The time Travler's Wife--Midway through analysis

So far this book if phenomenal which is something I have known since the first page. Midway through i want to compare it to another movie I recently saw and loved called the curious case of Benjamin Button. Benjamin Button is a boy living backwards. He was born and old man who cannot take care of himself and dies a young boy who cannot take care of themselves. These books have many things in common. First off, they both emphasize the importance and shortness of life. By putting a spin on things, and living life backwards your learn how important your life really is and never want to let it go. They also however both show the problems of not living your life and taking chances and what you can miss out on. Just being the way they were born, Eric and Benjamin missed out on certain aspects of their lives, but we don't have to! Finally, Both men stuck in a time warp had backwards love affairs that almost worked out. What kept them alive was the love their women felt for them but what drew them apart was years of age difference. Imagine if the person you love was getting older and more mature as you became younger and more immature. Obviously, this cannot happen in real life but I think the authors purpose was to put a high value on life and show that we all are a lot luckier than we think.