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Harry is born in 1919, lives through WWII and a fairly unremarkable life, and dies...only to be born again in 1919, but this time with the memories of his past life. Again and again this happens, history progressing around him almost precisely the same as he wanders the earth in search of meaning. Then at last, he has a mission--a young girl, another of the hidden people who relive their lives over and over again, tells him that the history of the future has begun changing. Each lifetime, the en
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This book is a slow start, the snowball tipping off the side of a slope, picking up velocity so gradually you almost don't notice it, until it's the middle of the book and the snowball is now an avalanche racing toward the bottom of a mountain. At least, that's what reading it felt like to me. At the 48% mark, I was still going, yeah, it's readable, but it isn't *compelling*. But that's the last time I checked my progress in the book.
Overall, this is a fascinating conceit, a fascinating concept, ...more
Overall, this is a fascinating conceit, a fascinating concept, ...more
3.5, rounded down because at times I felt like this was a chore to read.
I never quite got fully into this book. I’m not sure why, because the concept is an interesting one and I think the author did some great stuff with it. The crusade against Vincent should have been more interesting to me, I guess, but I think the fact that I never *quite* knew what Vincent was talking about dulled the urgency of their interactions for me, and since this pursuit was the raison d’être of the book, in the end ...more
I never quite got fully into this book. I’m not sure why, because the concept is an interesting one and I think the author did some great stuff with it. The crusade against Vincent should have been more interesting to me, I guess, but I think the fact that I never *quite* knew what Vincent was talking about dulled the urgency of their interactions for me, and since this pursuit was the raison d’être of the book, in the end ...more
Killer concept. A little dry or drawn out in the execution. With some tightening, this could've been amazing. As is, it was still enjoyably original and made my head hurt in a good way. Yay time travel… or whatever this is.
I did NOT enjoy the torture bits, however. So heads up to my fellow squeamish types. ...more
I did NOT enjoy the torture bits, however. So heads up to my fellow squeamish types. ...more
Nov 11, 2014
Elizabeth
marked it as to-read
Dec 13, 2014
Nick
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it was amazing
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