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The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North

15 reviews

spookyaz's review

adventurous emotional funny mysterious reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Medical trauma, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Confinement, and Torture

Moderate: Death, War, and Child abuse

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Violence, Abortion, Cancer, and Toxic relationship

saradoxical's review

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

This is one of those books where the first half sets the scene. It's a lot of world building, slow paced, interesting enough to keep me reading. And then you hit the halfway mark and the plot shows up. I personally am glad this book exists in cases it turns out that I too, am a kalachakra. I will know what to expect.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Cancer

carina_dreamer's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Passei este livro todo a debater-me sobre o ranking que lhe ia dar e acho que talvez lhe vá dar 5 estrelas.
É um livro que não consigo compreender totalmente mas acho que a sua beleza está aí porque para se escrever este livro é preciso ser-se uma grande autora, na minha opinião.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Torture, and Blood

Moderate: Cancer, Confinement, Death of parent, Medical content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Genocide, and Kidnapping

Minor: Abortion, War, Addiction, Animal death, and Rape

kylieqrada's review

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Claire North never misses.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Torture, and Death

Moderate: Child death, Rape, and Drug use

Minor: Cancer

spookily's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cancer, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Medical content, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Mental illness, Suicide, Death, Genocide, Medical trauma, Body horror, and Murder

Moderate: Abandonment, Drug abuse, Drug use, Child death, War, Death of parent, Rape, Self harm, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Classism, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Infidelity, Sexism, Grief, Pregnancy, Fatphobia, Alcohol, Addiction, and Car accident

jdorety's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Child abuse

Moderate: Suicide and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Cancer and Drug use

sofia_marie's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Terminal illness, Suicide, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Death of parent, Torture, Death, Cancer, and War

graceq22's review

emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Torture, War, Violence, Toxic friendship, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Rape and Abortion

Minor: Cancer

radinsh's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

Fluent writing style that pulls you in. However, plot repetitive beyond measure, even for a time loop.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and War

francestea's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Ok wow, what a book. The first half (and it’s a long half) of this book is spent introducing the characters and their context. North doesn’t rush this section and though I found it slow at the time, I appreciate how thoroughly she set up the story to come. Then all of a sudden the second half hits and it’s a fast-paced adventure story; I couldn’t put it down! The first 15 Lives of Harry August is a book for people who love and appreciate world-building and time-travel narratives. If you loved this book I would recommend Kate Atkinson’s Life after Life or The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by VE Schwab!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship

Moderate: Suicide, Mental illness, Abortion, and Murder

Minor: Cancer, Death of parent, Drug use, and Rape