Replay by Ken Grimwood Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Replay
Book Review: One word can sum up this book: Amazing.
Summary: 5 Stars
What an accomplishment for Ken! He's brought to life a compelling view of what life would be like if death were postponed, and instead was re-set from some point in the lifespan of a person with the person retaining full memory of the life they had led.
Jeff Winston dies, and finds himself waking up in his college dorm room. He remembers everything that has happened to him, as well as all the events that are going to happen. He takes advantage of his unique circumstances to live life the way he wants to, instead of limited to the self-imposed constraints of his past life. The story winds its way through the highs and lows of living a new life with a clean slate, dying and losing it all, only to awake to replay everything all over again.
Ken's knowledge seems to stretch across many areas, as his depictions of various careers, locations, and events help to stitch the story together, keeping the reader captivated and wondering what will happen next. He's done an excellent job of musing over various outcomes based on a person's decisions, and describes them in perfect detail. I've read this book several times, once when I was in high school, and again recently. It was just as thrilling to re-read it as it was upon first read. I would highly recommend this book to just about anyone. You really can't go wrong, especially if you're the type of person to contemplate your own existence.
Book Review: Wow!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Wow. This book was amazing, and I should say upfront that it was written long before the movie Groundhog Day. Jeff Winston sadly dies all too young in his office one day. However, he finds himself back in time, in his younger body, and can live his life again with all the past knowledge of the future. He knows what stocks to buy, what teams to bet on in the World Series and where he should be to save Kennedy from assassination. Unlike most "time travel" books, Jeff cannot really alter the future, only alter his role in it. Much like Groundhog Day, we see the torment that would occur when life is not a one time game. Imagine raising a new family, and then when you die again - on the same day and time as always - you wake up young again and your child from your previous replay never existed. Imagine the stress of loving someone who only existed in your mind. As Jeff begins his decent into madness, he discovers he is not the only person replaying their lives over and over. Not all of whom share the same morals as Jeff of this cursed-blessing.
I have read this book three times in the last year, and cannot get over how clever and yet how disturbing Jeff's plight is. Just as Jeff crosses time and space, I would suggest that this book crosses genres, as it is science fiction, fantasy, history, and is just as much romance as it is horror.
Buy this book, and it will replay in your mind forever.
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Book Review: My favorite book
Summary: 5 Stars
Replay by Ken Grimwood is probably my favorite book ever, and I've read hundreds if not more. It's exactly the kind of tale I'd want to tell if I were a sci-fi writer. A guy who gets to go back, relive his life, and make changes... many, many times, often with dire and sometimes hilarious consequences. In the end though, we're all taught the value of what we have. But oh, to just have a glimpse! I'd have loved to see the sequel that Mr. Grimwood was writing at the time of his death. This is classic sci-fi and a must-read on anyone's list.Book Review: A Quiet Place
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased this book after reading the cover and thinking it had a really neat premise. It sat on my shelf for over a year before I finally got around to reading it and now I wish I had read it sooner.
The book starts with the main character, Jeff, dying of a heart attack only to wake up as an eighteen year old with his whole life to live again - until he dies again at the very same moment of his first death.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book despite some reviews stating it's slow pace. There's no explosions, car chases, and he never seeks world domination with his knowledge of the future. He's just trying to find what makes him happy and the writer has a beautiful prose. A good read that deserves to be read in a quiet place.
Book Review: A Book to Get Lost In--Time Travel
Summary: 5 Stars
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Replay: What a wonderful concept! A man dies and wakes up in his old college town. He's young again, but he remembers everything from his old life. And, of course, he gets rich easily, knowing what is going to happen.
He lives this second life, then dies and is reborn again. Finally he meets a women who is also a re-liver. The subject is fascinating, and the novel moves right along.
Highly recommended. I loved this story.