Harry August is part of an exclusive group of humans that is reborn again and again into his own body with full knowledge of his previous lives. What he chooses to do with those lives becomes a matter of world events. As the title suggests, we follow Harry's first fifteen lives to find out his choice. 
 I'm going to be perfectly honest and say that the first 150 pages or so were a complete slog for me. It wasn't the writing, which was well done or the implausibility of events, which were written well enough to easily suspend belief, but the stunted format which introduced events to quickly jump to another set of events which the reader cannot keep track of and therefore doesn't know what to invest in. Once the crux of the story was introduced I could finally start enjoying the book. I just wish it hadn't taken so long to get there. 
 The book ended up providing a pretty good book club discussion. We covered matters of science vs spirituality, time travel and whether the soul can actually be destroyed. Looking back at the book was more satisfying for me than the actual reading of it. I will give credit to the author for a 5 star conclusion. 
 3.5 stars overall and thankful that the book only covered 15 of Harry's lives!