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Summary: Unputdownable!!!
Review: I loved this book from the first word to the very end. For someone who is a slow reader and doesn't have a lot of time, I read this book in two days! Like one of my favorite books, Time and Again by Jack Finney, this is about time travel, but that's all the two have in common. I thought it was an original story and many times I wondered what I would have done in his (Jeff) situation. By the time I got to the last 50 pages of the book, I pretty much guessed the ending but it was still enjoyable.
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Summary: Life Changer!
Review: The other reviews and book jacket summarize the plot, but the story is so compelling that reading the first chapter will only give you small glimpse of what the book really has to offer and teach us: romance, drama, action and mystery.I loved the philosophical and spiritual messages. You need to be open-minded to believe in a world we're not familiar with, or instead you'll think that Grimwood was smoking some of Jeff's weed or taking his LSD. This book changed my life. I will always treasure each day because unlike Jeff, we don't know how much time we have and we must live life to its fullest. Taking risks. Believing in ourselves. Knowing anything is possible. And everything is unlike we know it... I LOVED THIS BOOK AND MY REPLAY LOVER, BRET, FOREVER...
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Summary: Excellent and Unique
Review: I picked this book on a whim in a used book store and thought the premise was so unique. Its a cross between Peggy Sue Got Married and Groundhog Day but with a much darker side. As other peopel said the reason for 4 stars instead of 5 is that it does have the tendency to drag on after the 2nd replay. I still recommedn this book 100% and suggest that the slow parts are read through so the ultimate conclusion can come out.
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Summary: Superb Exploration of Second Chances
Review: Any book that begins with the main character dying young in the first paragraph is either going to be very bad or else go somewhere unusual. This book is unique and fascinating--The kind that nags and nags at you. It takes the old thought "If only I could live my life over knowing what I know now" and plays it out over and over. Having died middleaged with an unhappy marriage and a stymied career, our hero wakes up in college with his whole life before him. He promptly makes himself rich and famous but then he dies again and is reborn again. What makes the novel fascinating is that the author does not cheat. He does not stop. Our main character seems trapped in an endless time loop--or is he? Suddenly, new factors enter and...well, I won't spoil the plot. This is a must-read and would be a great novel for discussion.
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Summary: Highly reminscient of Richard Matheson...
Review: This isn't necessarily a good thing; Matheson could write some good stuff, but his pop-psych/midlife-crisis-philosophy sometimes makes his books hard to take ("What Dreams May Come", anyone? Didn't think I'd get any takers.) "Replay" has this problem, and the recent (and constant) whining of the 60s survivor segment of the Baby Boomers recently about how they're getting old doesn't help much. "Replay" is okay, despite this, but how this scored a World Fantasy Award (as the back cover claims) is completely beyond me. You know this plot, especially if you're a fantasy fan. The book becomes a bit of a pill when we get into the nickel-dime philosophy. Basically the writing saves this. Ultimately, though, this is basically a "life-affirming" book, and while it may not put you into insulin shock, it's still pretty close to a Hallmark card, nothing new or interesting to say. Not bad, but I wouldn't pay full price for it.
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Summary: My favorite book
Review: This book was recommended to me by a friend, which was recommended to her by someone else. I picked it up to help kill the time in my old inane job, which involved sitting or standing, depending on how I felt, about 70% of the time. Needless to say, I couldn't stop reading this. Customers had to go out of their way to get my attention sometimes. Read it at work as well as at home, where I'm mostly indulgent in distractions like video games, the TV, and the DVD player. This book became more than a distraction. It takes you in, and it holds you in a story you can't get enough of, even after you finish. Jeff Winston has a heart attack in his office at the age of forty-three, and wakes up in his college dorm room at the age of eighteen. From this moment begins Jeff's journey of having to grow up again, making different decisions in his life with results both rewarding and painful. He finds love, money, abandonment, betrayal, and loss. Each life he lives is a new revelation to himself and of course, the reader. Exploring different possibilities of what if this happened and such, what if you made a different decision in a certain point in your life, will be questions you will begin to ponder, or ponder further, especially if you're a huge fan of the TV series Sliders.
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Summary: LIFE ALTERING
Review: I STUMBLED on this book the very day I had a conversation with a friend about living your life over and the changes you would make, if any. I just finished reading it for the 4th or 5th time and was ready to begin reading it again immediately. I've lent this book to several people who then got their own copies and bought friends copies. I plan to get a spare softcover copy. Do yourself a major favor and read it BEFORE the movie.
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Summary: fun book
Review: "replay" is an outstanding book. Super fun.
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Summary: Fun , easy reading , too bad for lame ending
Review: The book starts very quickly with an overwhelming sequence of events which makes it difficult to put the book down . Half-way past however , you start wondering where the author is heading with the story . It is best to see this book as split into 2 long chapters where the first one is extremely enjoyable , couldn't help wiping the smile off my face .In the 2nd chapter though you can see the author lacking in-depth research and losing some creative steam . I do however recommend it for its light and fun reading .
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Summary: Replay...yalpeR
Review: I have to agree with the other reviewers about this book. It is fantastic. It is very easy to put yourself in Jeff Winston's shoes, as he replays his life over and over. I also agree that you will feel compelled to buy it for others to read. In fact, I have already done that before, and that is what I am here to do again right now.(Hmmmmn, perhaps I'm replaying...) For those looking for a book with a similar theme, try "Time and Again" (sorry I don't know the author's name)
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