Time is one of the main themes, linear and circular time, the ability to live through all of your lives and start over again despite the pain and the heartbreak. 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.’Īs I’m sure a lot of people will have had the same experience, I was quickly obsessed with the story, it seemed like a very interesting and original idea, the one of living many lives and the realisation that you are reborn every time, coming to terms with this idea and trying to comprehend the reasons why. ‘I nearly missed you, Doctor August,’ she says.
‘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.Īs Harry nears the end of his eleventh life, a little girl appears at his bedside. ‘SOME STORIES CANNOT BE TOLD IN JUST ONE LIFETIME’ I rarely think the blurbs of books do them any justice and are actually useful to grasping the essence of the book, but here it goes anyway: So, a lot of reading was done, a lot of pages were turned, and boy was it worth it! The second reason was that I had another 500+ book to read and review this month. First, because this book was a bit over 400 pages and it wasn’t an easy read. OK, I have so many mixed feelings about this book! The #MonthlyTitles challenge for August turned out to be quite more challenging than I anticipated. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August: #MonthlyTitles book reviewĪuthor: Claire North (aka Kate Griffin and Catherine Webb)
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