Ah, if you want to cry over books, get ME or PMS and that should do the trick. It doesn't make a huge difference what the book is (OK, obviously some are deeply moving whereas others put you to sleep and others, when combined with a sleeping tablet, cause hallucinations - yes, I'm looking at you, John Bunyan), you just need to be run-down and/or hormonal enough and any narrative trigger will do. I've been known to sniffle, "And then they...they...went out for coffee together!" So yes, I cried over The Time Traveller's Wife, but then I've been crying over half the books I've read over the last couple of weeks too. Admittedly this one does go to some effort to move you to tears, but hey, it's sweet, and romantic sappiness is what you read it for. I'd agree with you about the minor problems, and the whole "fated to be together" business is a little odd.