When I first read it, I remember being dismayed by the endless opportunity that Jeff Winston faced in replaying his life. My wife read this as well, a few weeks after the trip at home, and I found her reading it when she got a chance, as well.For me, Replay is perhaps one of the most fascinating books I've ever read. I took this book to a week's beach vacation with my family and found myself reading it in the lulls of activities and bringing it to the beach also, I found myself picking it up in the early morning while the house was still quite and just really enjoying it.

Obviously I don't want to give much away here, but there are some brilliant 'a-hah!' moments as well as a few thematic let-downs, but generally, I'd recommend this book to any fan of interesting fiction. What enrichened this quite a bit was the distinct tone each 'trip back' was allowed to take, and while the earlier Replays are longer than the later ones, the author tells the story in a way that doesn't rely on needing to hold your had the whole way through. I think the device that kept me picking it up was that the protagonist's actions were pretty believable and generally made sense. While technically this is science fiction, it's not a 'fantastic' type of science fiction. However, for me, this has been one of those books I've just picked up at every opportunity to see what happens next. Ok - I have not read any other modern time travel novels so I can't compare as some other readers here have done. What would you do with your life if you could live it over and over again and again? Would you do everything the same? Would you do everything different? Would you try to become rich and famous? Would you alienate yourself from everyone because you can’t stand to continue to lose them again and again? Would you try to save the world from disasters, or end up causing some yourself? It’s an interesting premise that Grimwood plays on here. Then, 1988 hits and wham, he’s dead again, and waking up again in the 60’s. He amasses a large fortune and becomes wealthy and happy with his life. He begins to bet on horse races and other such sure win scenarios where he clearly remembers the outcome from his previous life. He finally comes to terms that he is replaying his life. He’s unbelieving at first, thinking it’s some elaborate hoax, or that he possibly dreamed his future life.

Then, wham, he’s suddenly alive back in his dorm room in college in the 60’s. It starts out with Jeff Winston dying in 1988.

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