The Confessions of Max Tivoli, (Paperback)

from crazybatcow

It has a very interesting premise. It is well-written. It keeps you turning the pages to find out how it will end... Did I mention it has a very interesting premise? But... it lacks a connection to the reader. There is little feeling/sympathy generated for Max. It's an interesting "study" of a ve...

from debnance

Which came first: Max Tivoli or TimeTraveler's Wife? The truth is that to me it doesn't really matterwhich was published first; what matters is what I read first and thatwas Time Traveler's Wife. Consequently, Max feels like an uglieryounger sister.Max is the story of a man whose body ages backwa...

from stonelaura

Although our library copy has a Sci-Fi sticker on the spine, this is sci-fi like The Time Traveler's Wife is sci-fi - not really. Yes, Max is living his internal life backward while in a body that goes through the normal physical stages, but really it's about love - or obsessive love. When Max fi...

from LibraryCin

Max Tivoli is aging backwards. When he was born, he resembled an old man. He knows he will die in 1941, so he is aging backwards from 70 years old. When he is 17 (but looks like a man in his 50s), he falls in love with 14-year old Alice. Of course, he can't do anything about it. He loves Alice fo...

from sloepoque

Max Tivoli has a unique problem. He was born as a 70 year old infant who shortly grew into the body of a 70 year old man with the mind of an infant. His chronology was reversed his entire life except for one brief period of time when his age and his appearance came together. This is an unusual pr...