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Fifty in Reverse

Bill Flanagan

Start date: October 21, 2021

Finish date: November 30, 2021

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Oct 31, 2021 Martha☀ rated it liked it

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Peter Wyatt wakes up one morning in his 14 year old body, having left behind a life of a 60 year old with a wife, grown children and everything an adult could desire. But no one believes that he has travelled back in time and he struggles to figure out both how he ended up here and how he can return.
He decides that, if he is to live this life over, he may as well live well so he starts playing the music of famous songs from his youth before they're released, figuring that either he will wake up ...more

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Nov 16, 2021 Irene rated it it was ok

This is a light take on the perennial theme of appreciating one’s life. A 65 year old man travels back in time to enter his 15 year old body in 1970. At first he thinks he is in a dream from which he can’t seem to awaken. But the more he is convinced that some strange act of time travel has occurred, the more he struggles to return to his wife and adult kids in 2020. I expected more ironic humor about observing high school culture from an adult perspective, but the humor was more rooted in his p ...more

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Nov 17, 2021 Mandy rated it liked it

This was a quick read. Interesting premise. I think I enjoyed most the different theories on what had happened to Peter by his therapist and, particularly, by his mother. This made you think about things a little differently. 3.5 stars

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Oct 26, 2021 Pat rated it really liked it

Read about this novel from a fellow Goodreader, and it grabbed me right away with it’s quirky premise- 65 year old guy back in his 15 th year. Interesting, seemingly plausible and a cast of good characters makes for a good novel to me.

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Dec 26, 2023 Ruta G rated it really liked it

I loved the character Peter, a wise 65 year old man who is transported back to his 15 year old body in the 70s. Humorous, sentimental, and sweet. Interesting take on time travel theories and the conception of time.

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