The novel has an excellent plot that becomes clearer around halfway through. It would be very easy for me to over-do my praise, but The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August stormed its way onto my favourites shelf, capturing my attention and imagination. Seeing him live his lives, learning and adjusting the more he (re-)experiences… This is a novel that really makes one believe in the power of storytelling. The titular character is wonderful and engaging, sympathetic and entertaining. I was hooked from the beginning until the end, swept up utterly by the story and North’s prose. When I finished this novel, I felt rather lost. This novel is brilliant, and is an absolute must-read. Nevertheless, having now finished it, all I can say is: Wow. It took me a long time to get around to reading this novel. 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 nearly missed you, Doctor August,’ she says. Nothing ever changes.Īs Harry nears the end of his eleventh life, a little girl appears at his bedside. 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.
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