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By: Ken Grimwood
Narrated by: Adam Sims
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Summary
 "One of the most elegant and moving time travels stories ever written" - Ernest Cline

"...exciting and thought-provoking" - Kat Hooper, Fantasy Literature

At forty-three Jeff Winston is stuck in a rut. He hopes for better things, for some happiness, maybe tomorrow...

A sudden, fatal heart attack changes everything, and he wakes to find he's eighteen-years-old, again... and again... and again... Jeff embarks on a continuous twenty-five-year cycle - complete with memories from each previous iteration - looking to find what he craves for in life, and in love.

A novel of gripping adventure and romance, and a fascinating speculation on the nature of time. Replay asks the question: "What if you could live your life over again?©2019 Ken Grimwood (P)2019 Orion Publishing Group Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Psychological Romance Science Fiction Supernatural Suspense Thriller & Suspense Time Travel Paranormal Feel-Good

Critic Reviews

"In 1986 (seven years before the release of the film Groundhog Day), Grimwood published this riveting novel about a man who dies of a heart attack and then wakes up in his college dorm room 25 years earlier. He discovers that he has the chance to live his life over again. And again. And again. This is one of the most elegant and moving time travels stories ever written. A thrilling adventure that also explores the nature of destiny and the human experience." (Ernest Cline, author of READY PLAYER ONE)

"I didn't just love Replay, I believed in it, I dreamed of it ... I also discovered that I wasn't only believer; at the time, there were fan sites dedicated to Replay. Hundreds of people - like the fellow replayers we never realize are out there - were all dreaming my same dream" (Brad Meltzer)
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A couple of odd reviews here so I have to give my two cents. I think I’ve read just about every Time travel novel out there. Somehow I hadn’t seen this. I didn’t know about it. Somehow I lived through the eighties and didn’t hear of it. Ironic? I raced through this book from beginning to end. It reminded me a little of Stephen King. Loved the characters - no, he is not an a-hole as someone wrote. What book were you reading? No, it’s not soft porn as one reviewer wrote. There was a pretty raunchy chapter. Get over it. We are all entitled to our opinions though.
I 100% absolutely loved this book. In my Top ten favourite books of all time. Great characters and ideas. Made me stop and think about my own life many times. Had a mini existential crisis.. Can’t believe Ken is no longer with us. That makes my head spin more than a little. I want to keep this book on my shelf forever. I encourage you to give it a crack. Very easy read. Immediately gets you into it. Why are you still reading this? Go on!

Sits Among the Greatest Time Travel Fiction

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Im sure the guy who wrote this has had some sort of experience very similar to the contents of this incredibly eye opening book. Just amazing.

Holy fuck.

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this book had so much potential. a real shame about the way it finished. it could have been great.

worst ending ever

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Life changing look at all the what ifs and if onlys. clever and full of twists on twists on twists. interesting framing of betrayal and love and perception of self.

Rollercoaster of life and emotion

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I think we've all fantasized about what different choices we'd make if we could go back to the threshold of adulthood and try again. I guess it takes an author to really fill out that concept and take the thought experiment through multiple possibilities and what that might mean. It's not perfect, but very interesting and enjoyable, with a character I enjoyed being with throughout all his changes, joys, mistakes and confusions. There's some fun details in there too. In a book like this, the final reflection needs to be carefully chosen and I liked this one - meaningful but grounded and without unnecessary flourish. Recommended.

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