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";s:4:"text";s:9284:"I worried that Come Again would be nothing more than a kind of pulpy Sliding Doors, offering pound-shop existentialism and manipulative mawkishness. Jump back to the present for some spy stuff, a car chase, and very impressive karate moves for a woman who hasn't practiced for 20+ years, and eventually an epilogue where we find out her husband somehow survived, moved to another country and lived his life, while also being dead? Come Again by Robert Webb - hardback (9781786890122) published by Canongate 23 April 2020. A shame, this book could have been so much better. . Kate still sleeps with her husband's T-shirt, but it doesn't smell of Luke any more. Be the first to ask a question about Come Again. He’ll also share his personal experience of losing a parent. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. [believe me when I say I'm not the guy that usually cares about this stuff, but the ending, the way the time-travel has created two timelines but they are sort of merged, makes no sense. • Come Again by Robert Webb is published by Canongate (£16.99). • Come Again by Robert Webb is published by Canongate (£16.99). I liked the idea of this story, and found it hilarious in places, however, there was so many problems with the new app, it spoilt the whole experience. [When Kate wakes up back in the present I was expecting the story to either: acknowledge the time-traveling element with consequences, i.e. This book arrived at 1pm, and around 5pm, in the last bits of the uncommon April heat, I finished the book. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 May 2020. Her father attempts to summarise Fukuyama’s The End of History – “we’ve all agreed that liberal democracy is best and so we don’t need to bother arguing any more”. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. I don't think I've ever been so disappointed with a book, normally the books I read are already out, so I enjoyed having to wait for this to be released. Can Kate save Luke? Come Again book. The blurb for Come Again lied to me. Webb’s memoir, How Not to Be a Boy, was a genuinely smart and affecting read; here he proves that he can write about others as well as he writes about himself. The comedian’s debut novel takes a familiar what-if scenario and invests it with heart and nostalgia. Can Kate and Luke fall in love twice even though they are both different people the second time around? A shame really. So, I decided to give this a go. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 24, 2020. 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