405 pages
English language
Published Dec. 31, 2013 by Orbit.
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.
I should have trusted my first impression the first time I tried to read this book and didn't find it very interesting. This time around, for some reason I was determined to find out what happened at the end (and why this book has so many 5 star reviews) despite being bored almost to tears by the plot and main character. What a slog, for such a little reward!
