look like any ordinary 40+ years old, but has a dark secret to share; he lives not in years, but centuries!

He is Tom. Tom Hazard.

Born in 1800’s this man lived for almost 440 years!

The story is his journey on the survival of all these years – how he lost his mother, how he has been living, changing his identity every few years, from England to Paris, from New York to America – Tom has seen a lot; lived a lot!

After being alive for so many years and staying “undercover”, Tom finally craves for an ordinary life.

He lands up in London, again, where he teaches History to kids, bringing the past to life – for him, for the kids.

The only thing Tom must not do, is to fall in Love.

A beautifully narrated desolate story about losing and finding yourself, about the certainty of change and about the lifetimes it can take to learn how to live.

The book gets the reader all captivated from page One. It slowly paints the picture and balances between 1800’s to 2000’s.

We should all read some prodigious books like this one, once in a while. It is warm and perceptive and provocative in a very delightful manner!

One of my favorite quotes towards the end of the book is –
Everything is going to be all right. Or if not, everything is going to ‘be’, so let’s not worry.

This is a must read for anyone who loves the idea of reading stories and getting lost in a beautiful fantasy world.

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