The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North, 405 pages
Harry has the ability to relive his life, the same life, over and over. What's more is that in each life he remembers his previous lives. As the book progresses we discover that Harry is not alone, there are many people like him who have the same ability and they have formed a society which passes on their riches and knowledge so each generation of these special humans can somewhat communicate. Harry is special among this group as well, since he remembers everything. It is not until his 11th life that Harry gets a message from the future, someone is changing the course of history and the end of the world is coming. Now Harry must investigate and find out who is behind this scheme.
While this is an interesting premise, the book is a slow read since the author insists on many digressions and jumping around among Harry's lives.
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