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The Memo

Rachel Dodes, Lauren Mechling

3.42 AVERAGE

olidor's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 24%

Nope. Absolutely not, sorry.

gryffindork19's review

4.5

dark funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

jmkendall0218's review

4.0

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Content Warnings

ktgreen's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 0%

Dumb

here_only_for_books's review against another edition

3.0

hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

🔹 My take: 3/5

💖 Wows - The premise is very interesting of a woman in her mid thirties trying to look at her life until now and how all of her classmates have moved on and how she is stuck and messed in her life. The first half grazed through fast since it covered the reunion, Jenny’s relationships with her friends and mom and Gabe. I especially looked forward to reading Jenny and Gabe’s interactions since it was very sweet.

💔 Ows - While I really wanted to like this book, I guess I was really confused with the execution. Since I am a perfectionist by nature and would like clarity of understanding on everything; what I struggled was with how the entire consortium of ‘The Memo’ worked. The 2nd half got very technical and I found it very difficult to digest. And since I could not really understand how the mechanism worked, it was a dampener.

💫 I would suggest this to someone who is totally into magical realism and has leisure time at hand. This is a long book and not for someone who churn pages fast since they will lose interest quickly. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Thanks to @harperperennial and @netgalley for sharing the DRC in exchange for honest review. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

jessbooks4's review

1.5

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

clairerevord's review

3.75

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

pumpkin_pie's review

3.0

hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

various_greens's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

angelee's review

3.25

adventurous reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

this was a cool concept but something about the execution didn’t fully resonate with me and at times it was hard to follow. The ending (like literally the last 3 pages) was cute though! This was a blind buy as well so I’m not too disappointed.

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