The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August

Posted on 13 February 2017 by Claire North

Some stories cannot be told in just one lifetime Harry August is on his deathbed Again.No matter what he does or the decisions he makes, when death comes, Harry always returns to where he began, a child with all the knowledge of a life he has already lived a dozen times before Nothing ever changes Until now As Harry nears the end of his eleventh life, a little girl appears at his bedside I nearly missed you, Doctor August, she says I need to send a message This is the story of what Harry does next, and what he did before, and how he tries to save a past he cannot change and a future he cannot allow. Free Read [ The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August ] by [ Claire North ] – kino-fada.fr Very very Clever The first half was pretty solid but after that halfway point it took a turn to AWESOME.I m clearly missing something here look at all the rave reviews , but man, it was such a chore to get through this At one point, the author used the term glacial sluggishness to describe something or other, and that strikes me as the perfect description for the pace and action in this book I actually was loving it at the start, but it kept dragging on and on and on and growingandtedious as it continued I felt like I was always a step behind on the science and logic not sure...This thing you carry inside you, I don t know what it is I don t know where you got it But Harry, the past is the past You are alive today That is all that matters You must remember, because it is who you are, but as it is who you are, you must never, ever regret To regret your past is to regret your soulThis book is incredible And I have Mike to blamethank.Of course, it doesn t hurt that I keep picturing the main character as Eddie Redmayne.Anyone who knows me will know that this iThis thing you carry inside you, I don t know what it is I don t know where you got it But Harry, the past is the past You are alive today That is all that matters You must remember, because it is who you are, but as it is who you are, you must never, ever regret To regret your past is to regret your soulThis book is incredible And I have Mike to blamethank.Of course, it doesn t hurt that I keep picturing the main character as Eddie Redmayne.Anyone who knows me will know that this is not my typical reading material at all I like speed Action A fast paced plot I hate conspiracies I don t do drama Above all else I fucking hated Groundhog Day I don t want to have to think I already read the news and think plenty of work , for my reading, I want to be entertained In that sense, this book should have been the antithesis of anything I would ever enjoy.I was so wrong, so blissfully, gleefully wrong What a wonderful book What a marvelous piece of literature The hype is real.This book is a...Harry August is a kalachakra, a man who is reborn at the same point in time over and over with his memories intact When a little girl warns Harry on his eleventh death bed that the end of the world is coming sooner with each cycle, Harry goes on the offensive Can he stop the end of the world, even with the help of the Cronus Club I got this from Netgalley.I love a bit of timey wimey and this book has it in spades Remember the movie Groundhog Day where Bill Murray experiences the same day over Harry August is a kalachakra, a man who is...I m a little torn as to how to review this book Obviously, I liked it since I gave it 4 stars I even think this would be a great movie I love the premise and I really wasn t expecting this This Sci Fi Thriller really intrigued me but at the same time, some parts were a bit slow It makes sense if you think that we re literally talking about 15 lives though...Wow, whatever I was expecting, it definitely wasn t this It s historical, it s science fictional, it s a spy novel, it s a long episode of DW sans the time space travel, it s a spiteful letter of twisted friendships and vengeance WHAT DOESN T HAPPEN IN THIS BOOK2.99 Kindle sale, July 29, 2018 4.5 stars Harry August lives his life, over and over and over His memory gradually returns to him when he s a toddler in each life The first time his prior memories reawaken, in his second life, he thinks he s insane and ends up committing suicide when he s only about seven, only to find himself starting all over again in a third life Since clearly the suicide route doesn t solve his problem, he gets down to the business of trying to figure out how to best l 2.99 Kindle sale, July 29, 2018 4.5 stars Harry August lives his life, over and over and over His memory gra...1.5 stars Never have I ever been so happy to finish a book Reading this one was an absolute chore, but I just couldn t quit because I hate quitting books And I wanted to see how it ended, so I guess I did care to an extent It dragged on and on and on and so much history stuff and rambling I thought it was this terrible book, a cure for insomnia, until I got on here and saw all the 5 star reviews Maybe it was just not my cup of tea I will say it picked up in the last 30% or so and the firs 1.5 stars Never have I ever been so happy to finish a book Reading this one was an absolute chore, but I just couldn t quit because I hate quitting books And I wanted to see ho...This is a book that draws inspiration from both Groundhog Day and an episode of X Files whose name escapes me for now Harry August is a tough negociator Whenever Harry relives a section of his life he tries hard to do his best to improve his lot Yes, the main character relives his childhood and does his best to make amends to change his past experiences.I thought the premise was something slightly stale that needed to be addressed to makeof an impact But I forget that this book is very This is a book that draws inspiration from both Groundhog Day and an episode of X Files whose name escapes me for now Harry August is a tough negociator Whenever Harry relives a section of his life he tri...WARNING There are spoilers in this review.This is possibly the dullest book I ve ever read I suppose that deserves credit of some sort Like The House of the Seven Gables , the author excelled at making me feel so claustrophobic and trapped in a realm of endless tedium that I related to the narrator s disgust with life after suffering through just fifty pages That s not the mark of a good story, though.The plot , if you will and if I sound like I m speaking in a pretentious poncy way, it WARNING There are spoilers in this review.This is possibly the dullest book I ve ever read I suppose that deserves credit of some sort Like The House ...

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13 February 2017

Claire North