REPLAY (Ken Grimwood) - September 2/11

This one really grew on me. It kind of started out as a fairly typical sci-fi offering, with the premise leading to a number of long-winded stretches and passages. But as it goes on, Replay becomes something more; it ultimately felt like a cross between The Time Traveler's Wife and The Truman Show. It's far more romantic than I would have ever expected, and Grimwood does a nice job of exploring the novel's deep themes. The book becomes increasingly involving, to the extent that I tore through the last 20 or 30%. I'd be curious to see how it holds up on a second reading. ***1/2 out of ****