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I've not seen the Tom Cruise film yet, but seeing it talked about I read the book it was inspired by. I'm not sure if that was right, at first I heard very mixed reports of the film, but now I hear more and more good ones, so I do hope to see it.

I always love groundhog-day plots. The perfectionist in me revels in _knowing_ whether a choice you made could have been better, and the freedom to experiment without immediate consequences.

The book is very much like a mixed Japanese/USA starship trooper meets groundhog day. If you like that, it does it very well! Although I felt it didn't add a lot to that if you're already familiar with the parts.

I'm not sure if the time travel is consistent or not. I've read so many variants my judgement has started to glaze over.