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You could easily lop 150 pages out of this and produce a much better book. The premise is a great one, a new twist on the time travel / Groundhog Day idea, but what does the author actually do with it? This recurrent looping of a life had the potential to express powerful emotions and ideas about human mortality, loss and the worth of an individual life. However, engaging sections of narrative were unable to coalesce into a satisfying novel, while tangential incidents could be skimmed with a lit
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One of the most original stories I have read in a long time, it made me think and the character Harry August will stay with me for a long time. It starts steadily and tells the story of kalachakra - people who relive their lives over and over again. They form secret clubs and leave cryptic messages for others and pass questions and info (very slowly) through time!!! At about the halfway mark, the story switches gear and becomes a multi life thriller and had me totally hooked!!!
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