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3.98 AVERAGE
3.98 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Um, wow. This book gave me a LOT to think about. It definitely went in directions I didn't expect, and it kept getting bigger and bigger with every life Harry lived.
It started out a 'typical' time travel book, but it ended up a world-altering spy thriller and at the center of it was Harry and his strong devotion to morals, ethics, friendship, and responsibility. The right thing to do isn't always clear, it's seldom easy, and it can be (for Harry at least) incredibly painful. The sacrifices he makes are enormous as is his devotion to his goal, despite the personal cost.
This kind of makes it sound like a sad story, and it kind of was, but it was also exciting, intriguing, and at times, hilarious.
Recommended for people who enjoy time travel books with a touch of morality, resourceful MCs who stop at nothing to achieve their goals, and schemes that save the world.
It started out a 'typical' time travel book, but it ended up a world-altering spy thriller and at the center of it was Harry and his strong devotion to morals, ethics, friendship, and responsibility. The right thing to do isn't always clear, it's seldom easy, and it can be (for Harry at least) incredibly painful. The sacrifices he makes are enormous as is his devotion to his goal, despite the personal cost.
This kind of makes it sound like a sad story, and it kind of was, but it was also exciting, intriguing, and at times, hilarious.
Recommended for people who enjoy time travel books with a touch of morality, resourceful MCs who stop at nothing to achieve their goals, and schemes that save the world.
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I didn't realise, until I came to write my review, that I tried to read this book before and lost patience with the way it skipped around various episodes of the protagonist's life, out of chronological order. This time I finished it.
This book is GroundHog Day on steroids. Apparently there are people who relive their whole life over and over and over again -and they remember (some in more detail than others).
Anyone who knows anything about time travel can see the danger inherent in this scenario. For instance, a child born into the 1890's could see the devastation wrought by World War II and want to do something about it, so on his next reincarnation, he could visit Hitler's school and give him a poisoned sweet.
Luckily, most of these people realise how dangerous that would be, so most of them follow a rule that says they mustn't bring their future knowledge into their past. The novel is, essentially, about one man who decides to ignore that rule. Our main character's job is to stop him doing that, before he changes history so much that he destroys the world.
But therein lies a plot hole, which was the big stumbling block to my enjoyment of the novel. The premise of the book is that all these people are living their lives again and again and again - having different careers, marrying different people, having or not having children - and the rest of the world just carries on regardless. It's only if they consciously introduce knowledge from their future lives that they might affect the way the world develops. For those of us brought up on the Butterfly Effect, that's very hard to swallow.
The author may have worked out why this all makes sense, but if so she doesn't explain it well enough.
This book is GroundHog Day on steroids. Apparently there are people who relive their whole life over and over and over again -and they remember (some in more detail than others).
Anyone who knows anything about time travel can see the danger inherent in this scenario. For instance, a child born into the 1890's could see the devastation wrought by World War II and want to do something about it, so on his next reincarnation, he could visit Hitler's school and give him a poisoned sweet.
Luckily, most of these people realise how dangerous that would be, so most of them follow a rule that says they mustn't bring their future knowledge into their past. The novel is, essentially, about one man who decides to ignore that rule. Our main character's job is to stop him doing that, before he changes history so much that he destroys the world.
But therein lies a plot hole, which was the big stumbling block to my enjoyment of the novel. The premise of the book is that all these people are living their lives again and again and again - having different careers, marrying different people, having or not having children - and the rest of the world just carries on regardless. It's only if they consciously introduce knowledge from their future lives that they might affect the way the world develops. For those of us brought up on the Butterfly Effect, that's very hard to swallow.
The author may have worked out why this all makes sense, but if so she doesn't explain it well enough.
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This is a hard book to rate, and the more I think of it the more that my mind changes, but I am actually going to give it a 4.5⭐️ which I can’t quite bring myself to rate as a 5. The story was really well written and I have not seen anything quite like it. It did jump around quite a bit between his various lives but overall it was very readable. I also enjoyed the almost love story between Harry and Vincent which was doomed for tragedy.
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
You simply have to read until the end. I am floored.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Torture