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3.6 AVERAGE
3.6 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Adorei o livro,
detestei a tradução.
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I loved this book,
but I hated the translated version.
(should have just bought it in english lol)
This read like an engaging thriller tackling interesting themes, mixed with an exploration of our main character Hope. Claire North is the queen of elaborate plotlines based on a seemingly simple premise - in this case, a main character who vanishes from memory as soon as others turn their backs. Although I would have liked some plot points to have been pursued further, I still thoroughly enjoyed this story.
detestei a tradução.
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I loved this book,
but I hated the translated version.
(should have just bought it in english lol)
This read like an engaging thriller tackling interesting themes, mixed with an exploration of our main character Hope. Claire North is the queen of elaborate plotlines based on a seemingly simple premise - in this case, a main character who vanishes from memory as soon as others turn their backs. Although I would have liked some plot points to have been pursued further, I still thoroughly enjoyed this story.
A truly fascinating central idea which could have been developed better than it was. I enjoyed this but it really should have been better.
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
I have NEVER DNF'ed a book faster than this one. What the hell did I just start reading? Hope is a girl people start forgetting the minute they meet her. She is a teenager, that orchestrated a casino heist by herself and she is just so awesome. The writing style is awful. Hope is the coolest, smartest person ever and everybody else is just an idiot.
I know this is a shit review, but the book is so messed up. It is like someone on drugs wrote it.
I know this is a shit review, but the book is so messed up. It is like someone on drugs wrote it.
http://wordnerdy.blogspot.com/2016/05/2016-book-82.html
North's latest novel (after The Fifteen Lives of Harry August, among others) is another book with an interesting concept and a somewhat muddled execution. It centers on a woman--the titular Hope--who, for some reason, no one remembers. Like as soon as they turn away, they completely forget she exists. Even her parents have forgotten her. So of course she has to become a talented thief to survive--and when she's planning a major jewel theft, an acquaintance commits suicide, leading Hope to investigate a mysterious new app called Perfection. For a while, things take on a sci-fi mystery/thriller tone that I was pretty into, but by the end I felt like the whole book was more of a thought experiment than a story. It just kind of fizzled out. But like I said, really an intriguing concept. B/B+.
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A review copy was provided by the publisher. This book will be released on May 17th.
North's latest novel (after The Fifteen Lives of Harry August, among others) is another book with an interesting concept and a somewhat muddled execution. It centers on a woman--the titular Hope--who, for some reason, no one remembers. Like as soon as they turn away, they completely forget she exists. Even her parents have forgotten her. So of course she has to become a talented thief to survive--and when she's planning a major jewel theft, an acquaintance commits suicide, leading Hope to investigate a mysterious new app called Perfection. For a while, things take on a sci-fi mystery/thriller tone that I was pretty into, but by the end I felt like the whole book was more of a thought experiment than a story. It just kind of fizzled out. But like I said, really an intriguing concept. B/B+.
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A review copy was provided by the publisher. This book will be released on May 17th.
adventurous
dark
informative
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This had some fantastic and original ideas. Everything was in place for this to be a great story. But... complete let down. Poorly executed. It needed another couple of drafts and a better editor. I want a do-over.
What is perfection? What is identity? What is this book?
Hope Arden is un-rememberable. Anyone who sees her will forget her 30 seconds after they've stopped looking at her. Then when they see her again, they have no recollection of seeing her, and wonder why she's there. It wasn't always that way - when she was a teenager, it started slowly, until she was eventually forgotten by everyone including her parents.
As you can imagine, this makes things really difficult. Even basic things like school, renting an apartment, medical care, or getting a job. So she is mostly a thief. She can walk right up to someone, take their wallet and walk away, and even if the person catches her, they won't remember why. Cameras can still see her, but it's hard to arrest someone when you will eventually see them in jail and not remember putting them there.
Someone she cares about commits suicide. Hope steals a necklace from a posh hotel in Dubai. It turns out that it's all wrapped up in something called "Perfection" that is a lifestyle app taken to extremes. It tells you what to eat, what to wear, where to go, and gives you points when you do it. Then Hope meets someone named Byron who wants to destroy Perfection. Hope kind of wants that too. Sort of. Mild spoiler: So there's a whole cat and mouse game between Hope and Byron, and how they can accomplish their goal. And a lot of hand wringing about whether they should.
There are like 3 books here. There's a lot of social commentary on what it means to be perfect and what it means to be alone. There's the book about Hope and how she manages her life. There's, to steal a catchphrase, Hope and Byron's relentless pursuit of Perfection.
I really enjoyed the book about Hope. How she survives and how she manages to live. The other two, I was a lot less sure about. I know Claire North doesn't really do "light and fluffy" but there were a lot of times when this book was WAY too heavy.
Hope Arden is un-rememberable. Anyone who sees her will forget her 30 seconds after they've stopped looking at her. Then when they see her again, they have no recollection of seeing her, and wonder why she's there. It wasn't always that way - when she was a teenager, it started slowly, until she was eventually forgotten by everyone including her parents.
As you can imagine, this makes things really difficult. Even basic things like school, renting an apartment, medical care, or getting a job. So she is mostly a thief. She can walk right up to someone, take their wallet and walk away, and even if the person catches her, they won't remember why. Cameras can still see her, but it's hard to arrest someone when you will eventually see them in jail and not remember putting them there.
Someone she cares about commits suicide. Hope steals a necklace from a posh hotel in Dubai. It turns out that it's all wrapped up in something called "Perfection" that is a lifestyle app taken to extremes. It tells you what to eat, what to wear, where to go, and gives you points when you do it. Then Hope meets someone named Byron who wants to destroy Perfection. Hope kind of wants that too. Sort of. Mild spoiler:
Spoiler
But she also met someone like her, and they became memorable through Perfection, so maybe not? Does Hope want to be memorable? Or not?There are like 3 books here. There's a lot of social commentary on what it means to be perfect and what it means to be alone. There's the book about Hope and how she manages her life. There's, to steal a catchphrase, Hope and Byron's relentless pursuit of Perfection.
I really enjoyed the book about Hope. How she survives and how she manages to live. The other two, I was a lot less sure about. I know Claire North doesn't really do "light and fluffy" but there were a lot of times when this book was WAY too heavy.
Given how much I liked “The First 15 Lives of Harry August”, I was really disappointed in this book. I never really got into it and I only finished it out of curiosity to see how it would end..