The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August

"It is widely known between my husband and select friends that I do not care for time travel. While this plot is not exactly as such it still follows the same principles. Why do you ask does it bother me? Well because my analytical brain kicks in and starts asking too many questions that no author ever explains.<br/><br/>Like what was anyone's purpose when they live the same life over and over not quite altering the world around them? Are they branching off realities leaving their past selves and others to suffer what they have changed? How, after a thousand years, have they not gone entirely insane? The final death also was a plothole not to be elaborated on.<br/><br/>Narrator Peter Henry did a fantastic job on the audibook and Harry was a deep meaningful protagonist. Even though the story dragged at times Harry's mannerisms and ideology kept me going. He was meticulous and calculating to a point where most would have just given up. I had great respect for Harry. Still the story kept building to a peak which wasn't at all surprising so let me down in the end."

"This book takes contemplating the implications of time loops and the havoc you can wreak with them to a whole new level. Loved the hell out of it."

"It is an great book! The time shifts were a bit tricky at times, and it is worth it. "

"If you like time travel stories with a bit of a twist on the genre."

"Favorite book of all time. "

"I enjoyed the scientific aspects of this book, and how it stayed approachable throughout. It puts time and choices in perspective. It has me thinking of decades and how I've spent the four of them I've had. A new spin on a 'time travel's kind of book."

"I originally rated this a 4, but after meeting with my book club to discuss this, I realized it really was a 5 star read for me. I said it better in person so I’m including our moderator’s excellent transcription of my thoughts: Allie said she “really enjoyed it,” found it interesting, liked the challenge of it, took notes on the various time lines (though said the second half more linear), and liked the environmentalism, plus described it as “historical” and “human.”<br/><br/>It’s a good high level recap of my feelings, but what it doesn’t capture is the heart pounding need to finish (I read most of this in one day) and the emotional investment I had in the story. I absolutely loved how this progressed, and it’s the type of book that’s a good surface story, but has even more to unearth if you want to dig deeper. I’m already wanting to re-read this to get a fuller appreciation for the story and it has a place of honor on my bookshelf!"

"Yes! I have been reading Fall of Giants recently and that has a similar romp through history vibe. But my fav of all time is Ghostwritten by Brian Mitchell! Or really anything by him. Blackswan Green gets me every time "

"This story haunted me for months after reading it. It's beautifully written and thouggt provoking literary fiction with a dash of susoense and a fantasy premise. This is up there on my top 10 favorite books of all time."

"Started rereading one of my favorites: Villa Incognito. Its fantastic. Crude, but fantastic. "