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Mar 20, 2024WCPL_staff_HH rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
An inventive and moving book! I highly recommend it.
Jan 30, 2024koholmes55 rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
Not worth reading for me, got in 100 pages and meh...
Jan 13, 2024mjlivres rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
This book started out 'okay', but convoluted. I struggled to gain interest, but finally gave up after reading to page 353. Poor flow of narrative. Same person dies multiple times, but connections not made in the narrative. Many German…
Jan 04, 2024Dcusanel rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
"What if we had the chance to do it again and again until we got it right. Is there life after life, chance after chance to rewrite our destiny and make everything perfect." Would we be satisfied at the end or not? This is the premise of…
Dec 16, 2023LenRudner rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This was one of my favourite books of 2023. The protagonist lives and die and lives ... repeatedly. Slowly she becomes aware that this is not her first life. Slowly she learns from her past lives and slowly begins to shape her future.…
Nov 10, 2023PetraL rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Atkinson explores the question, what if we could relive our life over and over again until we got it right. Would this be wonderful or a curse? Thought-provoking.
Oct 19, 2023beaver1948 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This is a confusing book to rate. I really appreciate the strong independent main character Ursula & her many adventures & the author's finite details - although some details became repetitive. (And all the wartime info is painful to…
Oct 01, 2023katjespin rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Kate Atkinson’s prose is captivating, and this is no exception. What’s tricky about this book is that all of your presumptions, if you have them, will be upended. It’s not reincarnation; it’s not Groundhog Day; it’s not even a Choose Your…
May 04, 2023
"Ursula lives her life over and over, trying to fix the mistakes she made previously. It's interesting to see how the changes she makes affect her life and the world at large." - Karen M.
Mar 11, 2023
This book sucked. I'm a big reader, but this book was just too contrived and convoluted to hold my interest. It irritated me no end. No suspension of belief what so ever. So what was the point? What is with all these novels set in or about…
Nov 18, 2022
What if you could live again and again, until you got it right? This is such a fascinating approach to reincarnation and destiny. Atkinson's examination of the human experience felt honest and thoughtful. This book will stay with you for a…
Jul 16, 2022kkirby221 rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
I found the book boring. I did not finish.
Jun 15, 2022Urbano rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
One of the best novels I've read in years. Beautifully written and thought-provoking.
Mar 01, 2022AnnieFofa rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
This is an astonishing tale about how time and life do not necessarily have to be linear. What happened in the past does not really have to be the end - one could get a second or even third chance to redo one’s actions. Truly mind…
Dec 31, 2021AnnSkye rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
A rather strange book. I rather joyed the reincarnations until towards the end when I grew tired of them.
Oct 18, 2021Aguirli rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
I really wanted to love love this book. It has a good start, but midway thru the book, I wanted to give up. But, this is the first book I picked up in years so I was determined to finish it. I wouldn't recommend it as a book to draw you…
Mar 28, 2021becker rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
The writing was beautiful and intelligent, the story was creative and unique and the characters were well developed....each one playing an important part in the story.
Mar 25, 2021Trayseewithaneye rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
I often read books and quickly forget about them. I will remember this book. Interesting and an easy, engaging read. Great family dynamics. "Practice makes perfect" and deja vu take on a whole new meaning after reading this book
Aug 26, 2020Chirpster rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Three stars! At first the plot was intriguing, but then the variations of her deaths and assaults seemed unnecessary. I felt like I was being dragged through a list of "how-else-could-she die." I almost stopped reading. Then, Ursula…
Aug 19, 2020Trixie_reads rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
One of my all-time favorite books
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May 28, 2020bookishdl rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I'm at a loss to explain why I love this complicated, unusual and engaging novel. I'm a huge fan of multi-time narratives and when done well, they're astonishing but they can also fall flat when the author is sloppy. this isn't sloppy by…
Mar 01, 2020elysecohen rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
The book has an interesting premise in that Ursula Todd is born in 1910 and dies and is reborn over and over again with slightly different circumstances and opportunities. Though other reviews marvel over the uniqueness of the narrative, I…
Feb 19, 2020hamerkop rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
It took me a while to get into this novel but once I did I was taken by it. An innovative form is carried by Atkinson's Yorkshire sense of humour, and her adroit characterization of the central characters. Looking forward to the second…
Feb 17, 2020
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Nov 24, 2019
I am irresistibly reminded of the 2 volume novel "Blackout" and "All Clear" by Connie Willis. Both Willis' works and this novel evoke a sense of place wonderfully, England in the Second World War. The overlap of lives, dancing between…