Tom Hazard has a dangerous secret. He may look like an ordinary 41-year-old history teacher, but he's been a live for centuries. From Elizabethan England to Jazz-Age Paris, from New York to the South Seas, Tom has seen it all.
As long as he keeps changing his identity he can stay one step ahead of his past- and stay alive.
The only thing he must not do is fall in love...
Tom Hazard isn't your normal man, though he looks forty-one he is actually a lot older. He's mingled with the Fitzgeralds, worked for Shakespeare and Captain Cook and played for Aretha Franklin.
But what if you didn't want to live through all the decades again? What if you were just so fed up, that all you want is a normal life? Though being normal in an underground society is hard, they will always find you and hunt you down.
The only thing that keeps Tom going is the promise that he made all those years ago and he won't stop, can't stop until he has fixed it all.
There are many ways to start a fresh life, to live another identity, to forget and move on. But there are also many things that Tom can never erase and Marion is one of them.
How to Stop Time by Matt Haig, is the first novel that I have read by the author and although it took me a while to get to grips in what was happening within the plot, once I got the hang of it, was beautiful.
The story itself is very unique and well thought out, the history aspect and the way that Haig has moulded his story around the past is very clever. The only downside that I would have with this book is that in some places it did take a while to get into and it was a bit long winded at first, but I feel looking back now, that the story did need it.
All in all I highly enjoyed this book and will most certainly be reading more by this unique author, if you have not yet read anything my Matt Haig, make this your first read.
I will be giving this book 8 out of 10
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