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The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
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Catsalive
Sep 02, 2021 rated it really liked it
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I enjoyed this so much more than Touch. The jumping around in time is so cleverly organised that I didn't resent the change in life & locus at all. Such dedication to the task as Harry showed deserves a reward - I'd have loved to see what happened in his 16th life.
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Cora
May 31, 2018 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
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For Harry August, death is not final. Whenever he dies he is reborn back at the beginning of his life to live it again. This sounds a little bit like, Life After Life, but unlike the main character in that story, Harry always remembers everything that happened to him in previous iterations of his life. There are others like Harry who also live in a continuous loop and make up a community that spans centuries of our time. One day, those from the future send a message to those of the past that som ...more
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