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A book with a protagonist who has your occupation...
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The first book you see in a bookstore
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The plot was repetitive (as it is meant to be with the main character dying and reliving his same exact life over and over again), but it went nowhere. The writing was something to be desired. I felt lectured, rather than sucked into the story. Lots of telling, very little showing. The seemed to be a complete void of any emotion whatsoever, so the book was very dry and dull for my taste. The concept seems very interesting though. I think there's another book that covers the same topic, but with
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I read this book the wrong way. The very short chapters made me think I could read the book in little bite-sized chunks, 1 or two short chapters at a time. I was wrong. Because this was, in essence, a time travel book, it got pretty confusing by reading it just a little bit at a time. If I had read this in 20-30 minute increments rather than lots of little 5 minute bits of time it would have felt much more cohesive and would have been a better overall reading experience. As it was, the first 1/2
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I only finished this due to wanting to use it for a reading challenge. To me, it was slow and repetitive and I was not interested in the characters. I’m also not generally into the trope of using physics to understand the world. The book is well constructed and well written but was not for me.
Oct 22, 2018
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