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How to Stop Time
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Soon to be a TV series starring Benedict Cumberbatch How many lifetimes does it take to learn how to live? Don't miss Matt Haig's new novel The Life Impossible, coming September 2024 Tom Hazard has a dangerous secret. He may look like an ordinary 41-year-old history teacher, but he's been alive for centuries. From Elizabethan England to Jazz-Age Paris, from New York to the South Seas, Tom has seen it all. As long as he keeps changing his identity he can keep one step ahead of his past - and stay alive. The only thing he must not do is fall in love . . .
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Book Details
ISBN:
9780525522898
EAN:
9780525522898
Binding:
Paperback
Pages:
352
Authors:
Matt Haig
Publisher:
Penguin Books
Published Date: 2019-11-06
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Ending chapters not nearly as good as the first half. Predictable and preachy ending — a disappointment for me. Some good writing.
This was a great read. Lots of great quotes and good writing overall. The writing makes you tap into your imagination while still keeping it very real. I did feel the plot was predictable. The entire book being one main character POV was sometimes perfect but sometimes lacking. However, the story is satisfying! And again, there are plenty of good quotes and a-lot of philosophically inclined thought provoking paragraphs.
Loved book
Beautiful story but I felt it could have been a bit longer for a more satisfying ending. This was the second book by Matt I've read and am expecting delivery of The Humans today.The ending with Heinrich was weak, the Marrion reveal was sudden but revealed to quickly, and Camille's story ran out of steam.I did enjoy it and am now wondering 24 hours later that perhaps another 100 pages would have been better. I dunno...shrug.
I liked the book but sort of had to push myself to end it. It was predictable by the end but I did enjoy it. Will make a good movie.
