Repeat

De: Neal Pollack

Narrado por: Jeff Cummings

Through strange metaphysical circumstances, failed screenwriter Brad Cohen finds himself caught in an infinite time loop, forced to relive the first forty years of his life again and again. Each "repeat," Brad wakes up in the womb on what was supposed to be his fortieth birthday, with full knowledge of what's come before. In various timelines, he becomes a successful political pundit, a game-show champion, a playboy, and a master manipulator of the stock market, but none of them seems to lead him out of his predicament. As he realizes he wants to break out of the loop and find the love of his life - the one he hadn't appreciated the first time around - Brad tries, fails, and tries again to escape the eternal cycle of birth and rebirth. Repeat answers the question: If you could live half your life over, would you do things differently? Be careful what you wish for! Repeating is enough to drive a dude crazy.

©2015 Neal Pollack (P)2014 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.

An endless loop.

Here you have just good clean fun! The narrator does a bang up job. The story is not your typical time loop. This book is more about the character of the protagonist than anything else.
Sit back, relax and enjoy.

Laughed out loud but grimaced at all female voices

Any additional comments?

I really enjoy time travel books. I'll listen to any of them. I listened to this after the First Fifteen Lives of Harry August. They have a similar trope, but the execution couldn't be more different. This was funny. Really laugh out loud funny. (I'm sure I looked weird laughing on the stair stepper at the gym.) And I loved the narrator UNTIL he did female voices. Even the females I was supposed to like sounded dreadful. Overall, this was a good break for me after some more serious listens. (Harry and The Girl with all the Gifts.) I enjoyed the time period in which it was set-- it was a personal trip down memory lane for myself as much as it was for Brad. It doesn't take itself too seriously but it does have some surprising poignant moments. For anyone who loves time travel, go into this ready to laugh.

a dork stumbled around

pop culture refrences, middle aged angst. slight sci-fi. you will smile and perhaps think?

3.5* Decent book of you're hungry for a Time loop story.

Unnecessarily political. Entertaining book that's an easy listen. Get this but also get "Repeat" and "The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August"

Mixed Bag

What did you love best about Repeat?

The middle.

What other book might you compare Repeat to and why?

No.

What three words best describe Jeff Cummings’s voice?

slightly off in terms of word emphasis, and over eager to do "voices"

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

To the bitter bitter end

Any additional comments?

Not terrible, I enjoyed,most of it, it just drug in first and last thirds