"Come Again" by Robert Webb is a novel that tells the story Kate, a woman who loses her husband to a tumor during the middle of her life. Unpredictably, she wakes up one day and through time travel sees a young version of her husband. She's taken back to the beginning of their relationship. Can she fall in love with this man again? Can she save him?

This story is a familiar one, but I've never read this trope with a more mature spin. There is some adult content and themes throughout which surprised me. I didn't expect it, but I didn't hate it. It made the book feel more adult and less like a dreamy eyed novel. The opening of the book was pretty dreary and sad, which is to be expected. It takes place right after Kate loses her husband, so that darker nature is understandable. I did feel like I enjoyed the second half of the book more than the first.

In terms of the narration and the actual audiobook, I enjoyed the narrator. Her voice was calm, crisp and her accent was easy to understand. I did like the British accent the narrator had and it made the book feel more authentic. The flow was good and it felt a little slower at times which made the book easy to listen to. It seemed like a natural rhythm for the story.

As I read part 1 of this book I knew I was going to love it. The book sets out on a more depressing note with the main character dealing with grief and blaming herself for the death of her husband. I loved seeing the flashbacks of how her and her husband fell in love. I thought the most interesting thing about this book was quite unexpected for me. As she transforms into a 18 year old with a 45 year old's mind, I loved seeing the change in her perspective. A passage I loved reading about was her looking into the mirror as an 18 year old, telling herself just how beautiful she was and yelling down the dorm hall complimenting everyone. I though this book was very mature in the way it dealt with her change in how she viewing her husband and ultimately how this leads to her dealing with her grief.

Normally I don't love second chance romances but this book is the exception. This book did a good job in handling the love interests and balancing them. I think I didn't mind it because the author did a good job in distinguishing between young and older Kate.

I think were this book lost me was in part 3. I didn't think the turn in the book was necessarily bad, just very unexpected. This is also where it lost a star for me.

Overall, I still very much enjoyed reading this and was recommend it to fans of romance and time travel.

I love most of this book. Kate has recently lost her husband and is grieving. She wishes she could warn her husband about his illness and mysteriously time travels back. I loved these parts and even when she travels back to the future... but the epilogue what was that?!?

I'm was pretty bored listening to this audiobook. It was an interesting concept to be able to go back in time and see your love again after they have passed away though. Thank you Netgalley and Hachette Audio for my gifted copy.

Come Again // by Robert Webb // narrated by Olivia Coleman

In Come Again by Robert Webb, the main character, a somewhat recent widow, tries to do one more good thing for the world before she ends her life because she believes that going on just would not be worth it without her beloved husband. When she wakes up in her 18-year-old body though, reliving Day 0 of the 10,000 she's known him, she thinks she has a second chance to do better this time around. Everyone deserves a second chance after all.

Come Again is a good mixture of romance and unexpected action, and the different components that make up this story quickly draw you in and keep you hooked. The author easily describes the feelings of the main character in a way that makes them relatable or at the least understandable, and he keeps the story moving at a good pace. This book was narrated by Olivia Coleman, who was an excellent choice. Her voice, speed, and emotions greatly added to the story and I hope I can listen to her again soon.

Thank you to the author, publisher, and NetGalley for providing me with a free copy of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review.

A very sweet story. If you're looking for a story with all the feels and a wonderful narrator pick up this gem of a book. I find it really soothing having someone else tell me a story. Happy listening!

This is the first book that I have read/listened to by Robert Webb. Olivia Colman was the narrator. I enjoyed her narration.

This was a story about Kate Marsden that lost her husband Luke to a brain tumor. Kate goes back to the past to see what she can change.

In the beginning of the book I seemed to get confused back and forth with what was going on. It would grab my attention and then lose my attention. There was excitement here and there. A laugh here and there. A ping of my heart and joy with the story.

The story was not what I expected and ended differently than I would have predicted. I am glad I tried something different.

Lovely audiobook. The narrator utilises a great range of accents and vocal intonations to convey the mood of the story.

After her husband's death, Kate wakes up as her 18 year old self on the first night of her moving in to college, which happens to be the night she met Luke. Webb explores the multidimensionality of each individual character, and explores themes of death, grief and destiny.

I received complementary access to this book from Hachette Audio and Netgalley, in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.

I was very excited that Netgally added a audiobook version and this was the first book I chose to listen to. Come again started out rather slowly but Kates story was very interesting in the end and ultimately I’m glad I stuck with this book.

Kate is understandably depressed after the death of her husband, but she is a strong woman who finds her way through depression and learns to love again in the end.

This audiobook was pretty wonderful, the combination of Robert Webb's superb comic writing, and Olivia Colman's impeccable narration. After all, how can you go wrong with an Oscar-winning actress?

I've been a big fan of Robert Webb for a while; he is a British actor, comedian, and he recently published a beautiful memoir, How Not to be a Boy. His work with Colman goes back years, as they were both actors together on shows such as Peep Show, and That Mitchell and Webb Show/Sound. Colman's obvious admiration for Webb's work comes through in this audiobook, and she lovingly tells this wonderful story of heartbreak, loss, time-travel, and hacking.

Recently widowed Kate Marsden is in a bad way. Her husband Luke has suddenly died from cancer, and Kate is beating herself up for not noticing it sooner. On the night she intends to commit suicide, she seemingly travels back to her college days, and attempts to change history by prematurely saving Luke's life. As she assesses her old/new college friends from the perspective of an older woman in a young woman's body, she reassess her opinions of them, and relationships alter.

Present-day Kate has other issues to contend with, such as her high-risk hacking job for an awful boss, and said boss's relationships with incredibly dodgy characters.

Come Again contains two major sections. The first being Kate's present day life, dealing with her grief, career, parents, and everything else. The second is her time-traveling exploits to her college days. The latter is a lot more enjoyable than the former, and I can't help but wish Webb had spent more time on this than the former. Although the novel is enjoyable as a whole, and the aforementioned sections definitely link together, there was a chase section of the novel that went on a tad too long for my liking.

Nevertheless, it is always a pleasure to listen to the gorgeous voice of Olivia Colman. She creates superb characters with her voice, and she always exudes a sense of warmth, even in Webb's most heartless creations. And she delivers the more explicit lines like a trooper. Her sense of comic timing has been honed through many years of performing comedic roles.

For a debut novel, this is very impressive. There are clear Nick Hornby influences, but this work is truly Webb's own. Come Again is a very funny novel about grief, heartache, friendship, and that it is never too late to "Come again".

Come Again by Robert Webb is the first audiobook that I've been able to listen to through NetGalley and I'm thrilled to have the option to listen to audiobooks, especially when they are read by someone as illustrious as Olivia Coleman!

Kate is mourning her husband Luke and doing a poor job of it when she falls into a drunken slumber and wakes up in her dorm room on the day she first met him. Knowing that she can change the course of his life by telling him that he has a brain tumor that will eventually kill him, can she bring herself to change the trajectory of their lives by telling him? If she does, what will happen to her life in the future, where she is a widow? An unusual novel that begs the question...can you fall in love for the first time twice?

Thank you to the author, Hachette Audio and NetGalley for the audiobook of this novel. I love being able to listen to a novel during my commute!

“Just as a doctor records the time of death, Kate had recorded love at first sight. 7:44 pm.”

This book has a trope that I will read again and again and again - time travel love story. We follow Kate who is recently a widow after her husband Luke dies unexpectedly of a brain tumor. After exploring her “today” which is rather sad as she is on the brink of suicide due to her heavy grief. She falls asleep and wakes up in her 18-year old body on her first night that she moved into college… which is also the night that she and Luke first met. She now has to decide if she can fall in love twice with the same man.

This book explores the concept of destiny, happiness, and being present in the moment. I liked the avenue the book took to explain time travel and ended up giving this unique romance ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐.

I think about this idea a lot. I had an interesting journey in marrying my husband after dating young… and then years of friendship… following by “the real deal.” I sometimes wonder how differently things would have played out if I had made different choices, but since I am happy with where I am at today it’s more of just a fun thought experiment than anything else!
QOTD: Do you ever think about how you could have made different decisions to impact your life today?


Thank you so much to Netgalley and Hachette Audio for this ALC. It was my first Netgalley audio and I really loved it.

OH MY GOD, THIS BOOK. I loved it so so so much. I don't think my review will do it justice. Where do I begin?!
I had the audiobook version of think thanks to Netgalley. I listened to the entire thing in a day and a half. I was absolutely hooked from the start. And the fact that Olivia Colman does the reading, oooh it's so good.
I loved how Webb described each character, I genuinely felt like I got to know them and became rather invested. It's quite an emotional book and I was gripped through the entire thing. Very witty and I chuckled a lot through the book. Honestly, this book is just heartwarming. You get so invested in the characters, and I just want more. It ended really nicely, I won;t go into details as it will spoil it! But despite it finishing in such a nice way, where I didn't feel like it was a cliffhanger or anything like some books, I still wanted more. I really hope this gets made into a movie or show.
Eeverybody needs to go and read this book ASAP!

Come Again by Robert Webb is a tale of second chances with a dash of magical realism and 90s nostalgia. It's likely to strike a cord with fans of books like Oona Out of Order and Again, But Better.

A story told in three parts, Kate is dealing with waves of grief, as her husband of 28 years Luke dies. When she wakes up one morning back in her 18-year-old body, she knows she has a chance to save him. While the high-level premise of this book trends on the familiar, Webb interlaces the book with some unique hijinks that I won't spoil that make this book completely unique. Let's just say that it wouldn't be preposterous for MI6 to make an appearance, and this isn't your typical rom-com; it's got an edge.

And, since I am a total Anglophile, the audiobook listening experience made the book all the better for me. It's brilliantly narrated by Olivia Coleman and has a run time of 7:47.

Many thanks to the author, Hachette Audio, and NetGalley for providing me with a copy of this book. All thoughts are my own. #ComeAgainAudio #NetGalley

This is my review posted on Goodreads:

I was able to listen to this ARC thanks to NetGalley and their new audio book program.

Come Again is a good book on the whole. It is in three somewhat disjointed parts. As an American i think some of the terms in the first part may throw off non-British readers a little until they get into the story a little but not enough to stop reading. There are some brief mild sexual comments in the first part as well as profanity (mostly f-bombs) so beware if you are sensitive to those.

For me the first part, talking about Kate losing her husband unexpectedly, and the grief that she went through, was relatable to me as a widow. That first part seemed to drag for me with the whole work story line and the secret file and the men out to get her for the file.

I did like the second part where Kate is still her older age mentally in her 18 year old body. I sometimes wonder what I would do and say if I was 18 again and knew then what I know now. Kate tries hard not to change the timeline so as to not affect the future, all except telling Luke about his health issue. It was interesting seeing how she remembers each of her uni mates when she first met them (again) and knowing how they turned out later in life. She remembers everything that happened when she met Luke and wants it all to happen the same way again.

The third section was a bit disjointed for me. It's like Kate all of a sudden wakes up in this action adventure spy movie with her faithful Scottish friend, who has become a spy, there to help her escape the Russian thugs who were chasing her in the first part and live happily ever after.

The author is a good writer. I just felt like the story lines were disjointed and didn't flow well for me. I think the narrator did an excellent job with varied emotions and inflections. She kept me going, especially through the first part where I felt like I was dragging.

Thank you again to #netgalley #hachetteaudio for giving me access to this title to listen to ahead of publication.

This wasn't really all that bad, it was honestly completely average in basically every way I think of. Kate is in an incredibly difficult time of her life, having recently lost her husband Luke. Even in her depression, I could see Kate's personality and humor spark through every now and again. And the story really builds on itself, she doesn't 'go back in time until around the 40% mark, so we can really see her grow through the story.

But the book was seriously negatively effected by my reading experience. The new Netgalley shelf app must still have some kinks because every few minutes the book would stop playing. It would sometimes start again on its own, but sometimes I would have to pause/play it. Which is its own problem because sometimes pausing while in the middle of a chapter would dump me back at the start.

I'm trying to not let my experience change my rating much, and honestly this would probably be in the 2-3 star range for me. I'm not really sure why, but I get similar vibes to The Flatshare which was similarly ranked.

Overall an okay book that will probably be forgettable, but it's usually fun while it lasts .

I received a copy of the book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

My, oh my, what a magical, emotional tale. "Come Again" is a beautiful audio/book about love and loss which uses my favorite concept of time travel.

I feel so much love for this book, but I'm having a bit of a hard time processing my thoughts and emotions. I think this is because the author truly hit the jackpot with the issues he deals with: love, grief for a loved one, as well as sacrificing part of oneself for a relationship and the other person. In the time of the pandemic, and as a young woman preparing for engagement, I have been thinking about these issues a lot lately. Frankly, I generally fear reaching for any books dealing with grief, but after reading the blurb I sensed that I would relate to the protagonist, Kate - and heck, was I right.

I would highly recommend this book (with an amazing narrator in the audio) if you need an emotional read with a healthy dose of magic.

*Thank you to the Publisher for a free advance copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for a copy of this audio book in exchange for an honest review
What a great story about Kate who lost Luke the love of hEr life a year earlier. In her grief she had pushed everyone in her life away, blamed herself for Luke’s death and was determined to end her life until she woke up pre Luke, back in college and 18 again.
This beautiful story made me laugh and cry as I listened to Kate relive her life in college and struggle to reconcile her 18 year old self to her 45 year old self. There were a few surprises that I still don’t know how I feel about but I still thought this was a great story and enjoyed listening to it

After the death of Kate's husband, Luke, she is devastated. They fell in love the moment they saw each other 28 years ago. Grieving, Kate is ready to give up, but then she wakes up in her old body on the night she first met the love of her life. Kate sets off on a quest to save Luke from the choices he made earlier in his life and prevent his early death.

This was extremely average for me... I didn't care much for Kate or the other characters or what happened to them. The romance seemed forced, I didn't feel a connection between Kate and Luke at all, they honestly seemed to despise each other. The idea of the time-traveling was cool, but then by Part 3 of the book you're thrown into this grand adventure that made no sense with the rest of the story. It was a very easy read though and flew by rather quickly, but it was nothing memorable in my opinion.

This is a review of the audiobook for Come Again by Robert Webb, narrated by Olivia Coleman.

Come Again is the story of Kate, who has lost her husband to cancer and is reeling from mind-numbing grief. Kate's grief is well written here, and well portrayed by Olivia Coleman. There is an honesty that comes out of raw grief, when you say what's on your mind because you know that nothing but truth really matters anyway. This is captured perfectly in the book.

The second part of the book shows Kate, who has attempted suicide, traveling back in time to her 18 year old self. As a time travel fiction buff, I was little disappointed that the means of time travel was not really shown or discussed. Kate meets her husband all over again. This is a fascinating study of the age old question, "if you could go back again, knowing what you know now, what would you do?"

The third part of the book is a sort of spy/thriller, but it does not come out of nowhere as it was set up in part one.

I enjoyed this book very much and Olivia Coleman did a great job of portraying the emotions throughout: Heart stopping grief in part one, shock, wonder, and confusion in part two, and then danger and terror in part three.

The epilogue was a little confusing and, again, broke some rules of time travel fiction and left some things unexplained.

Overall, this is a well written book. The grief of losing a spouse is especially well portrayed. This is a very British book, so I was surprised and a little annoyed at the American political commentary thrown in for no apparent reason . Olivia Coleman does a fantastic job with the narration and gets 5 stars.

Overall: 4 stars.

I received a free copy of this audiobook from Netgalley. My review is voluntary.