On 2010-03-05 Dirk Stefani, Boston, MA wrote: Pluses: The book holds your attention. The concept of going back in time and reliving your life appeals to everyone, and that author deftly explores the different lives we might live if we had this opportunity. This philosophical musings on the challenge of finding human happiness, and of having any control over our own lives, emotions, and those around us is also very interesting, as is book´s take on the unpredictability of human behavior. Highly appealing to anyone who´s lived or especially grown up in the sixties, seventies and eighties.
Minuses: The dialogue does not sound real; it´s pseudo-intellectual, and every character seems to speak in a similar voice. As a result, the characters are quite flat and static, there is no emotional evolution. The take on the futility of human life is quite dark and tiresome. The book is also heavy-handed in its musings and jumps too often from one time period to the next, skipping years. . And summed up by saying Intriguing concept but flawed. Currently Replay has an overall rating of 8 over 10.
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Arbor House Pub Co claimed Jeff Winston didn´t know he was a replayer--until he died. Then he woke up 25 years younger, lived another life, then died again . . . and lived again . . .and died again. . . . Maybe one of these lifetimes, he´ll get it right. Winner of the World Fantasy Award.
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