Kate Atkinson
Hardcover | Pages: 531 pages Rating: 3.76 | 190670 Users | 23677 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Life after Life |
| ISBN: | 0316176486 (ISBN13: 9780316176484) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Todd Family #1 |
| Characters: | Ursula Todd |
| Setting: | England |
| Literary Awards: | Costa Book Award for Novel (2013), Tähtifantasia Award Nominee (2015), Women's Prize for Fiction Nominee (2013), Andrew Carnegie Medal Nominee for Fiction (2014), Walter Scott Prize Nominee (2014) Goodreads Choice Award for Historical Fiction (2013), Waterstones Book of the Year Nominee (2013), Europese Literatuurprijs Nominee (2014) |
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What if you could live again and again, until you got it right?On a cold and snowy night in 1910, Ursula Todd is born to an English banker and his wife. She dies before she can draw her first breath. On that same cold and snowy night, Ursula Todd is born, lets out a lusty wail, and embarks upon a life that will be, to say the least, unusual. For as she grows, she also dies, repeatedly, in a variety of ways, while the young century marches on towards its second cataclysmic world war.
Does Ursula's apparently infinite number of lives give her the power to save the world from its inevitable destiny? And if she can - will she?
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| Title | : | Life After Life (Todd Family #1) |
| Author | : | Kate Atkinson |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 531 pages |
| Published | : | April 2nd 2013 by Reagan Arthur Books (first published March 14th 2013) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Fantasy. Science Fiction. Time Travel |
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Ratings: 3.76 From 190670 Users | 23677 ReviewsJudgment Epithetical Books Life After Life (Todd Family #1)
What if you could go back and kill Hitler? I think that's a question many people have asked themselves in their lives. It's one of the biggest "what ifs" of the last century. And in this novel, it was the plot point I was most in denial about. I was fearful that such a question as the premise of a novel--as the opening scene shows our main character, Ursula Todd, shooting Hitler--would be gimmicky. But we are immediately transported back to 1910 when Ursula is born on a cold snowy night. AndOh dear dear dear dear dear!Obviously I'm on another planet to all the other reviewers here, but try as I might, I simply had to give up on page 265...and call it a day.The concept of constant re-births and lives was a good one but sadly, for me,the incidents throughout were so tame and tepid, and the characters that popped into Ursula's lives were so boring, I'm afraid the whole thing was like watching paint dry.Remember that feeling of rushing to get back to a book to read what happens next?
Chances are youve already heard about the device Atkinson used to tell this remarkable story. It was February of 1910 when baby Ursula died at birth, but she was granted a narrative do-over. Next time the doctor made it through the snowstorm to sever the umbilical cord that was strangling her. She also got another chance after tumbling from the roof trying to reach a doll her malignant older brother had thrown there. Similar life after death sequences played out after a seaside drowning, the
A lovely and unusual book about reincarnation, free will and destiny.Ursula Todd was born on a snowy day in February with the umbilical cord wrapped around her neck. That was the first time she died...I loved how Kate Atkinson built this story through seemingly insignificant details. As the reincarnations progress, layers are added upon layers, so that by the end of this tale, it is a rich tapestry of events, emotions and possibilities.I was surprised by the open-endedness of this story. I feel
There is a fine line between living and dying, a character observes in Kate Atkinsons new novel. And it does certainly seem to be the case here, in the midst of two world wars, during the Great Influenza, at the beginning of the twentieth century in Britain. Characters come close to death, and some do not escape it: alternate histories are woven together until we are not really sure what is true. And this is the message. History is all about what ifs a character says late in the novel. More to
I love book about someone reliving their lives over and over and this one was no exception!Historical fiction this time and finally with a main female character. The first half was my favorite but if you usually enjoy WW2 historical fiction you'll enjoy the book for sure. It was a slow but captivating read, my only complain is the ending!
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