Meet Me in Another Life
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International Bestseller! Soon to be a major motion picture starring Gal Gadot! "Inventive, bold and surprising . . . Builds in suspense and emotion, revealing itself page by page, layer by layer. Cleverly constructed and highly entertaining." -- CHARLES YU Recommended by Popsugar * Bustle * Goodreads * Tor * Mashable * BookBub * io9 Gizmodo * Lambda Literary * BookRiot * CrimeReads * The Nerd Daily * and many more! For fans of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue and Life After Life, a poignant genre-bending debut novel about a man and woman who must discover why they continue to meet in different versions of their lives--a thrilling and imaginative exploration of the infinite forms of love and how our choices can change everything. Thora and Santi have met before. Two strangers in a foreign city, Thora and Santi meet in a chance encounter. At once, they recognize in each other a kindred spirit--someone who is longing for more in life than the cards they've been dealt. Before their friendship can blossom, though, a tragic accident cuts their story short. They will meet again. But this is only one of the many connections they share. Like satellites trapped in orbit around each other, Thora and Santi will find each other again: as husband and wife; teacher and student; caretaker and patient; cynic and believer. In recurring lifetimes they become friends, partners, lovers, and enemies. Only they can make sure it's not for the last time. As strange patterns and blurred memories compound, Thora and Santi come to a shocking revelation. They must work together to discover the true reason behind their repeating realities . . . before their many lives come to one, final end.
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I won't forget this brilliant novel in a hurry. Beautiful written, it tells the stories of Santi and Thora who keep meeting in different lifetimes in Cologne, at different ages and with different relationships to each other. The plot is gripping and the author skillfully releases hints of what's happening all the way through, though it is not easy to guess what's happening. The magic of the book though comes through the beautiful way she writes about the characters and their relationships and how they change over time. This is a deeply philosophical novel that certainly makes you think, but without being overtly complicated or inaccessible. It crosses genres and is totally different, and I hope it wins the awards it deserves.
I received an advanced review copy for free and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
This book gave me the closest thing to The Night Circus vibes that I've come across since reading The Night Circus. It has that dream-like quality to it.
Other feel-alikes that came to mind while I read this, include The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and The Time Traveler's Wife.
3.5 stars.
On the whole, I enjoy this. Though, there were several times that I found Thora and Santi tedious. When the book becomes just talking, talking, talking. Not too many ways around that, in a book like this. But it was still good. But some lives are so brief, filled with so much talking, occasionally I found myself disconnected from the characters. Except the cat.
