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Summary: A great escape from reality for the thinking class!
Review: Replay stimulates your imagination, over and over and over again! You will enjoy the story of what happens when Jeff Winston gets to relive his life, and you will be challenged to explore deeper issues as Winston attempts to change history. Grimwood gives a good story idea twists and turns, and even some loop-the-loops, for an exciting and entertaining journey, and gives the reader plenty of opportunity to contemplate ... what if I could do it over again too
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Summary: Replay takes the "do it all over again" genre to new heights
Review: Grimwood takes a subject that's been done before beyond what you've ever experienced. Having one's life to live over again "knowing what you know now" sounds like fun. And
at first, it is. What starts out as a fun romp through one
man's past grows increasingly compelling and disturbing as
each replay occurs. _Replay_ is, at times funny, exciting,
frustrating and poignant to the point of being heartbreaking.
_Replay_ is by far the best book I have ever read,
and I give it my strongest possible recommendation.
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Summary: LIVING LIFE TO THE FULLEST...
Review: This is a World Fantasy Award winning book that should appeal to those who are interested in alternate realities and time travel themes. This is the second time that I have read this book, and I love it as much the second time as I did the first. Time has not diminished the capacity of this book to entertain the reader.The book has a wonderfully intriguing plot. What would happen if one were to have the opportunity to relive one's life after death? That is exactly what happens to Jeff Winston, a forty- three year old man who is trapped in a stale and loveless marriage with a dead-end job as the icing on his personal cake. In 1988, Jeff has a fatal heart attack and wakes up in 1963 as his younger self, an eighteen year old college student. After his initial shock wears off, he realizes that he remembers what the future holds. Using that knowledge, he goes about trying to improve his life the second time around, only to die again at forty-three and have to replay his life, over and over. Along the way, Jeff tries to correct his mistakes in judgment and develops a new perspective on life. He also discovers that he is not alone in terms of the ability to replay one's life and finds a soul mate who shares a similar fate. Jeff ultimately discovers true love, romance, adventure, and a deep appreciation of life itself. This is a wonderful book that will keep the reader turning the pages. Bravo!
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Summary: A keeper to read over and over
Review: It's a shame this book is so hard to find now but here's a case where Amazon's "new and used" reseller partners are a real blessing. Otherwise, you'd probably never be lucky enough to find this rare treat. I first read Replay several years ago, on the way back from a trip, picking it up at the airport. It looked like the kind of throw away pulp I needed to relax in the back row.
And while it was a light and easy read, I could have never guessed how much the story provoked me. The theme of "getting a 2nd chance to do it all over again" is certainly not uncommon. But Grimwood's characters, especially the main character Jeff, are real, believable, and easy to relate to. The struggles Jeff goes through to "get it right" the 2nd time, and then a 3rd time, and many more times after that run the gamut of vices and redemption.
Although I finished it on the plan trip as planned, I didn't chuck it in the trash on the way out. I wouldn't go so far as to call it "life changing," but for anyone who's ever made a mistake, wished they could have a 2nd chance, Replay will speak to you and make you think.
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Summary: Wow, couldn't put it down....
Review: Replay is a dream come true. I couldn't put this book down. Any time I had a minute, I had to read some more. This poor man (and then he meets Pamela), relives his life over and over and over. You get frustrated for him, feel glad for him, feel sad for him and actually feel the hurt he feels when he leaves life after life. And the ending is fantastic! I was so hoping it would be, after loving it all the way through. I recommend this to any Jack Finney fans; same type of story. The one thing I would say I didn't care for was the cursing language throughout, but I loved the story so much, I HAD to finish it.
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Summary: Excellent
Review: I can't believe I'd never heard of this book until now. A friend recently recommended it. Haven't we all wondered what we'd do differently if we could go back an re-live our lives from some past point with our current knowledge intact? This book shows that it might not be such a great thing. Simply put, this is a fantastic book that I highly recommend. It cost me a lot of sleep because I could not put it down.
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Summary: Given the chance to do it over, what would you do?
Review: I found myself pausing at different moments and looking away while reading this book, not because it was boring, on the contrary it was because the ethical & moral questions it brought up were so fascinating I really wanted to stop and reflect on my answers. What would I do in that situation? I also asked anyone else who was nearby the same questions...and I ask it now to you, what would you do? If, after you lived a full life suddenly found yourself back to your very late teens or early twenties and eventually realized not how it happened but that it did happen and somehow you kept the wisdom you had gained previously...what would you do? If you had this knowledge accumulating over and over, how would you use it? What would you do differently? At which "replay" would you stop thinking about yourself and start thinking about the bigger picture?
I gave it four stars because I felt it dragged a bit a the end (you can get away with dragging at the beginning, but never the end). Replay is one of my three favorite time travel books, one other being Time and Again by Jack Finney. The third, I will review but can't divulge as a time travel book, because revealing it as such would ruin the plot.
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Summary: I couldn't put this book down!
Review: This is a really great book! I recommend it to everyone, whether you're a sci-fi fan or not. It really makes you think about what you would do if you could live your life over again.
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Summary: A wonderful read
Review: I read this book in 1988, when I was a young Marine stationed in Washington, DC. In the 16 years since, I have read it four more times. This book isn't literature, and it isn't high art, but it is damned good.
Grimwood tells a tight story, with just a few central characters... he isn't trying to paint broad vistas, so don't expect that. The story is at times romantic, and at times rather grim, but it is entertaining throughout.
When you get right down to it, this is a story about the self-examined life... wouldn't we all like to experience just a little of what Pamela and Jeff did? To be able to do some things different in our lives, or at least re-enjoy the special things from our old memories?
If you are looking for hard science fiction, this isn't it, but I think that if you have the slightest bit of wonder in you, you will enjoy this book.
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Summary: Marvelous and Magical!
Review: I read this book right after reading "The Time Traveler's Wife." Although the plot scenario is very different, "Replay" is just as magical. Think of the movie "Groundhog Day." The story is somewhat similar, but far more compelling.
I rank "Replay" as one of the three best time travel (or related to time travel) books I've ever read, along with "The Time Traveler's Wife" and "Time and Again."
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