I adored the concept of this book - it reminded me of my obsession with Choose Your Own Adventure books when I was in grade school and sometimes I'd just read them straight through to see all the different ways the story could play out. I immediately empathized with Ursula, the main character, and her family full of colorful characters. I so wanted to see each of them have his or her happy ending, and that pulled me through. However, when her beloved brother Teddy posed the question of reincarnation "What if we had a chance to do it again and again, until we finally did get it right? Wouldn't that be wonderful?" And Ursula replies, "I think it would be exhausting." And therein lies the rub: after awhile, the endless re-boot of the story became a wee bit tedious - especially during the dark and horrible times of WWII. Overall, though, I enjoyed the book a great deal.