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!
