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3.39 AVERAGE
3.39 AVERAGE
emotional
funny
reflective
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:
Complicated
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
So, light romance isn't really my thing (I read this as a fan of Webb's screen work and autobiography) and that must be admitted. That being said, it really was too quickly paced after about the halfway point and the end was disorientingly madcap—almost like Webb didn't know how to really end it. The first half was interesting and fairly enjoyable.
emotional
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
An enjoyable read in which that daydream that preoccupies anyone who is over a certain age is at the center, What would be different if I could go back to University knowing what I do now ?
In fact that question only occupies the second part of this book as kate , struggling with the death of her Husband Luke ( who she met on the first day at Uni in York in 1992), finds herself back there in her old body .
Parts 1 and 3 are a bit of a thriller with a climactic chase across London.
An easy read. After this would I go back - definitely no.
In fact that question only occupies the second part of this book as kate , struggling with the death of her Husband Luke ( who she met on the first day at Uni in York in 1992), finds herself back there in her old body .
Parts 1 and 3 are a bit of a thriller with a climactic chase across London.
An easy read. After this would I go back - definitely no.
As the book starts we meet Kate, whose husband Luke has just died of a brain tumour. They’d been together since University (28 years) and Kate is not handling it well. When she finds out the tumour had been in his head for a long, long time and they both missed the symptoms, she understandably feels immense guilt. She is pushing away her friends and family, drinking heavily and has about planned her suicide.
But then she wakes up in the wrong room in her 18 year old body! She has returned to 1992, the first day of her life at York University and the day she meets Luke. She decides she has to somehow convince him he has a brain tumour and to get checked out and thus save his life. But Luke is not her husband, the man she lost. He is still an annoying 19 year old English student. She has no idea how long she will be back in 1992 but she is determined for them to fall in love again to try and save his life. She just needs to do everything exactly the same as last time!
The Sunday Times describe Come Again as
“a genre-defying time-travel tale – part adventure, part love story, part comedy, part dissertation on bereavement…a breathtakingly insightful evocation of grief.”
It was certainly like nothing else I have ever read before and I loved it. Broken into 3 different sections, I loved how we go from Kate’s grief, to a nostalgic trip back to the early 90s, to being chased through the streets of London by Russian mobsters!
Kate as a character is great. I completely felt her despair at being expected to carry on after loosing Luke but just wanting it to end. As a teenager she was a karate champion and exceptionally bright. As an adult, she works with computers and still has a sharp mind. I like her dark humour and narration. And I adored it when she woke up as a student in 1992, because that is when I was starting Uni too and I could recognise so many of her observations! When reading about that time, it makes you realise how much has changed – most noticeably the lack of internet, Facebook and mobile phones!
It also made me think. If I was to go back to that time (with my 47 year old brain inside my 18 year old head) would I do things differently? I’m certainly a very different person to how I was then – would I make the same decisions? I met my husband at Uni (we met on the first day much like Kate and Luke) and I wouldn’t change that but there are some things I would do differently. I’d do it so much better if I had another chance!
A darkly humorous read, I loved each and every bit of this book! Romantic, sad, exciting, ambitious! I really look forward to see what Webb writes next!
But then she wakes up in the wrong room in her 18 year old body! She has returned to 1992, the first day of her life at York University and the day she meets Luke. She decides she has to somehow convince him he has a brain tumour and to get checked out and thus save his life. But Luke is not her husband, the man she lost. He is still an annoying 19 year old English student. She has no idea how long she will be back in 1992 but she is determined for them to fall in love again to try and save his life. She just needs to do everything exactly the same as last time!
The Sunday Times describe Come Again as
“a genre-defying time-travel tale – part adventure, part love story, part comedy, part dissertation on bereavement…a breathtakingly insightful evocation of grief.”
It was certainly like nothing else I have ever read before and I loved it. Broken into 3 different sections, I loved how we go from Kate’s grief, to a nostalgic trip back to the early 90s, to being chased through the streets of London by Russian mobsters!
Kate as a character is great. I completely felt her despair at being expected to carry on after loosing Luke but just wanting it to end. As a teenager she was a karate champion and exceptionally bright. As an adult, she works with computers and still has a sharp mind. I like her dark humour and narration. And I adored it when she woke up as a student in 1992, because that is when I was starting Uni too and I could recognise so many of her observations! When reading about that time, it makes you realise how much has changed – most noticeably the lack of internet, Facebook and mobile phones!
It also made me think. If I was to go back to that time (with my 47 year old brain inside my 18 year old head) would I do things differently? I’m certainly a very different person to how I was then – would I make the same decisions? I met my husband at Uni (we met on the first day much like Kate and Luke) and I wouldn’t change that but there are some things I would do differently. I’d do it so much better if I had another chance!
A darkly humorous read, I loved each and every bit of this book! Romantic, sad, exciting, ambitious! I really look forward to see what Webb writes next!
When Come Again starts, Kate is drowning in grief. Widowed nine months ago she cannot come to terms with the loss of the love of her life. She has driven all her friends away, lost her job and has completely given up on herself and the world.
Then one morning she suddenly wakes up in her eighteen year old body. She's been transported back to fresher's week at university on the day she met and fell in love with Luke. This time round, can she save him?
The middle of the book is a classic romcom, as Kate meets her friends again for the first time. Luke has yet to grow into the man she loved and lost and she had forgotten his adolescent affectations. Can her forty-five year old head fall in love with this unformed version of her husband?
With its time travel twist, a fantastic bunch of characters, witty dialogue and even an unexpected foray into thriller territory, not to mention a very satisfying ending, this is a real page turner that I couldn't put down.
Then one morning she suddenly wakes up in her eighteen year old body. She's been transported back to fresher's week at university on the day she met and fell in love with Luke. This time round, can she save him?
The middle of the book is a classic romcom, as Kate meets her friends again for the first time. Luke has yet to grow into the man she loved and lost and she had forgotten his adolescent affectations. Can her forty-five year old head fall in love with this unformed version of her husband?
With its time travel twist, a fantastic bunch of characters, witty dialogue and even an unexpected foray into thriller territory, not to mention a very satisfying ending, this is a real page turner that I couldn't put down.
Loved that it turns into an action movie at the end! Hell yeah women can go on a journey of self Discovery and have a cool car chase/showdown!!
It didn't feel like it really amounted to much, but I loved it. Ending a bit confusing (are there 2 Lukes??) but the sentiment is real
It didn't feel like it really amounted to much, but I loved it. Ending a bit confusing (are there 2 Lukes??) but the sentiment is real
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Thank you NetGalley, Hachette Audio & Robert Webb for a copy of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review.
This story surrounds Kate, a woman who suddenly loses her husband tragically. All of a sudden, to Kate’s shock, she wakes up at a point in her past where she can try to save his life. It was a very interesting concept and had me curious right from the beginning.
This book was separated into three parts. In the beginning, we meet Kate in her grief-filled state after losing Luke less than a year prior. I was very happy with how this part was written, as grief is such a hard-hitting topic that needs to be talked about more. Robert Webb wrote this very seriously and very well, as if personally experienced.
The second part of this novel is when Kate gets sent back in time to when they were in college in 1992. The beginning of this part was great, trying to see how Kate would get her future husband interested again and how she could save his life from back then. Towards the end of this part was when this book really slowed down for me.
The third and final part was back in the present time. It was interesting seeing how this part would play out and if any of Kate’s actions effected anything like saving Luke’s life. As much as I wanted to love this part, the second half of this entire book fell a little flat. The writing slowed down.
The narrator of this book, Olivia Colman, did a great job with the story-telling of this novel. I feel like Olivia really understood Kate and portrayed her really well. There were issues that were very serious that could’ve driven a reader/listener away, but the narration of this book was light and kept me interested all the way through.
Overall, this was my first Robert Webb novel, but I don’t think it’s my last. I definitely enjoyed this type of story, I just hope my next story has the writing that keeps me all the way through. I definitely would recommend this to someone who is a mood reader, looking for a sad/hopeful book.
This story surrounds Kate, a woman who suddenly loses her husband tragically. All of a sudden, to Kate’s shock, she wakes up at a point in her past where she can try to save his life. It was a very interesting concept and had me curious right from the beginning.
This book was separated into three parts. In the beginning, we meet Kate in her grief-filled state after losing Luke less than a year prior. I was very happy with how this part was written, as grief is such a hard-hitting topic that needs to be talked about more. Robert Webb wrote this very seriously and very well, as if personally experienced.
The second part of this novel is when Kate gets sent back in time to when they were in college in 1992. The beginning of this part was great, trying to see how Kate would get her future husband interested again and how she could save his life from back then. Towards the end of this part was when this book really slowed down for me.
The third and final part was back in the present time. It was interesting seeing how this part would play out and if any of Kate’s actions effected anything like saving Luke’s life. As much as I wanted to love this part, the second half of this entire book fell a little flat. The writing slowed down.
The narrator of this book, Olivia Colman, did a great job with the story-telling of this novel. I feel like Olivia really understood Kate and portrayed her really well. There were issues that were very serious that could’ve driven a reader/listener away, but the narration of this book was light and kept me interested all the way through.
Overall, this was my first Robert Webb novel, but I don’t think it’s my last. I definitely enjoyed this type of story, I just hope my next story has the writing that keeps me all the way through. I definitely would recommend this to someone who is a mood reader, looking for a sad/hopeful book.
Certainly an original and interesting book. The idea is something I've never heard of before, which you only know for certain at the end of the book. ;) The book is impeccably funny and sweet, the author tried his best to write three-dimensional characters, especially three-dimensional women, which is always hard for men (as it is vice-versa) but this book is not a character study or trying in any way to be an in-depth analysis, so that's fine. His work is more than sufficient. The protagonist is smart and I loved that the author didn't chose to let everything go wrong that possibly could go wrong. It was entertaining, never boring, there are many cool dialogues and I haven't enjoyed a book that much for quite some time. The author played on his strengths in storytelling in this book, he really knows his tools and it's all in all a successful work.