Life After Life (Todd Family, #1) in Reading with Style

Jun 09, 2013 Sam rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: books-i-own, books-of-2016

I've has some less than stellar luck lately with novels with non-linear timelines. The ones I've read have been choppy, or confusing, or lacked cohesion between timelines. This novel, however, pulls it off fantastically!

Ursula's life and death (and life, and death, and life, and death, and...) are only part of what makes this novel so great. The intricacies woven in, the small details that carry from one life to another, are what really made this so enjoyable to me. Every single event was clear ...more

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May 13, 2019 Bucket rated it really liked it

Shelves: history, literary, reviewed, life-and-death, fantasy-science-fiction, bildungsroman, war

I really enjoyed this, and found it easier to keep the strands of Ursula's life straight than I imagined I would. The changes Ursula makes each time around start out subtle, but have profound impacts on what she becomes and what happens to a variety of members of her family and close circle.

I enjoyed that some changes were purposeful (due to Ursula's feelings of deja vu or impending doom) and others changes were seemingly random -- things that just could so easily go any number of ways, and so ...more

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Jul 31, 2013 Jayme(theghostreader) rated it really liked it

Shelves: library-books-read

This is an interesting book. It is about the main character Ursela Todd. She leads multiple lives where she lives and dies. It starts in the year of 1910 and the latest date is 1947. It is like watching the movie "Clue". You are never sure what ending you get. I did like the main character. I had compassion for her. She seemed like the odd sheep out. I felt she never had good taste in men. I felt events just happened around her instead of the other way around. I like her siblings except for Maur ...more

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May 04, 2014 Tanya Patrice rated it really liked it

Shelves: audiobooks

A sad but beautiful book. Having the same life over and over again can be a joyless endeavor. The writing is astonishingly good, and the audiobook is amazing.

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