As I was reading the first half I actually FORGOT what the girl told him.
However, North did not touch on this until around half way through the book. I was thoroughly confused since the book opened with a girl telling Harry that the end of the world is getting closer and closer. It felt like the book might never have a plot line. I spent the first half of the book asking, “Why does the author want me to know this?” or “What is the point of this?” I felt myself not caring about his plights and growing rather bored of the narration. Honestly, this book was a chore to get through until near the end of the book. Now let’s get to the things I didn’t care for. Though by the end, it seems pretty clear that Harry is going after Vincent out of vengeance rather than the good of mankind.Īll righty. As Vincent continues to see Harry as a liability he keeps Harry close, but I can’t help but wonder if perhaps he keeps him close because Vincent is so fond of Harry. They are a perfect example of frenemies, two men who greatly respect and even like one another, but who differ so greatly in beliefs and are, therefore, pinned against one another. Is it wrong to change the course of history if it betters mankind? Is it wrong to kill a man before he kills another? The surreal world North presented made you question if perhaps our own world was not so different from her world.Īnother aspect I greatly enjoyed about The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August is the relationship between the protagonist, Harry, and the antagonist, Vincent. Reading about kalachakra and ouroboran fascinated me and brought to mind moral dilemmas. As I read I could feel Harry’s ennui, his desire for change, for anything and, most of all, his loneliness. The character development was excellent and I applaud North for doing such a grand job. Each character was unique and going through their own journeys. Claire North must have put her heart into Harry August and the many characters in the book. I will first start this review with what I really enjoyed about the book.
Finally, Harry is able to move, to change, and to do something other than live the same life over and over and over again. At the end of his eleventh life he is visited by a young girl who says the world is ending sooner and sooner with each life cycle.
Although he finds companions who also die and are reborn, he grows weary of the monotony. No matter what he does, when he dies he is born again in the same time period with his memories of his past life intact, living the same life he lived before. Harry August is a rather peculiar fellow.
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