How to Stop Time

I LOVED this book. IT was a fascinating read with twists and turns. I thought it was really clever how it jumped between different eras. The concept is interesting. I would 100% recommend it to others

Took a while to get going, interesting story line.

Not sure about this book. The main character comes across as a little whimpish. Doesn't appear to have much get up and go.
Hendrich is protrayed as self centered but I got the impression he's scared of his own shadow!

I really enjoyed the way that this book moved seamlessly between the present and past and back again. I connected well with the main character and enjoyed the book as a whole.

I felt that it was missing a crescendo at the end. It pottered along nicely but didn’t seem to build to any great problem and the problem that there was was quickly resolved without too much trouble.

That being said, it was still an enjoyable read.

I'd only read one Matt Haig book before (The Midnight Library) but now I'm going to work through his back catalogue! I haven't enjoyed a book this much in ages. I loved the seamless steps between centuries and settings as he follows the main character's life.
I loved this book and have just bought several copies for students at my school.

This book got me thinking about how quickly things change and how ideas and attitudes evolve. The author captured the feelings of the environment in the different eras he described. It was an interesting concept, and one I still find myself thinking about, despite having completed the book.

Great idea to the book but it ran out of steam! Fairly entertaining.

Nice original idea, the last chapters weren't as good as the first ones

This was a real marmite book with the Bookworms. We did all agree that we loved the descriptions of Shakespeare's London.
Enjoyed the history and found the premise interesting.

This book was loved by our book group. They found the writing easy and the story and characters interesting and enjoyable. Although the story constantly shifts back and forth in time they did not find this a problem as it sometimes can be . The different periods of history and the characters from them were well written and the consensus was that it was a fun, light hearted and entertaining novel.
Altogether one of our favourite group reads and it scored an average of 8 out of 10.

Read with Gloucester Book Club. It’s not bad, but not great. It’s an easy read, with some interesting ideas about immortality, coupled with a mindfulness theme. We had good discussions about whether living for hundreds of years would be desirable!

A lovely story that people will really enjoy.