goodreads | Tidsfangen - Gry Pil Lund Ranfelt (Reply)

Title: Tidsfangen (The Prisoner of Time)
Author: Gry Pil Lund Ranfelt
Genre: Sci-fi
Rating: 3/5
# pages: 415
Date read: June, 2016

Louise's dad dies when she's 11, and Louise herself never manages to get accepted to the design school she's dreamed about for as long as she can remember. But when Louise is 22, she's suddenly returned to her 11-year-old body. She feels that she's been given a chance to make everything right; to save her father and realize her ambitions. But what if it happens again? And again? And again?

I can't quite decide what I thought of this book. It kept me fully captivated while reading it, and I finished it over a weekend, but as so often happens in novels with some level of time-travel involved, the end fell slightly short. I thought there were a number of questions left unanswered, and the ones that were didn't always make complete sense if you stopped to look at the details.

The premise of the book reminded me a lot of "The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August" by Claire North , but I think I liked this one a tiny bit better. I got really frustrated with Louise at times (but then, she did lead a frustrating life), and never thought Lett's behaviour in loop 4 was fully justified or explained. I loved Maria though, and was glad to see her shine in loop 5.

All in all, a really interesting premise, but one that could have been handled better.