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Book Review of The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August

The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
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It's rather reminiscent of Ken Grimwood's Replay and even perhaps a bit of Kage Baker and her Company novels, although IMHO Grimwood did it better. I didn't like Harry that much. I didn't see why it was so important to him to stop Vincent - he didn't seem to enjoy any of his lives that much, why keep going? It meanders along rather boringly until 3/4 of the way through, when the action heats up just enough to come to a rather hurried end. And in the end, I wasn't sure why Vincent would say what he did. Did he suspect Harry all along? It just seemed a very pat ending.